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  1. IndianaTwin
    I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it. The notion of a trade having a "winner" and a "loser" is a false dichotomy. Good trades help both teams. If you get a reputation for screwing the other team, you'll never get the opportunity to make another trade. Get the reputation of wanting to help the other team while improving your own, and folks will gladly take your call.
  2. IndianaTwin
    Let’s see. Would we rather have Sano batting against a lefty with the bases loaded and two outs or against a righty with the bases empty? Trying to score was a bad idea to begin with, but the more I think about it, the worse it gets.
  3. IndianaTwin
    On the bright side, they were able to get the three pitchers’ spots out of the way to roll over the lineup for the eighth.
  4. IndianaTwin
    Now that’s the Duffey we know and love!
  5. IndianaTwin
    Gotta love it when Kepler "bunts" and Sano "goes the other way."
  6. IndianaTwin
    Said announcers were noting several outstanding defenders for the Twins. Notably, left field was omitted.
  7. IndianaTwin
    We've shared our appreciation for Benetti and Stone, so it's interesting to be listening to the North Siders this time. Your mom isn't wrong, by the way.
  8. IndianaTwin
    If he matches Sal Maglie's career, I'll be happy.
  9. IndianaTwin
    From the looks of his travel itinerary, it's probably a good thing he was a geography major!
  10. IndianaTwin
    So I couldn’t but think today was like high school. “Okay, everybody on the plane, in uniform, by 9 a.m. Bring money to stop at Arby’s after the game and we should be back home by 7.”
  11. IndianaTwin
    Squint a little harder and you'll see me, in the woods, looking for my drive.
  12. IndianaTwin
    Or, roughly the height needed to avoid Sano's blast from the other night.
  13. IndianaTwin
    Though I'm an Iowan at heart, I've spent my 35 adult years in northern Indiana, which a lot of folks escape (appropriately, I might add) by going to the Traverse City area. I made my first jaunt there a couple years ago, and it really is a beautiful area. Good bike/walking trails, some touristy stuff nearby. A little ways north is the "Tunnel of Trees," which truly is one of the most awesome drives one can take anywhere. My brother, an avid motorcyclist, would say the same.
  14. IndianaTwin
    Yeah, I thought the same thing when they used it on Saturday. And I'm not ready to give up on Kepler and Sano following them.
  15. IndianaTwin
    What’s perhaps most amazing about Arraez is that he can average 163 games per 162 games.
  16. IndianaTwin
    This isn’t a comment on whether things are good or bad, just different. Sox and Yankees last night: 8 homers and 23 strikeouts. Shoeless Joe in 1919 season: 7 homers and 10 strikeouts.
  17. IndianaTwin
    I'm going to add a suggestion that will help convince fans that it's not a sell-off. Buy. Not as in "buy for this year," but "buy for next year." One of the guys supposedly available is Kyle Gibson and his 156 ERA+, with $8 million on the contract for next year. In keeping Berrios and Maeda, it's going to be very difficult to sign three SP studs, let alone two. If the baseballtradevalue site is of any worth, it says it would "only" take something like Sabato (a 1B, where we seem to have depth) to get him.
  18. IndianaTwin
    I get that too, but it has to be a REALLY important game to root for Chicago. If possible, I’d root for rain.
  19. IndianaTwin
    Bottom line is that the only time I’ll ever root for the team from Cleveland is when they are playing the White Sox.
  20. IndianaTwin
    Nolasco.
  21. IndianaTwin
    I think the 3-4 years on Lewis that he was referring to are 2019-2021 and maybe 2022. But your first paragraph in particular is spot on. The only way they could have anticipated getting replacement or sub-replacement from those three are injuries, and unfortunately, that’s not where the injuries happened. Your summary is why I don’t see them over-reacting to this year.
  22. IndianaTwin
    So from what I can tell, if you take out the stats against Tanana, Kusick’s .235/.342/.392 goes to .230/.334/<=.382. I didn’t track down all of his at bats, so I treated the 12 non-homers as singles. If some of them were extra bases, his slugging percentage is even lower. I’ve never looked at this, but it has to be pretty rare for someone with that many plate appearances to have their stats affected in such a positive way by hitting against a particular pitcher, particularly a good one like Tanana.
  23. IndianaTwin
    Any post that uses several paragraphs on Craig Kusick as the intro will get a “like” from me. ?
  24. IndianaTwin
    I hadn’t thought of it in these terms, but if he’d gotten the year of service a few years ago, he’d be going through free agency THIS year. Some team would likely take a chance on his big time talent, but you’re right, given the injuries that did happen this year, he’s much better off hoping to be healthy next year over being a free agent this year.
  25. IndianaTwin
    Naming the Giants is interesting. This isn’t a poke at you, Lombo, but it points out to many people that stuff happens, even when you make good plans. Is there anyone here who was reading GiantsDaily in the offseason and can report on how their front office was likely being excoriated for their dumpster-diving approach to the rotation? Who among us would have taken the rotation of Gausman, Wood, DeSclafani over Berrios, Maeda, and Pineda? Yet one of those threesomes led the team to 25 games over and the other to 15 games under. And when stuff happens, you don’t overreact.
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