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  1. Mike Sixel
    I'm not surprised this is taking time. This is not a rash organization.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Ash, you raise a good question.......that I don't know the answer to. Were the Twins consistently scoring 4-5 runs a game, or was the deviation big? I have looked for those numbers before, but never found them. I've also wondered that about individual players......what's more valuable, hitting consistently (though not as often) in games, or having the occasional explosive game with bad games? Also, with pitchers, the reason I actually kind of like the quality start stat is that it indicates the number of games the pitcher gave his team a chance to win.....as opposed to ERA which assumes all innings are equal. These are humans, and somedays, they just don't have it.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I think you underestimate the intelligence of the posters here.........for me, budget is only relevant if Ryan figures out how to use it. It isn't his job to try to sign players, it is his job to sign players. And the right players. Last year he flushed money down the toilet on Bartlett, Kubel, Guerrier, Pelfrey (and Nolasco). If he had instead spent that money on 1-2 good players, and brought up guys from the minors to be the last spot on the bench, things would have been better. Add in spending almost real money on middle relievers, and this team flushed millions of dollars down the drain, and took up precious roster spots, on guys that had no business being on a rebuilding team. Saying "we" don't get the difference between budget and payroll is inaccurate, imo. I know I do. I know others here do. It doesn't matter what the budget is, if TR decides real MLB players are too expensive (like he did over and over in the dome), and keeps signing guys that have no business being on a MLB roster.
  4. Mike Sixel
    What can baseball do to attract more young fans, is that even an issue? How can baseball recapture the attention of black fans and athletes, is that even an issue?* *note, my black friends preferred to be called black over african american.....no insult intended to anyone...kind of sad they've all moved out of state and I only have white and hispanic friends now
  5. Mike Sixel
    There is value in a 340 OBP. But it is hollow if you can't slug (or even hit) at all. Just getting on base at a 340 clip is not enough to be even average (overall) as a MLB player. You also have to hit, and field.
  6. Mike Sixel
    From what I've read, Tomas is not getting the kind of offers the last guy got.....which isn't surprising to me. That might make is more likely they get in. My fear is that this market is no longer inefficient.....
  7. Mike Sixel
    SD, that's a great question. I can already hear St. Peter kicking the ball to MLB though, and saying it is out of his hands..... what I'd like to hear is that they will push to change the rules. I'm not holding my breath, though.
  8. Mike Sixel
    I endorse this thought process.
  9. Mike Sixel
    your's was much better. If you are 21, you should ask to get the free beer....
  10. Mike Sixel
    Is there free beer? I'd do it for free beer. though, admittedly, Excelsior beer is genuinely not all that flavorful.......
  11. Mike Sixel
    I view this site as a bunch of people sitting in a coffee shop or bar, not as a place for super rigorous debate, or even polite conversation. I would be more, I am not sure what the phrase is, but polite is close, if we were in person. I know not everyone treats the site this way. I am actually fairly rational, this I s one of my escapes from that side of me.
  12. Mike Sixel
    I typed mine as nicely as I could.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Why do you keep going on Twitter and saying stuff like "we plan to be competitive in September", and "why does anyone care who our 25th man is"? It's almost like you think fans aren't all that bright.
  14. Mike Sixel
    That's what I thought, Brock.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Really? I'm not going to pay $25 per month for all HBO shows or something? It will be episode by episode?
  16. Mike Sixel
    Delmon Young, proven winner.
  17. Mike Sixel
    And when they are way under, all we want, is to see them go way over later. Way over. All in. I'd prefer they not be way under year after year.....but if they are, I want them to go all in every once in awhile. Andy McPhail did that. TR did not.
  18. Mike Sixel
    I'm happy for all the people that get a first chance at the playoffs. I hope they are having fun.
  19. Mike Sixel
    The Royals went all in after winning 72 games.....that's the biggest delta, imo. They also promoted their RP fast, and didn't make them move up slowly and "prove" they had "nothing left to learn at that level". Oh, they traded a highly ranked prospect or two for proven MLB players. Not some middling prospect, a highly ranked prospect. They did all that before the core proved much of anything in the majors. Most, actually, were struggling. Out of curiosity, why should the fans, who pay lots of money to see "entertainment" be patient? What does that get the fans? Is anyone on these boards arguing its not about building a core from the minors?
  20. Mike Sixel
    Pictures, lots more sexy pictures of the authors
  21. Mike Sixel
    I agree with Linus, as with most public figures, no matter what he says, someone will complain.* *was that enough parentheticals?
  22. Mike Sixel
    I think even those of us that think he can be a starter want that.....for Pinto to catch 62 games or so next year.....I don't think anyone is calling for him to start more than Suzuki right now.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Collections and accounting system changes are a bummer* Right now, they get their money from big deals with a few providers, now, they'll need to get their money from millions of people, some 5-10% of which will pay late** * I chose the nicest word I could think of..... **ya, I made that range up completely......
  24. Mike Sixel
    No, I haven't. I've typed those words many times.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Uh, where did I or anyone say the Sox were better right now? The place they are better, imo, is that they have been more aggressive in promoting players, and in signing FAs. No place did I say they were better. someone else might have......I did say there was a path for them to get better, that involved both their farm system and signing FAs (just as I'd say for the Twins).
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