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  1. Mike Sixel
    I don't think acquiring a CF after Hicks failed the first time is waffling on the approach at all. Not if that player is signed to a short term deal, or is an elite player to a long term deal. But, they failed to address that need at all. THEIR PLAN last year was Jason Bartlett. Let that sink in for a moment.......
  2. Mike Sixel
    My opinion of this FO and the likely record of the team have not changed at all.......But I saw no reason to post those thoughts in the game threads or anywhere else that wasn't about that. I continue to hope to be proven wrong.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Same with cars, btw.......I can buy a gun, but not a car, or a six pack of beer? I can buy anything else that is sold legally, but not transportation or 1 kind of beverage?
  4. Mike Sixel
    To me, it is simple. The state should not restrict, make illegal, things that don't cause clear harm. You would never pass the law now, so you should repeal it now. I am big on freedom....... And, the whole "why didn't you buy it on Saturday" thing is silly. What if someone decides to come over at the last minute? What if (as happened to me) a friend flies in on Sunday, and wants to bring a bottle of wine over for dinner? What if I decide on Sunday I want a beer, but it turns out I only have wine in the house, or 4 guys decided to hang out in the back yard because it is nice out and I only have 3 beers?
  5. Mike Sixel
    My point.....either go all in rebuild, OR sign elite players that might make you good enough to deal prospects to be good nowish (or, you know, might still be here when you expected Buxton Sano up last year)......but DON"T sign mediocre players to LT deals. IMO, they chose the worst path. Lots of paths were available: sign youngish Cubans (passed) sign several SP with upside to 1 year deals (done with Hughes) trade everyone over 28 or so (passed) sign lots of international guys to big bucks (passed, not clear they even spent to the max last year, but may have) sign an elite player in 2012 and 2013, guys that might be here when you expected Sano/Buxton up last year (passed) Not all of those are the same path....they chose, sign mediocre guys (KC, Pelfrey, Suzuki) with little upside, to longer deals (Nolasco and Santana both, you can do 1, but why do both?). I don't like the plan. It went for the middle path. Stauffer? Boyer? Pelfrey to a 2 year deal? Ugh. edit: clearly I didn't list every move, this wasn't meant as book.....
  6. Mike Sixel
    There is a thread on Pinto..... And, I agree with all of this, and as usual, it is well written!
  7. Mike Sixel
    I will be bummed if they sign one guy, and stay under the limit. I vastly prefer the Cubs approach, but I've preferred almost everything about their approach the last three years....
  8. Mike Sixel
    Sigh. Once again, your state "senators" voted against freedom for the 4+million* of us that would like to buy liquor on Sundays, and with some bizzarro faction that thinks Sunday sales are bad. look, you don't want to work on Sundays? Don't open your store........ *I'm assuming some kids want to buy on Sunday too
  9. Mike Sixel
    Look, Herrmann and Nunez are NOT part of the future. Pinto MIGHT be......let's, you know, try to build for the future, please, pretty please.
  10. Mike Sixel
    35? That's a lot in this day and age. I'd think more in the 25-30 range. Adjust to the new world order!
  11. Mike Sixel
    I love the juxtaposition of these thoughts: Don't be too hard on yourself. You're just a bad person. Winner: Friday. Mike Pelfrey is starting that game, which would seem to suggest we're most likely to see the backend of the bullpen that game.
  12. Mike Sixel
    He's still not up? Mind. Boggling.
  13. Mike Sixel
    40 isn't bad.....50 is less good, but much better than not turning 50. And, I just watched it on my phone, cannot wait!
  14. Mike Sixel
    Agreed.
  15. Mike Sixel
    good point, which is why I like some of the more advanced stats that actually take that into account
  16. Mike Sixel
    He did not strike out either time a runner was on third........which is a good thing.
  17. Mike Sixel
    It's a tiny nit, I almost didn't post it. I look forward to it being filled up with youth, and hope Bruno proves effective with them.
  18. Mike Sixel
    It's more fun when the offense hits......covers up some of the rest.
  19. Mike Sixel
    showing how stupid the RBI stat is......who did more there, Hunter or Mauer, to contribute to the run? would be cool if Mauer got an XBH this year.
  20. Mike Sixel
    My biggest nit is that the clubhouse isn't "filled" with young hitters (that's a nit on the article, and indictment, imo, on the FO).
  21. Mike Sixel
    I asked when in the first post....the second was a bit more judgmental I guess.......
  22. Mike Sixel
    you left off signing another guy the following year......and the fact that they expected Sano up last year, and maybe Buxton. You left off signing a good player in 2012.......that's my point, add 1 good/legit player every year. Or not, just keep waiting for the prospects to work out. That's also an option.
  23. Mike Sixel
    I think Rosario and RP should be up this year Uh....5 sentences lost ?
  24. Mike Sixel
    In fairness, you are a lawyer, not a mathematician.....
  25. Mike Sixel
    Great read. And yes, success is about the process.
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