Mike Sixel

Great game! Congrats to Mauer.

Heaven forbid here have fun out there. You literally have no idea if he wants to be great or not, unless you can read minds. People complaining about Sano love Buxton? Speechless.

I'll bet my money on in between.....

Wut? He's still, despite the ridiculous, not going to continue, strikeouts an above average, if not great, hitter.

No even the tiniest amount

the Dalai Lama (really, this is true) was once asked about bad drivers, and what good they really provide to us all. He answered that they help him remember that he still has much to work on when it comes to accepatance and patience* The Cowboys and Yankees and Seahawks (if you lived here, you'd understand) supply that for me** *I can't recall what the actual words were, but that's the spirt of his answer. ** as do bad drivers. Jeebus I hate traffic.

My wife is convinced that just going to sports' sites guarantees I'll get ads for women. I wonder if that is part of the algorhythm? And, that ad covering the mobile thing that Van posted? That's what I was too lazy to post....though I am nearly always on wifi, not the carrier.

I was just giving some job advice (believe it or not, lots of people ask for advice...)....and we were talking about authenticity and transparency. She was stating that she had problems at work because she was "too honest". I suggested it wasn't the level of honesty, but her approach. This is a short summary: Think of every situation as a sales situation. In sales, you need to build a bridge, from the buyer's current reality to the reality you (and hopefully they) want to be in. When people are too honest, they are skipping the bridge building, and trying to teleport people....and we all know teleporation is impossible. So, rather than blurt out "you need to do X" or "this culture sucks and her's why"....you need to have that conversation starting from where they are, and spend time helping them know there is a different future, and that there is a bridge there. You need to build the bridge, and then take them across it. Same here, though I don't know how to do that on a cultural level.

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/scouting-explained-the-20-80-scouting-scale/

agreed. It made me laugh.

Joe 2:14 Were you a fan of Max Kepler? What do you think his upside is? Eric A Longenhagen 2:14 Yes, think he's a 50

12:32 ATL: Is Buxton trying to hit the ball on the ground more while everyone else is getting it in the air? Or is it just bad contact? 12:33 Jay Jaffe: I haven’t looked closely, but my God, the man appears constitutionally incapable of producing in April. When I checked yesterday, he had a career 17 wRC+ in March/April. Pinstripe Wizard: On paper, Joe Mauer has a better HOF chance than Molina, but the move to first base has to hurt his chances. Thoughts on Mauer versus Molina in terms of HOF chances? 1:45 Jay Jaffe: Mauer does very well in JAWS, has an MVP award, three batting titles (unprecedented for a catcher) and a slash-stat triple crown (also unprecedented for a catcher). Unless it’s Twins fans doing the voting, i thinK he’ll be OK. 1:53 Cold in MN: Re: Mauer, I’ve never understood the flack Mauer gets from MN fans. He was never going to be a consistent 25+ HR player. Fans resented his massive contract yet would have cried foul if he had walked for BOS/NY 1:54 Jay Jaffe: Some of this is on Twins’ management and the way in general that owners brainwash fans into believing their team’s financial resources are far more limited than they are. Spend money around Mauer like a grown-ass baseball team instead of invoking the % of payroll his deal takes up and Twins fans would be far less cranky. 1:56 Sean: Speaking of Mauer, he seems to be rising from the dead here. Does his career have a above-average final act? 1:57 Jay Jaffe: he’s in my prayers to the Base Gods as well. https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jay-jaffe-fangraphs-chat-4-12-18/

No idea, but the civil Rights protesters that we all worship were accused of that over an over. So probably not. But not sure.

To me, the big story is that a playoff contender is going with a 23 man roster. Unacceptable. They have two relief pitchers the manager won't use.

The police have done little to change their issues. Are people claiming they'll change if no one says anything? Protest ONLY works if it makes people uncomfortable.

They won. Wasn't pretty on teh run prevention side, but the run scoring side was nice.

wanna take that bet? And, yes, the math is really simple on this. clearly, you don't agree, so I guess we're done with this line. But, search the internet and you might be surprised at the correct decision here.

Yes, because you don't know if that will happen, or not. But, you do 100% know you have the bases loaded, and a great pitcher availalbe at that point. What happens later is 100% no relevant to the decision.

Rodeny got the win? hahahahahahaha. win stat has meaning. hahahahaha

I hope not. I want him available for high leverage situations, not held out of important spots to get the "save".

ninjad so how's this? Home Run (that's what the german is, apparently)

No. Using him when the bases were loaded the first time was the right move.

sigh

good point.

Off topic....anyone in MN know of any IT openings? For some reason, one of my sons wants to live in MN still.....