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  1. Mike Sixel
    But is FA more of a crapshoot than drafting and developing players? I'd think that success (or heck, reaching) in the majors indicates a higher likelihood of success than being a 3rd round pick in the draft. That's the issue for some of us, ignoring a channel, for a channel that is less likely to work (and that the team has utterly failed out lately).
  2. Mike Sixel
    I agree with cmat......it isn't "is he the perfect Kyle Gibson he will eventually be", the question is "is he better than the guys at the MLB leve, and will promoting him hurt his development". I don't see how he is not likely better than 1-3 current starters, one of whom is clearly not a starter but a bullpen guy. We can debate the "hurt his development" stuff, but he's 25, and a top prospect. I'd argue that if he can't handle the stress of MLB pitching by now, we have bigger problems. Other than just saying it like fact, what is the argument that: a: he is not better than what they have b: his development will be hurt - if this is your argument, what is your argument, other than just stating this?
  3. Mike Sixel
    btw, for me, freedom to be white, christian, and hetero is not really freedom in the principled sense. Freedom only has meaning when we fight for the freedom of those that are different than us, not the same as us. It's easy to fight for people just like us, it's a lot harder to fight for people to be free to be different than us. That fight is the fight of the US, or what the US supposedly represents.
  4. Mike Sixel
    That consideration has been considered ad nauseum wh......by many of those against it. "think of the children" type arguments were made here in MN and all over the country. In the end, this year at least, like most of the history of our nation, we decided to move toward more freedom and equality for all, not less. And for that, I'm pleased.
  5. Mike Sixel
    usaFchief, that logic is pretty faulty. Taking it to its exreme, then 50 or 1 is too many pitches. I won't speak for everyone else, but I know that fatigue sets in at some point when I hike, or climb, or bike, or even walk up 10 flights of stairs. I'd guess that happens to Gibson and every other athlete also. It is possible that 90 or 100 pitches are great, but that 114 is too many. The harder you work your muscles, the longer it takes to recover from that work. Maybe 114 is too many for him right now, and 100 is not. Now, we really don't know if that was the cause of the issues or not, that's another discussion entirely. Either way, he's better than 1 - 3 of the starters now, and should be up, learning here, getting ready to be effective next year.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Great post jharaldson
  7. Mike Sixel
    Those are some bad pitching matchups. Thankfully these games are "not played on paper".....I wonder how much longer people will say that, instead of something like "not run by computer simulation"?* *though I'm sure it will be catchier than that.....
  8. Mike Sixel
    Like the Koch brothers trying to buy every major newspaper, so they can control the message? It is scary indeed. I doubt the mainstream media can survive what they will do to it if they get control. Between Fox's bias and CNN's ineptitude, who even trusts the MSM at this point?
  9. Mike Sixel
    We still let them be couples. After all, black children are worse off in this country than white children, would you stop black couples from having children?
  10. Mike Sixel
    Just because a decision works, does not mean the decision was good. Lots of lucky things happen that lead to a good outcome, that does not mean the actual decision was a good decision. For example, if you drive drunk and don't kill someone, that does not mean you made a good decision. It happened to work, but that does not make it a good decision. And, more importantly, just becaue it worked once does not mean it will work again. Look, Ryan bought cheap pitchers for whatever reason. He passed, as he has every year he has been GM, on more expensive options. The players he signed (and traded for) have not been effective this year, as a whole. They seem to be getting worse as the year goes on. Can we all just agree on a couple of things: 1. They have utterly sucked at drafting and developing pitchers for years. 2. They have not spent money to make the team better, for whatever reason. 3. This staff is awful, again this year, and they continue to stick with the staff. 4. Something needs to change.
  11. Mike Sixel
    He's better than 1, maybe three current starters. There are only so many innings in any arm, let alone his this year. If the Twins care about the paying customers and team this year at all, he should be up here now. Worrying about age 32 seasons for a pitcher that has already had surgery? Not sure I get that that much.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Bah, sending a bunch of poor kids overseas to die pales compared to trying make only some organizations follow the law...* *if you can't recognize this for the sarcasm it is, sorry.....
  13. Mike Sixel
    I'm a ginger, or was for most of my life.....and this thread needs more Dr. Who, frankly..... but I agree, I hope Law is right.
  14. Mike Sixel
    In the rush to take away our rights, passed under the previous administration, this invasion of our privacy was inevitable. I will find the irony of the right complaining about this to be quite humorous. They are the ones that love torture and Guantamo and profiling and other things, right? I think it is sad how everyone is so willing to give up their freedoms in the name of "safety". What ever happend to give me liberty, or give me death? As for Bengahzi, who cares? As for the IRS scandal, that's a bad one. Really bad one. If we can't trust the government (and I'm not arguing we actually can) to be even handed in their treatment of groups (like, you know, how we've fairly treated socialist, communist, unions and other left wing groups over the last century), then our government needs to be cleaned up. At this point, it is not better than governments in other countries that we ridicule for being corrupt. I am disgusted by this, and people should go to jail over that. You know, like all those guys that ran military companies while Bush was president that stole money from the people....
  15. Mike Sixel
    It is true, if a loving god destroyed the earth in his wrath, my tune would definitely change.
  16. Mike Sixel
    It's almost like your happiness does not effect my happiness---Stephen Colbert* *approximate quote...
  17. Mike Sixel
    Like infertile heterosexuals? I don't get the whole "marriage is about procreation" argument at all. Marriage is about tax policy, adoption rights, medical decisions, all kinds of things that have nothing to do with either love or procreation. If society wants to say that only 2 people can be married to each other, and have these rights and responsibilities, isn't that what societal rules are for? For me, if 5 people want to live together and call themselves married, great. But society can say "you aren't married for the legal rights of 'married' people. Live together all you want, have kids all you want, but you won't have the same legal rights as others." Oh, and that would be a choice, "marrying" more than 1 person. Unlike sexual orientation, which is pretty clearly not any more a choice than skin color.
  18. Mike Sixel
    When rebuilding, sell high.....like with Revere.
  19. Mike Sixel
    Clutch. Payroll. other random key word for searches.....
  20. Mike Sixel
    Twins starters are pretty much bottom 5 in every category in the AL this year, not sure how things are really any better so far than the end of last year. Maybe someone can explain that to me. That was before Pelfrey's awesome start today. Not sure how you can ignore the results Pelfrey is delivering, or how you can just decide some guys would never have signed here. Also, not sure how drafting and developing players is not a crap shoot, I guess a higher percent of HS kids and college students come up from the minors than I thought.. Also, name the guy in the rotation this year drafted and developed by this vaunted system. Or name the best pitchers the last few years, and if they were drafted and developed by this system.
  21. Mike Sixel
    You tend to get what you pay for, and that's what they are getting from Pelfrey. Low risk, low reward. Not really a surprise to anyone, is it?
  22. Mike Sixel
    It has turned this fan off of spending money, and I doubt I'm alone, as other friends have said the same thing. No idea how big that "movement" is though.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Given what little I know about the amatuer baseball world, this is also my list, with Appel before Gray.
  24. Mike Sixel
    But the inefficiency is not underpaynig for bad starters, the inefficiency is changing the way you use those bad pitchers to make them more effective. Forcing them into traditional starting roles is not looking for an inefficiency, it is just bad planning and execution.
  25. Mike Sixel
    The evolution is not the only cause of long games.....too many people stepping out of the batter's box and adjusting gloves and checking signs with 2 outs and non one base, and pitchers not just throwing the dang ball......a lot could be done by enforcing the rules (if the umps could just figure out what they are). But, waiting for a good pitch to hit may be lengthening the game, but it is good strategy.
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