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  1. Shane Wahl
    This might be my favorite blog post at TD so far.
  2. Shane Wahl
    You know, a Liriano-Jackson-Baker 1-3, if healthy and if in the third year of a new stadium the Twins didn't decide to cut payroll by $12+ million, would have had the potential to be at least an honorable mention. But I digress.
  3. Shane Wahl
    Breakout hitter, upper levels: Aaron Hicks Best hitter, upper levels: Joe Benson Breakout hitter, lower levels: Angel Morales Best hitter, lower levels: Miguel Sano Breakout hitter, EST: Max Kepler Best hitter, EST: Travis Harrison
  4. Shane Wahl
    No, I am not taking a stance at all about PEDs. I am saying that given his condemnation of Bonds and given a lot of the hatred for Bonds and others, and the denial of Hall of Fame status for players who, absent PEDs, clearly would make the Hall anyway, it is strange that we don't blame him at all as the overseer of the league at the time. It's rampant hypocrisy. I have clearly stated that what I find so strange is the silence from sports journalists in condemning him.
  5. Shane Wahl
    Those are pretty good predictions. I like those wild cards.
  6. Shane Wahl
    That's a pretty fun box score for a spring training game. I'm glad that bats showed up for both teams.
  7. Shane Wahl
    I guess my title was provocative. I know that it is money that keeps the guy around. I just wonder why sports journalists and those who refuse to vote for certain suspected and/or essentially confirmed PED-using Hall of Famers don't say squat about Selig. I have only read or heard a few arguments over the years. It's a strange thing--we always blame the leader . . . look at the venom sometimes spewed towards Gardy. We blame the guy in charge. Selig was the guy in charge. And he knew that the home run was going to make the league money and he knew that PEDs brought the home run. His hypocrisy and the hypocrisy surrounding this issue is astounding. That it is more likely for Jack Morris than Roger Clemens to get in the Hall of Fame is a joke and a half. Selig's phony after-the-fact denouncement of PEDs is so transparently bogus.
  8. Shane Wahl
    In the last several years I have hardly read an article or seen or heard any major sports journalist seriously raise this question. Given the enormity of the PED scandal (so much so that is has now made the Hall of Fame vote out to be a farce) and even Selig's attitude towards Bonds, how is this guy still around? It just seems so obvious to me that he has to go (of course, he should have resigned in shame). I am not saying he was the cause of PED usage, but he was the man in charge. Americans blame and praise presidents for all sorts of things, much of the time when the president has almost nothing to do with it. How does Selig get a pass? I don't think the other major sports would tolerate such a situation, even after what Stern has been for the NBA.
  9. Shane Wahl
    That Miracle lineup is loaded.
  10. Shane Wahl
    Wonderful story by a great writer. What a horrific thing to happen, though. Such a simple accident which terrifies me as a father of a one-year-old. Small world with regard to the Bobby Lanigan connection.
  11. Shane Wahl
    I will comment on my own blog first. I should add that if I am right about Grimes and Santana, what has been a lack for the Twins (middle infield) suddenly becomes a strength, with good prospect depth (Rosario, Dozier, Michael, Goodrum at the top).
  12. Shane Wahl
    "Seth's Weekly on the Daily" "The Tuesday Daily" "Tuesday's Twins Wrap" etc. etc.
  13. Shane Wahl
    1. and 2. are very interesting. I knew next to nothing about either of those two things aside from Blackburn moving on the rubber. Not that he is a crucial element of the team, but is there any difference between Matt Maloney's delivery with the Reds and what it is this spring? I was thinking in particular about his weight loss and if that instigated a change in his delivery. If there is some significant change, maybe there is something to these spring numbers. That should be probably number 14 or so on your list, but I am curious.
  14. Shane Wahl
    Do we ever get any details of how extended spring training works and how players progress in it? Do they play actual games against other teams' extended spring training players? Maybe that's a dumb question.
  15. Shane Wahl
    Honestly, Moneyball is right up there for me with Major League, Field of Dreams, and Eight Men Out. And I still don't understand how a movie about Babe Ruth starring the great John Goodman could have been so terrible.
  16. Shane Wahl
    Thanks for clearing that up. A few months ago I would have thought this rotation was going to be really strong.
  17. Shane Wahl
    Down in AA. The Twins have so many AAA players that some (actually some of the better marginal prospects) are down in AA to get more playing time (Mastroianni, Florimon, and Oliveros are three that come to mind).
  18. Shane Wahl
    Jorge Polanco sighting!
  19. Shane Wahl
    I swear that at one point the gamecast said 29 pitches, 29 strikes for Hendriks.
  20. Shane Wahl
    There was an analysis by Baseball Prospectus or someone near the beginning of last year, I believe, that made a good case for Gardenhire being about the best bullpen manager in baseball given the kind of average pitchers he has had at his disposal. Last year was unusual.
  21. Shane Wahl
    God, I hate it when someone essentially says "you shouldn't write that" or "you shouldn't write about this anymore." If you have nothing to say about the content of something . . . ignore.
  22. Shane Wahl
    I was a little behind in my G and the G listening. I generally often agree with Aaron, but his obsession with "five innings" (for Doyle) and "nine innings" (last year for Hughes), etc. etc. ignores the fact that spring training is not merely about the actual games played (you made this point to him, but it was ignored immediately) but about practice, practice, practice. Maybe Doyle also didn't do well in bullpen sessions and whatnot. Who knows.
  23. Shane Wahl
    I look forward to reading that. There are some other guys in the Big Ten to take a look at, including Nick Wittgren who suddenly added about 5 mph to his fastball between high school and his sophomore season (last year) of college.
  24. Shane Wahl
    Yeah, if you think about the 2011 contribution and the likely 2012 contribution, it looks about like this: Thome Doumit Hughes Revere Burroughs Butera/Tolbert/Repko
  25. Shane Wahl
    My biggest problem involves the fundamental fact that you need your best OBP guys to be the top batters in your lineup. I'll be fine with Carroll this year, but Joe Mauer is the exemplar of a number two hitter (except for speed) and he should have been in that role for the past 6 seasons, at least. Seeing some of the lineups involving Tolbert, Plouffe, Punto, etc. batting second have sent me over the edge.
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