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  1. Mike Sixel
    I'm not blaming them....but at some point you have to be right about a FA signing to be considered good at your job, even if they all look good when they happen.....and I don't think I was "excited" at all. I'm pretty sure a lot of people were more "well, it's not a lot of money and he might be good", but I don't recall much excitement. Look at all the moves, and see if there are more good than bad (not draft picks, the scouting director does those).
  2. Mike Sixel
    I don't know if you are right or wrong, btw....I just don't know. And, I'd rather take the chance you are wrong, and try to stop SCOTUS from being even worse.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I used to be moderate. I'm not sure if I've changed, but now I'm considered liberal. Well, I've changed on healthcare, but that can happen when you: 1. are on the inside 2. own two businesses, making it impossible to get healthcare (how is this pro-entrepreneur) 3. See other people go broke for no good reason 4. See other people go w/o services, so they can feed their kid
  4. Mike Sixel
    Let's not forget his defense. He is a zero WAR player....with no future other than 5th OF, maybe. the literal definition of "replaceable",
  5. Mike Sixel
    Yup. I put it on the FG and other thread too....but this might get more attention.
  6. Mike Sixel
    But you can't make the decision in hindsight, that's my point....no one trades a guy like Sano to keep Nunez. Why bother? Because he's gone after this year, and you get nothing for him (or a draft pick, maybe). Is there any evidence trading and signing as a free agent is harder? It might happen less often, but that doesn't mean it is harder.
  7. Mike Sixel
    I strongly agree with this part, btw.....they Dems stink at messaging. Partly because they don't have a coherent message. Partly because it's harder to have a message about change and the future that has actual meaning, versus fear and conservatism (resistance to change).
  8. Mike Sixel
    none of which translated into the House, Senate, or that states. None of it. And he was so busy cuddling up to businesses that he helped the GoP move the goal posts. Lots to love about him, but he was no great change agent. He didn't just avoid saying it, he literally fought against gay marriage at first. Because he wanted to win elections, to do what, exactly? Other than healthcare, I am having a hard time figuring out what he actually did.
  9. Mike Sixel
    THIS is the free game of the day? THIS is how baseball markets itself?
  10. Mike Sixel
    Then why would he sign an extension w/o being traded? If he wants to be someplace else, he'll be someplace else whether they trade him or not.
  11. Mike Sixel
    but they can trade him and then sign him......NO ONE is saying he's not good right now, some of us are saying he's more valuable next year and beyond in trade.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Assuming Mauer would be healthy seems like a really bad idea to me......and they signed Morrison to replace him, they made that decision.
  13. Mike Sixel
    yes and no. They could have had Wade and Gordon in AAA from the get go, we'd know a lot more about them right now, and their readiness. Gonsalves could have started there. RPs that are there could have been given a chance (and allowed the team to use AAA as extra roster space, instead their bullpen is largely guys w/o options). They could have signed better backups. And, I don't care which regime it is anymore...... And, it is a game thread, so I think I'll bow out of this overly serious discussion.....but I think people aren't looking at the trades, FA, and other decisions of the FO and are instead blaming it all on the players and injuries.
  14. Mike Sixel
    culture and "they" aren't good people.....whether they are not white, or immigrants, or democrats. I know people that literally believe democrats are evil. And that clinton killed people, but that Trump is a good person deep down. So, stuff about culture and "them". I also know good Republicans, but even they seem ok with what is happening. People I've known for years, that I thought would be bothered by Russian interference, and graft, and out and out lying.
  15. Mike Sixel
    that has to mean they are promoting someone, right?
  16. Mike Sixel
    And Cleveland has to play something like 5-7 games under the rest of the way.....Or the West Coast teams fighting for the WC need to all three collapse.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Lots of teams get injuries. Cano is out .... how are the Mariners doing? Kershaw and Seager. Out. You can't expect perfect health, and the Twins had NO ONE in AAA that was ready to help in any good way to start the year.
  18. Mike Sixel
    It's this argument that kept them from trading Perkins, or others. How does holding onto this guy for 2-3 more months help this team compete long term? If we are going to assume Lewis and Kirriloff and others go the way of Sano....which is what your last sentence reads as, there is no hope. No one is trading Sano 2 years ago, no way, no how. That's not even a realistic thing to discuss. No one trades a 22 yo budding super star under control for 5 more years.
  19. Mike Sixel
    see, I don't want to abandon gay rights just to win votes.....is that your argument? Don't press for equality across the whole country? I'm genuinely asking if that is your argument here, not being mean, so I hope it's coming across that way.
  20. Mike Sixel
    people seem to be forgetting this part......
  21. Mike Sixel
    Benjamin 2:13 Brusdar to High-A!! Does he have the potential, however slim, to be an ace? Eric A Longenhagen 2:14 I'm always gonna say 'ace' is heavy for just about every pitching prospect. It's like 6-8 guys in the bigs right now that I'd call 'ace' 2:15 But Brusdar is really good
  22. Mike Sixel
    that last sentence is very unfair.....I'd say that the FO needs to be realistic at this point, and get what they can for guys that won't be here next year or the year after. It's not about not trying, it's about being realistic. Businesses don't run on hope.
  23. Mike Sixel
    the dishes? work? picking weeds by hand?
  24. Mike Sixel
    They tried. I'd rather my team try. Way more excitement. For me anyway
  25. Mike Sixel
    Hanging onto Escobar is the kind of half move that has gotten this team where it is, imo.
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