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  1. Mike Sixel
    Ned and the real girl Henry Jesus Christ.... The good, the bad, and the weird we go to netflix, pick a random "indie" movie rated at least 3.5 stars....
  2. Mike Sixel
    1. The books are great, but very long after book three. I am about done with book 5 now, and I to re-read wikipedia a couple of times to remember everything that came before....really, really long. That said, they are really well written. Unless you hate violence and sex.... 2. the blu rays are great. I do not have HBO, but have the first two seasons on blu ray. Once we watch the last episdoe of ROME (also good), we will re-watch season 1, then watch season 2. 3. Really, the books are intimidating, but good. My biggest worry (re: ASoIF) is that Martin passes before he finishes. Heck, at this rate, I might pass before he finishes.
  3. Mike Sixel
    Cancelling the UNC series, and paying out money to do so, was sad and embarassing, imo. It's not like they are good or anything.....tubby had to go. Any random HS coach could finish in the bottom three in the conference every year. The extensions (including the secret one to Borden right before he left) from the last AD were also embarrassing. How about Kill win some games before he gets extended beyond th 5 years still on his deal?
  4. Mike Sixel
    Arthur Brown is fast, and can probably cover the TE/RB much better than any LBer they vikes have had for a long time......he supposedly tackles well also. He's a 3 down LBer, from what little I've read so far on him. They really like a legit 3rd down LBer, imo.
  5. Mike Sixel
    We paid millions for a new stadium....if the payroll isn't significantly higher (after baseball inflation, not normal inflation) than $71MM or whatever it was the last year of the dome, then why did we buy them a new stadium, exactly? They get $25MM in free money next year, anyone think the payroll is going up by any percent of that?
  6. Mike Sixel
    I agree with John, and I said it in the previous thread where this quote came up.....if he really wants to look veterans in the eye, why did he build this pitching staff? Awful.
  7. Mike Sixel
    My feelings exactly, except I still live in Hennepin county, and subsidize Seth's tickets and everyone else's too, even though these are supposedly the MN Twins, not the Hennepin county Twins.
  8. Mike Sixel
    We can only go by actions. He claimed budget is no limit, he claimed he was going to sign pitching, St. Peter said budget is not an issue....which is it? Does he really think these pitchers are good, or are they cutting cost?
  9. Mike Sixel
    Isn't Rosenthals argument that hardy is a good manager...just look at all of his success in the past? But he should not be held accountable now because it is not his fault?
  10. Mike Sixel
    So Gardy gets credit when teams are good, but no blame when the team is bad? Priceless job.
  11. Mike Sixel
    So far, I like the decisions....I find it funny that Ryan did not send down hicks because he owed it to the other players and Gardy to win.....and did that to fix the pitching this off-season, those two actions are not the same.....
  12. Mike Sixel
    Nothing better than encouraging making "productive" outs. Most answers were interesting, that was saddening.
  13. Mike Sixel
    Refuse to pay for good players, get bad players in return. The math is not that hard.
  14. Mike Sixel
    Today, KLAW said if he had time to do it over again right now, Gray would pass Manaea....
  15. Mike Sixel
    I call BS, they clearly have three of a kind.....great poker hand, lousy pitching staff* *three threes** is not good in this game **threes, as in 2 is the worst pitcher possible, Ace the best.....not as in "number three pitcher types"
  16. Mike Sixel
    Fangraphs ranks doumit as the worst DH in the AL, so I doubt he's in ahead of Plouffe and Diamond, but I guess it is possible......
  17. Mike Sixel
    Mauer and Morneau and Willingham are locks.....that leaves Perkins and Worley as possibilities I would think. No one else is even a candidate, are they? And man, that's not a very deep roster.....
  18. Mike Sixel
    Brian Dozier and his OBP hitting second....................not sure how either Doumit or Parmalee hit in front of Plouffe either, not based on last year. Maybe I'm missing something. I know we have beat this horse so we can't even see it used to be a horse, but Mauer should be hitting second.
  19. Mike Sixel
    If you are the DR, I'd say this is more important than the miracle on ice.....heck, if you are a lot of the rest of the world it probably is.
  20. Mike Sixel
    "productive outs". I hate productive outs. The object is to not make an out, not to advance the runner with a sacrifice bunt, or a ground out to 2nd. The math on this (before the 7th/8th inning) is super, super, super clear to anyone that wants to pay attention to it.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Have you guys been reading Fangraphs position by position analysis also? Ugh......in any event, I like that they did not bring in competition for Plouffe. They need to just let him play, and see what he can do. Is this a hole? Is he good/good enough? I think he'll be good, slightly above average on offense, about average on defense.
  22. Mike Sixel
    The Honey Badger is a 3rd or 4th round pick....he is a great returner, and mediocre coverage guy. He's basically Devin Hester, I think. Given the depth of this draft, he's likely a 3rd rounder or 4th rounder. Unfortunately, the Vikes are right up against the cap, now. I think if they draft every pick they currently have, and pay them, they would actually be over the cap......so we are unlikely to see much in FA the rest of the way unless KWill or Allen re-do their deals. Assuming no trades, I'd like to see Arthur Brown, Keenan Allen, Kwann Short as the first three picks. I'd be ok if Brown was replaced with a CB in that scenario.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Sounds like a great event, too bad I can't go.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I promise, Seth, next time I'll concentrate just on the year....and NOT bring this up.....Indeed, I am kind of curious to look at a few other teams to see how they really do, and see how they are really built....my assumptions might just be off, would not surprise me. So if anything, you've given me another reason to spend time on the interwebs.... BW, glad to read.
  25. Mike Sixel
    I'm assuming this year is going to be awful, I should have made that clear, I thought I had, but I guess not.....but again, I'm done. Not much for me to add one way or the other, and we just won't agree......I do agree with the idea that trading guys for other guys counts, but I thought I addressed that when I said, they are able to do that because they are willing to stink (my words and belief) this year.....if they wanted to compete this year, I think it would be harder to make those trades for minor leaguers. But again, I've already said that, and I'm not sure what new i can say. I'm not ignoring anyting, all of what you posted was attempted to be addressed. If I failed in that, my apologies.
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