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  1. Mike Sixel
    By the way, if those are the numbers, I like Vielma much more than I thought. Context is important.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Not actually my line, it is more complex than that. If it was 1 time, or 1 issue, I am much more tolerant of intolerance......
  3. Mike Sixel
    I'm not sure what this has to do with my argument / question. LOTS of people LOVED the Hughes FA deal, lots of them.
  4. Mike Sixel
    I'm not comparing them at all......I'm stating that there is a line that some athletes cross that makes me not want to root for them. NO PLACE did I compare Torii to Hernandez, NO PLACE. At least on NFL player killed someone in a car accident where he may or may not have been drinking, would you root for him? Several (many?) have beat women on multiple occasions, you ok rooting for them?
  5. Mike Sixel
    I think we are agreeing, I think they do think he has a shot to be awesome. People here arguing that he shouldn't be ranked because he hasn't played? those are the people I was arguing against. If he's not good enough to be ranked (as at least one person here argued) they made a mistake. Personally, he should probably be in the top 10 on this list......but that's just me.
  6. Mike Sixel
    Except that if it doesn't work out, they scouted something wrong, or developed something wrong, or just bad luck or whatever. But if we "should" give them credit for good choices, we probably are ok giving them demerits for bad choices, even when following good processes.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Would you root for Hernandez now? If not, welcome to the club of people that will draw a line.
  8. Mike Sixel
    Begging will get you nowhere....
  9. Mike Sixel
    Ah, this I agree with, sir. Easily, as posted above.
  10. Mike Sixel
    The median WAR for the watered down veterans' committee choices is higher than Torii's WAR, let alone for the "normal" voters, which is in the upper 50s (Torii has lower 40s).
  11. Mike Sixel
    The MLB HOF? No shot.
  12. Mike Sixel
    I don't recall the last Mel Gibson movie I saw. Maybe I'm not thinking about it right, but hasn't his career pretty much tanked now? I think his behavior absolutely is a partial cause of that. I think it is partially an age thing, as I've gotten older, I don't overlook as much. Overlooking, imo, is part of why people keep doing bad things, we enable them (Peterson, Hardy, et. al.).
  13. Mike Sixel
    Slippery slope....classic logical fallacy. That aside, I do watch less and less sports the more I realize I probably don't like some of the players as people (among many other reasons, but that is one). Again, there is a line, imo, in who I am willing to cheer for. I would never root for Hernandez, for example. I actively want Peterson off the Vikings, but I still am happy when he runs well, but I NEVER cheer for him, ever.
  14. Mike Sixel
    the interesting discussion is about how you can/cannot root for people you disagree with.....the other stuff, not so much on this thread, imo. Where does one draw the line? For some, Torii crossed the line, for others he did not. For some, Adrian Peterson or Greg Hardy crossed the line, for others, they did not. For some, there is no line an athlete can apparently cross and they'd still root form them. I don't get those last people at all. As for the bible, it used to be against the law to divorce, because the bible....should we go back to that?
  15. Mike Sixel
    I don't get your Wandy statement at all. Guys that come into the system the first year, first round picks and HUGE international signings, should be in your top 10. That's why they get the money they do.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Again, who said you couldn't? But taking a political stand has consequences, some positive, some negative.
  17. Mike Sixel
    btw....... The TR interview is one of my favorite parts of the book. Also, I wish I had suggested this question: Minor league players are one of your most important assets. Will the Twins become the first team to pay at least a minimum wage? Why don't teams invest in better food and diets for these players, and allow them to learn bad habits of eating fast food since most don't have / know better options?
  18. Mike Sixel
    Isn't that what I said? I still rooted for him to do well on the Twins.....doesn't mean I have to like his opinions or him. I looked beyond them while he was on the field.
  19. Mike Sixel
    I think we are missing Nick's point, which is the point I tried to make also...... Torii created conflicting feelings for some, Flip was just the kind of individual you could root for.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Why do I NEED to get over it? Why can't I root for him to play well for the Twins, but not like him as a person (and, let's not pretend he didn't also make racist comments about people who "weren't really black"). Please don't tell me how to feel. and no, it wasn't only AFTER a question, he appeared in political ads supporting politicians who shared his belief.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Javier better be a great prospect, they likely won't sign any more than him this year, or they'd suffer next year (which, you know, would be nice if they went all in with their money, but whatever). Frankly, if he's really not a top 10 guy, they probably wasted their money. Burdi vs Meyer, dang, that's a tough one for me. Frankly, as bad as Meyer was last year, I'd probably rate him higher. He has succeeded at a higher level.
  22. Mike Sixel
    He is a great example of why I root for teams, not individuals, any more in sports. Flip, otoh, is why you keep rooting for individuals in life.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Ha, as I said on another thread, that's not me.....I'm 51 and don't really like fighting all that much. As for using money to get a catcher, have people looked at the catching FA list? That's one reason the Jays were so smart to pounce when they did, good catchers don't usually make FA.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Good luck to him.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Ya, I don't get the AJ love for next year, frankly.
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