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  1. Mike Sixel
    DFA Marquis, let Manship and Swarzak start/go for half a game /whatever. That combo can't be any worse than Marquis.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Seth....trying to keep the Slama train alive....good for you....
  3. Mike Sixel
    So, the argument from some is to not spend serious money next year. How many years of Mauer's prime are you willing to burn, not being competitive?
  4. Mike Sixel
    You have to pay market rates for average pitchers too. Will any be available? Will they sign two of them? That was really the point of the post.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Just a reminder, at least one scout thinks Buxton is not the best OF prospect he's seen this year, so it is not clear cut that he's the best player available. The scout is the other one on ESPN, not Law....
  6. Mike Sixel
    I think 99% of the people ahve no idea who Sade really is, or what he stood for. He has the same name, and he's associate with some level of pain/torture. That's really all people really know. I see no real stretch here for the masses. But I understand how others may disagree.
  7. Mike Sixel
    If you never pay market rates (salary or years), you never get great players. Pretty simple rule of supply and demand, really. I don't care which very good to great pitcher it is, but I'd like one of them signed here. I don't think, for one minute, that Ryan will do it though. They'll continue on the Pavano/Marquis track, imo. So, I'm setting my expectatons super, super, super low for next offseason.
  8. Mike Sixel
    My guess is that Pavano insists on Butera. Brutal. Just. Brutal. They can deny it all they want, but actions speak louder than words.
  9. Mike Sixel
    That's what Vikings fans said last year when they beat Washington....sure would be nice for them to have 3 number 1 and 2 number 2s....that said, the MLB is much more of a crapshoot, so I don't really care this year.
  10. Mike Sixel
    That would be great, but I do not see them doing it. He'll want lots of years, and lots of money. Willingham is the largest FA signing ever. Ryan and the FO talk all the time about not burdening the team with long term deals for lots of money. Would love it, but I don't see it.
  11. Mike Sixel
    No kidding. Nice job by the team today, from what you can see on gamecast. The lineup is just so much better with Dozier, Morneau, and Willingham in there....when Doumit comes back, it looks like a MLB roster again mostly.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Nothing has gotten into Plouffe, he is neither the guy who hit .114 (or whatever), nor the guy that will hit a HR in every game like the last two days. This is why you don't play a guy for 10 games and make a decision that is contrary to years of data from the minors and majors....(positive or negative).
  13. Mike Sixel
    If Butera isn't catching, who is the DH with this lineup? I mean, that's really the issue....besides, Mauer has not rested much. If Doumit is hurt, playing Butera 1-2 times a week should not be an issue. Not even sure who the DH should be if not Mauer ...though for me, it would probably be Willingham, with Revere in left. I don't care what Butera has hit in a handful of at bats this year, that is very likely not an indication of how we should expect him to hit the rest of the year.
  14. Mike Sixel
    I would love it if strikes were strike, and balls were balls. A totally fair contest between pitcher and hitter. That would be cool. As jb points out, making the change is not so easy.....and change always has unintended consequences.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Not sure it matters, even if the new guy is worse than Blackburn, giving up 7 runs instead of 5, it's still PROBABLY a loss....so, it should either be a guy that is ready, or a guy that won't be harmed by coming up. I vote Manship or Swarzak. They've been good soldiers, and deserve to make some decent money for their efforts. There isn't really a better option anyway, so go ahead and reward those guys. I'd also like Slama up for the same reason.....
  16. Mike Sixel
    To add to my thoughts....bias is one of the reasons I don't watch the NBA. Bias is one reason I stopped watching Braves baseball back in the day. How can we ever know that Jordan was the best basketball player ever, if he got every call? Call the game the same way, for everyone, all the time during a game. That's the only fair way to play a game. If two people are playing against each other, but one is playing by rules that give her an advantage, are they even playing the same game? I have no idea why anyone would like bias. Take the "let the players decide" idiocy of the NFL interference rules. By not calling interference, because you want the play to rule, you are actually not doing so. If it is interference, it is interference. By not calling the penalty, you are not letting the playerd decide the game, you are letting one player play by different rules, and making it an unfair contest. It's logical laziness to say you are letting the players decide the outcome of that play. Have I mentioned how much I hate unfair application of rules in sports and other competitions? There is no good argument for the bad application of rules. None.* *in professional or other high level competitions, we aren't talking about little kids here.....
  17. Mike Sixel
    Agree with the above, it is an active choice not to swing or to swing. A pitch should always be called for where it was thrown, regardless of the situation. It is the only truly fair way to play a game, by the rules. Otherwise, it is not a fair contest. I 100 percent hate umpire and referee bias.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Stop with the facts....
  19. Mike Sixel
    THIS for sure.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Blackburn sucks. Awful signing, which most of us warned....
  21. Mike Sixel
    I'd like Plouffe in RF full time for a month....
  22. Mike Sixel
    agree with thrylos, no intent to harm anyone. He threw it down in anger, and it bounced wrong....
  23. Mike Sixel
    Seth, love your passion and work, but this is an area we disagree. I don't think Boer, for example, got anything out of dominating a bunch of 17-19 year olds last year. I do agree with your statement that moving them quickly makes up for their lower start, that part makes sense.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I agree, but then you need to be willing to make trades of elite prospects....
  25. Mike Sixel
    gunnarthor, you don't feel the FO is to blame much? I think we'll disagree on that one.
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