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  1. Mike Sixel
    Not true, they signed Jack Morris to a huge (at the time) contract. This is not their first foray.....
  2. Mike Sixel
    Gardy should be replaced because eventually every organization needs new thinking to get better.* They have shown very little indication that they are thinking differently, on the field. There is research in the NFL (no idea if there is in MLB), that coaches generally have about a 10 year life span of effectiveness. *rules/guidelines are not 100%. They are expectations and how the world normally works. Sure, there are exceptions, but is Gardy really an exception?
  3. Mike Sixel
    Why would Milone struggle, other than not being good? They are still nearly/last in SP outcomes produced, again this year. After how many years are we allowed to actually expect improvement? When does someone say, 5 years is too much, or 10 years is too much. For two years now, this board has said "be patient, they'll be better next year. If they aren't, then I'll judge them".....but that gets said every year. When is the year we should actually expect the SP not to be the worst in the league?
  4. Mike Sixel
    I don't care about the FIP/xFIP measure.......especially if people are saying not to change any position players but LF......how do people expect the D to get fixed? The Twins have been awful at SP for years, now. They graduated the one guy they have drafted and developed recently, and called up 2 guys TR traded for, and had 3 FA signings, and they are still awful. How is that NOT on the GM? According to all the former GM/FO types on line, the two ways to judge GMs is trades and FA signings, since the scouting director does the drafting. On the coaching front, this team does not do the little things right. That is on coaching, not on talent. If you claim it is not on coaching, what, exactly, do coaches do other than coach?
  5. Mike Sixel
    Terry Ryan signed three free agent pitchers, and they are still the worst starters in baseball, and you only want the coach gone? The GM and all field staff should go.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Super depressing thread .... worst starter ERA in the league, and most believe it will be the same guys. Mauer is not getting younger.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Birdwatcher and I have the Sam plans and thoughts this off season. I predict the world end is nigh......actually, I am sure we agree more than we think, but his last 2 posts are almost word for word my thoughts.
  8. Mike Sixel
    If I was them, he would be my 4th OF next year.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Latin Snark!
  10. Mike Sixel
    Another one.....and I expect y'all won't agree..... But it is a barrier to relating to the players (and hence the game) that home team players' names are, um, not on the jersey. No other sport does that, do they? It is a quaint tradition, but it is a barrier to new/casual fans.
  11. Mike Sixel
    He did reference his struggles with the mental side in that interview many of us read on this site.....
  12. Mike Sixel
    I knew that......but others' reactions seem to indicate otherwise for them. If I misunderstood their comments, apologies.
  13. Mike Sixel
    This is a comedy bit about something that happened that day in sports, right? Not some complex analysis of various teams or marketing departments, right?
  14. Mike Sixel
    I've never been impressed with Twins marketing, this doesn't really surprise me at all. Not even a little.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Looking forward to these guys being in MN, quickly.
  16. Mike Sixel
    I took the OP as getting to 75 wins by September, not by the end of the year.....though I'm not sure that's what Levi meant in his.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Good post, Doc. I'd say probably, but I don't watch much baseball anymore, so hard to say.
  18. Mike Sixel
    I was going to post the same question.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Except Cuddy hasn't been healthy in several years. Counting on that reversing seems like hope, not strategy to me.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Excellent job by the manager of looking to learn.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Except the casual fan is annoyed with every bad pitch call, and that is a lot ....my point was that you see every part of every baseball play.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Scarier thought is hoping that you draft an 18 year old, and he works out in 6-7 years......because at that rate, you don't have 5 starters. Plus, I'm told that it is nearly impossible to draft well past 10 or so (it is cyclical, I'm told), so the odds they draft good starters in 2 or 3 years when they aren't losing 90 games are low, right? If the Cubs do sign a legit FA this year, and it works, does that mean that now it has been done, and it is ok for other teams to do it?
  23. Mike Sixel
    Except no one watches line play on every play to see holding, but they do see awful umpiring every play it exists. That is another thing i line about football. I can choose to watch different pays off the action. With baseball, you are always watching the pitcher and hitter, then you watch the ball. In football, I can sort of watch other things, depending on the coverage.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Miami, St. Louis, SF, etc.....it isn't just Washington that has a different approach. It is also possible the FO is wrong, given the track record here, one might even think that is likely.
  25. Mike Sixel
    I agree both the NFL and MLB have some potential issues.....but, just like the military, sports will be the "path to money/job/opportunity" of the less well off, and there will always be people willing to jeopardize their health for money (and our entertainment). Not sure that is a good thing, or not. It is one reason I am watching less NFL than I used to, though I do still watch it. One of the happiest days of my life was when my son quit playing football.
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