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  1. Mike Sixel
    I'd call judging the likelihood of making the playoffs smart, not not smart. Just because they beat the odds doesn't mean they made a bad decision.
  2. Mike Sixel
    that is quite true.....
  3. Mike Sixel
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Archons
  4. Mike Sixel
    soon, my young Padawan, soon... (pretty sure I got that quote wrong, btw......)
  5. Mike Sixel
    I doubt we'll agree on this.....moving on. And, not sure what experts have to do with celebrating or not, along the way. Teams that never celebrate during the process suffer, imo.
  6. Mike Sixel
    why not celebrate? It's an achievement no one thought they'd make, isn't it? We are way too serious in the world, imo.....have fun, do excess, celebrate life more!
  7. Mike Sixel
    I am really surprised, and pleased, how this year has gone. I would have placed ridiculous odds on making the playoffs.
  8. Mike Sixel
    I'm confused by the statement that they must be wrong because they change as new information comes, and as the ability close the gap decreases. If they didn't change every day, we'd have a really bad problem....those are odds, nothing more or less than probability estimates. help me understand your statements. How are they w/o meaning, exactly?
  9. Mike Sixel
    actually, third time thru the order penalty doesn't require any fan knowledge .....it's just plainly there.
  10. Mike Sixel
    yes, thanks. that does help! and no more shots at D&D please....
  11. Mike Sixel
    so, never question the manager? Not sure I understand the post, frankly. Help me out.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Aren't most games close, though? What matters is winning. And, as we saw right before the deadline, and again this week, is that that is unlikely against good teams. They've made progress this year, but need pitching.
  13. Mike Sixel
    I remember that game.
  14. Mike Sixel
    but the research is clear, that's true for home court in general, or home field, or home pitch and not specific to one team. and yes, that's another argument for robot umps, imo. that was not the contention being made at all.
  15. Mike Sixel
    that's totally different, though. I believe in that also. I'm talking about hundreds/thousands of games being umpired differently, with dozens/hundreds of people in on the conspiracy.
  16. Mike Sixel
    so you do believe that there is a conspiracy to help the Yankees, and no one has ever come forward about it in over 30 years? I'm genuinely curious to understand if you believe umpires have been told to help the Yankees win.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Another great article! Hard to quibble with the choices. Nicely done.
  18. Mike Sixel
    It isn't the baseball gods. It's the front office. While Molitor can't be blamed for who he has, there have been curious decisions along the way, imo. But at this point, I'm not sure he's doing much wrong, other than not pulling starters fast enough. Of course, that means more innings for Gee and Tonkin and others....so not sure what the answer is, really.
  19. Mike Sixel
    so, the Twins get the advantage at TF....what's the issue? I think blaming the umpires/refs is tedious. The Twins didn't pitch all that well, and they scored all of 2 runs....that's on them. And I don't get why they stopped trying to bunt for hits. I would have kept it up all night with my non-power hitters....until CC was out of the game. It certainly appears that the Twins have a mental block in NY.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Let's hope so!
  21. Mike Sixel
    sure, there's a chance anyone can be better for 1 year, or 3 months, or whatever. But would you bet on it straight up? Do people think anyone is likely to hit 325/372/589 over a year? Two players slugged that high all last year. Four had a BA that high all last year. Seven are SLG that high this year (giving credit to 2 just short of that). Four have a BA that high this year. He could easily be the best BSR in a given year, imo. I'll take the under. Don't get me wrong, Buxton might be great even discounting his defense, but that seems unlikely.
  22. Mike Sixel
    I'll take that bet right now.
  23. Mike Sixel
    someone literally posted up thread that next year Buxton could be better than Trout. Do people really think Buxton is going to be better than Trout?
  24. Mike Sixel
    People comparing anyone to Trout....wow.....
  25. Mike Sixel
    I do agree, the key take away from that game is that the Yankees are probably just plain better than the Twins overall.....
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