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  1. Mike Sixel
    Nice hitting from the youth. We just ate our last meal as a family in the house we raised the boys in. No one but me seems moved by that.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I think he means everyone gets the one in the rule book, not that a 5 foot player and a 7 foot player get the same zone.....I'd bet good money on that being his intent.
  3. Mike Sixel
    The Jeter plan! Another great post.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I think a big issue for Republicans, having formerly been one who was recruited by Pawlenty to run for the house.......is that a lot of moderates were forced out of the party and leadership. That has left a real culture of groupthink around many issues for the party as a whole. I sat in some of those meetings (having worked on a Republican presidential campaign).......groupthink is a real problem, that is getting worse according to my friends that just couldn't quit the party, no matter how much they disagreed with it. As for the debate, I missed it, don't have cable. I'm terrified of the anit-science group that wants to make us stupider (and yes, that is an actual strategy espoused by some leaders). There is a large group of people that want us to be stupid, and to just believe stuff, so they can control us. It's one reason they love sports and religion so much......great distractions from the reality of the world.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Correction: his wife and kids are in Florida, where Joe chose to move the moment he had more choice of where to live than the chair I'm sitting on.
  6. Mike Sixel
    No, not at all.....it's purpose is to measure the talent of a player, independent of the context of any one game. It is not, even a little, meant to predict how a team would do by adding up individual WAR. That's not what it is intended to do at all.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I'm just curious, but are you expecting him to be even close to league average next year? Also, should it be up to Mauer, or should the organization make the decisions? (this is aimed at everyone, not Seth).
  8. Mike Sixel
    Ya, I think you are finding all the edge cases here to argue "you can't make it 100% perfect, so don't improve it at all".....at least that is how it reads.
  9. Mike Sixel
    this post is going to be very hard to top.......
  10. Mike Sixel
    I'm willing to concede that my first choice, cut him, is not going to happen. He also is not moving back to catcher, please don't say "move him back to catcher". Unless he's part of some kind of bizarre world trade that a: he approves, and b: contains bad contracts coming back, he's also NOT being traded. Not being cut Not being a catcher Not being traded....... What would you do with Mauer at this point for next year?* *in the spirit of the Hunter thread.....
  11. Mike Sixel
    I think he makes it. The fact he kept playing defense, and mostly playing it well will really help him. Big fan.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Russell Martin.....Russell Martin..... I don't recall where I came down on Yasmany Thomas, but it probably looks stupid now.
  13. Mike Sixel
    You can't use WAR that way........it doesn't take into account sequencing and other things. That's 100% not what it is trying to measure. Base runs, otoh, can be used that way, iirc.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Those appear to be mostly normal holidays that are good for food, or did I just not click enough links?
  15. Mike Sixel
    I did see it, but now I see he's actually been benched. And then they just put him in at 2B, so ya, the report I read was wrong about being sent down.
  16. Mike Sixel
    People love to hate on Arcia, and love Hunter......it is frankly baffling to me.
  17. Mike Sixel
    There is noise in the math that runs computers, is used to assess outcomes in business processes, in every measurement, there is noise. Denying that something is real because there are multiple variables and noise.....that's not going to lead to good outcomes in any line of business. I don't think that's what he's saying, but is sounds like that is what he is saying....
  18. Mike Sixel
    I'm glad he'll start again next year. No idea why this is a good idea this year, but it is what it is.
  19. Mike Sixel
    When searching the net.....it appears that the US is the only country that does this. Or, am I just not seeing the other countries?
  20. Mike Sixel
    Do we have any evidence from the Twins that this is imminent, or are we just hoping? It would be great to see him up here this year.
  21. Mike Sixel
    There is zero evidence that rule is real. The links studying the actual effect and debunking it as not true at all are all over if you want to find them.
  22. Mike Sixel
    he is actually a zero or so right now
  23. Mike Sixel
    Despise pinch running here. On second? No......ugh.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Sano is legit. You get what you pay for......
  25. Mike Sixel
    Was busy. How has Hunter carried the team to victory tonight?
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