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  1. Mike Sixel
    This is disgusting, and I hope those making threats end up in jail, where they belong. Several of my friends have been following this and posting about it for some time now. It makes me very sad.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I wish they'd have moved on from luke and leia and all them.....I am ready for new stories. I liked the reboot of Star Trek. If these movies are at least that good, I'll be good with them. There were some great things in the prequels, but Lucas was always better at the outline than the execution. The best move is the second one. That was NOT directed by Lucas.....
  3. Mike Sixel
    Well, I don't think much has changed if your record is the same......has it?
  4. Mike Sixel
    Remember when this wasn't a lost season? so disappointing.
  5. Mike Sixel
    No, I'm looking at it from having been in negotiations in businesses, not from a video game perspective. And, there might be "some" effect, but really, how much effect? Should it really be some kind of principle a team actually follows? (not saying they do, but others have said that, I have no idea)
  6. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, Rosario has a serious advantage right now....
  7. Mike Sixel
    Well, the manager also would have say on the FA strategy, I'd guess, so sooner is better. Unless they are either going to ignore the manager's feelings on FA, or they are going to wait weeks to sign anyone.....
  8. Mike Sixel
    How much better of a player does a team have to give up if it calls first, instead of takes a call? Do people think it really makes a difference? If the Twins call first, do they give up a guy 5 - 10 spots higher on their list? I just don't buy it at all. I could be wrong, but it seems......not likely.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Worley younger and better than guys they kept in AAA....even though he didn't take a 40 man spot.....again, something must have happened we just don't know about.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I don't think it is lazy at all. I just think we don't agree on whether it really matters all that much in the end.
  11. Mike Sixel
    I would. I didn't want him cut in the first place. That's one person.....
  12. Mike Sixel
    Bunk on the leverage thing. The moment you ask for a guy, the other teams know you want him, even if they call first. IME, negotiations don't work that who calls first is at a disadvantage. Maybe in baseball it's different than what I've experienced in other lines of work, but I find that hard to believe.
  13. Mike Sixel
    He's hitting .237 in winter ball? Man, I hope he isn't option 1 in CF next year.
  14. Mike Sixel
    We just don't know what went on between Worley and the team.....but from the outside, cutting a guy you can keep in AAA, that you just traded for, seems an odd decision. I'd surmise things happened that we'll never know about. I'm ok not knowing. I also hope, like leviathan, that they are trying to learn from this.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Letting Cuddy and others go, and replacing them with cheaper alternatives, while significantly lowering the budget? No, that doesn't really count to me. YMMV. That's not any kind of fact, just my feeling on the matter.
  16. Mike Sixel
    I thought you did a great job on the interview. And I'm thrilled he gave it. We got about what we should/will get on payroll.
  17. Mike Sixel
    No, the next batter. He should have pinch hit earlier in the game, but hadn't.....
  18. Mike Sixel
    Detroit went all in. They lost their bet. At least they made their bet. I'd rather that happen than wait 29 years to make the playoffs. Or even 6 or 8 years. Sometimes bad things happen even if you do good things.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Until last year, it was. Last year they broke their mold. One point does not a trend make. If they do it again, then I'll go from wondering if they'll sign "expensive" FAs, to analyzing more how well they do it. Until last year, they pretty much went cheap/not at all. Last year they tried. I don't quite yet know how to judge last year. They got 1 medium/long term asset, one short term asset, and a bunch of really bad players (one of whom is signed for several more years, and could turn it around or not). I will disagree with you on one earlier point, I don't recall them signing a Cuban in the last few years, while some 15 clubs have* *someone posted that number last week, don't know if it is true or not
  20. Mike Sixel
    Out by a mile. Willingham should have pinch hit there.
  21. Mike Sixel
    No, playing young guys in a lost season to see what you have (have they improved or not) and to get them more reps is more important to the team. Hughes was pretty clear on his thoughts on that, and he agrees with me on that, actually.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I'd be shocked if they go into the season with a $90MM payroll. Also, I'm personally (YMMV) pretty tired of the "we spent $80MM in FA this year" talk....can I say that revenue is over a billion dollars then? That's basically what it would be if we looked at the same time frame.
  23. Mike Sixel
    It appeared Gardy was trying to get Suzuki his bonus money.....contrary to how Phil Hughes acted. It appears that way, based on comments. could just be that he wanted Suzuki to start a ton of games in September.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I don't recall the list being all that exciting, haven't had a chance to check it lately (SP is pretty good, IIRC, but not much in terms of OF help).
  25. Mike Sixel
    I agree, TR has had no trouble admitting an error, and cutting a vet that was signed to a short term deal. It's one of the things i like about him.
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