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  1. Mike Sixel
    Oh, I'm not arguing it wasn't mostly about budget.....but it was cool cinema also.
  2. Mike Sixel
    That is not a sentence I expected to read in May.....
  3. Mike Sixel
    I don't know. The art/cinema/suspense of the lights going out was really a cool idea. Bad battle strategy, cool idea. We don't see the wolf packs due to budget though.....Why the heck was Jon's wolf not by Bran?
  4. Mike Sixel
    there is no way that Sam should be alive, or Grey Worm. You can maybe argue that Jaime and Brienne kept each other alive by standing by that wall..... And why the bleep does blue dragon fire take down walls, but not curve around them to kill Jon? That whole sequence was lame, imo.
  5. Mike Sixel
    No one argued they should be the only thing used. How would you suggest we understand if the team is good at pitching, if not by looking at where they are compared to other teams?
  6. Mike Sixel
    Also, I must be the only one not bothered by how dark it was. It was dark out......it gave us a sense of what the characters experienced, imo. I kind of enjoyed it, rather than the artificial light we get in most night/cave scenes* *note, I'm not arguing that all scenes should be that way.....
  7. Mike Sixel
    Well, Jon has only been riding a dragon a few days.....so I'm not sure how well he could control him. Dany and Jon have proven over and over that they suck at battle strategy and tactics. This was no different. They might not have greek fire in the North..... But, ya, lots of ridiculously stupid decisions again and again. But I still liked it, because I wasn't sure who was going to die, until the plot armor kicked in with about fifteen minutes to go.....
  8. Mike Sixel
    there are three ways they predict the standings....some of which include playing time. Alex 2:39 Why does the projected wins amount differ when you go from the projected standings tab to the playoff odds tab (only a slight difference but you'd figure they'd be the same?) Craig Edwards 2:41 playoff odds factor schedule into them. The projected standings tab gives you the best idea of true talent while the playoff odds should do a better job projecting the rest of the season because teams can play very different schedules. The ROS schedule is in the playoff odds so you can compare. also, at the end of this article: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/losing-corey-kluber-isnt-what-the-indians-needed/ For all of their woes, somehow the Indians (16-13) are just two games behind the Twins (17-10), but their odds of winning the division have faded from 88.6% at the outset of the season to 62.0%, and they’ll fall further once our depth charts are adjusted to account for Kluber’s absence. For those hoping that the AL Central would feature an actual race, this added setback certainly increases the odds, but this is a lousy way for it to happen.
  9. Mike Sixel
    no one is disputing that....but that doesn't mean these show runners are good at it, or interested in it, which is what people said.... And, that doesn't change the fact that if this is the payoff for Bran, yuck.
  10. Mike Sixel
    later today, I believe, it changes.
  11. Mike Sixel
    How do you propose getting close, w/o adding players? Or, do you mean punt on this year too? I'm not sure what your message is? How long until you suggest they do get aggressive? Because they could lose 3-4 starting pitchers after this year....and have to basically start over again.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Derek 2:24 In light of Kluber's injury and Ramirez's extended struggles, are the Twins the favorite to win the AL Central now? Craig Edwards 2:26 Cleveland is still the favorite. If Kluber were out for they year or Ramirez's struggles continued all year long, it would be really close. Despite everything that's gone on, the Twins are still only a couple games ahead right now. One more bad thing or a continuation of the above bad things and it is pretty much even/slight Twins lean. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/craig-edwards-fangraphs-chat-5-2-2019/
  13. Mike Sixel
    tempted, but the wife is unexpectedly home today.....so probably no day drinking* *unless water, or kombucha (not as much as a certain WR once drank) count
  14. Mike Sixel
    fair. and agreed, people can feel what they want to feel.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Mike G 1:08 Worried about Royce Lewis's slow start? Keith Law 1:09 About his start, no. About the changes to his mechanics - he's gotten very noisy, with a hitch now and multiple triggers - yes. Chris P 1:30 I try to remind myself that nothing really matters until the end of June...but I'm definitely enjoying this Buxton comeback so far Keith Law 1:31 He was also pretty good the last five months of 2017, before injuries ruined his 2018. I'm more inclined to buy into a good April when there is preceding performance to support it. Minny 1:51 Alex Kirilloff was just activated today at AA. Does his injury to start the season remove any hope (if there ever was any) of seeing him in September? Or does the Twins competitive team and full OF make it a moot point anyway? Keith Law 1:52 Yeah it'll take an injury to find a spot for him, I think.
  16. Mike Sixel
    Of course, those players used greenies and other drugs too.......let's stop pretending that any era is "clean", IMO.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Our brains tend to tell us what we think is there, not what is there. I had the same thought you did.....
  18. Mike Sixel
    The difference is they have 5 starters this year...... Openers and piggybacking makes a ton of sense for teams w/o 5 starters. BTW, Tampa was very good last year and they used the opener......and are light years ahead of most teams in terms of what they achieve on their budget. So I'm not sure the point.
  19. Mike Sixel
    good for him, but I was hoping for a top prospect, because MN is going to need help soon, imo.
  20. Mike Sixel
    preach it!
  21. Mike Sixel
    Cruz is doing exactly what I expected. Gonzalez is obviously much worse than anyone expected. Cron is worse than I expected. So, ya, no, not true at all. No place have I argued to always and only sign expensive FAs, I've argued they should do it once for a pitcher, then see. Feel free to debate things, but let's debate what each other actually says, and not straw men.
  22. Mike Sixel
    Attendance analysis......The Twins have a huge drop, percentage wise. So far. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/april-attendance-was-a-mixed-bag-for-baseball/
  23. Mike Sixel
    only in AAA, though. Still weird, but an improvement!
  24. Mike Sixel
    Man, the minors must have been truly barren of RPs when this FO took over. They really like other options over and over.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Did anyone think Trump was electable when it all started a few years ago? I am in love with this article. Electability is all about keeping us down.
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