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  1. USAFChief
    That still left them an entire offseason and spring. There's been a non-trivial change at the top, but we're still waiting for non-trivial change elsewhere. I realize Rome wasn't built in a day, and I still have hopes for the hires, but I'm also not going to give them credit for accomplishments that haven't been accomplished yet.
  2. USAFChief
    speaking of which, I was actually alright with giving Colon a shot, provided they thought he gave them a better shot at winning games in 2017 than internal options. But...if you're selling, and officially calling the 2017 season over, why would you give Colon any more run?
  3. USAFChief
    Here's a list of completed deals last offseason: https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2016/11/3/13470044/mlb-trade-rumors-tracker-2016-2017-offseason Lots of pitchers changed hands. The Twins are absent from the list, and I find it difficult to believe that's because they couldn't make an effort. And this list is just trades...it doesn't include FA deals.
  4. USAFChief
    So is the situation the same going into 2018? 2019? It's forever hopeless? "...not possible" is actually the unrealistic position to take, IMO. Of course it's possible. It certainly takes smarts, courage, and decisiveness. It probably takes money. There will certainly be some luck involved, with injuries if nothing else. But I'm simply not buying "nothing could have been done."
  5. USAFChief
    Nobody said it would be easy, but that's the job. "It's too hard, let's do nothing" isn't the answer either.
  6. USAFChief
    I would argue he made a bad situation worse with his (mis)management of his pitching. He seems to me always in reactive mode, rather than proactive. Wait till the damage is done, then make the resigned, grim march to the mound. Little to no regard for L/R platoon advantages/weaknesses. Add in some odd lineup decisions, poor team fundamentals with no apparent improvement (or discipline for players who can't/won't improve), and occasional inexcusable flubs (double switch in LA the most recent) and I think there's opportunity for improvement.
  7. USAFChief
    True, but don't taunt Mrs Chief
  8. USAFChief
    Concur. concurconcurconcurconcurconcurconcur. Not to mention, it's legal to acquire help between opening day and July 31st, too.
  9. USAFChief
    I hope the team has a new manager next spring.
  10. USAFChief
    All of that is fair, I just look at it differently. All but the bolded part, that is. I see this often, and it just boggles my mind. If quality relievers are so easy to find, we must have the worst string of GMs in the history of baseball. And one look at the trade deadline should tell you that isn't true...virtually every team in contention is looking for pen help. In actuality, quality relievers are very difficult to find. Highly underrated, too. If it was my money, and I was forced to scrimp somewhere to spend elsewhere, the last place I'd try to limp by is the bullpen. I can find a corner OFer relatively easily, and by perhaps platooning, get decent production with little risk. But when my bullpen is littered with question marks, I'm going to lose lots of games I should have won. Lots. Guar-own-teed.
  11. USAFChief
    Speaking only for myself, I'm disappointed that the self-fulfilling prophesy of "we can't compete with these holes" while doing nothing to fill those holes is somehow vindication for yet another wasted season. "Play for 2019" does nothing for me. It's what the de-facto farm teams that always seem to be providing talent to the real teams do.
  12. USAFChief
    Sad. Twins had the type of team over the winter that was obviously ready for a step forward, but had some easily identifiable holes. They do virtually nothing to address those holes, then watch as those holes tank a somewhat promising season. Then dump, for what appears to be most likely org filler. Not my idea of how I want this franchise run.
  13. USAFChief
    no. Don't be ridiculous. I could never pass for 87.
  14. USAFChief
    Well, who really knows? Can't trust those Arizona birth certificates.
  15. USAFChief
    In addition to playing fairly shallow, Rosario got a terrible jump on that ball. Off the bat, even the hitter thought it was an out.
  16. USAFChief
    Uh oh...Colon absorbing another painful pounding?
  17. USAFChief
    It seems like it, but going into today, Eddie had 19 walks on the year.
  18. USAFChief
    I had to go to the VA hospital for a gastroscopy today. As usual, the VA was busy...there were three other guys in the waiting room. The doctor came through and explained what would happening to the four of us. He said that I was having the gastroscopy, which is the camera down the throat and the other three were there for a colonoscopy, which is the camera...from the other direction. He then asked if any of us had any questions. I said: "Yes. Can I go first?"
  19. USAFChief
    Here in Tucson, a psychiatrist and a proctologist opened a new clinic together near our house. It's called "Odds and Ends."
  20. USAFChief
    Yes.
  21. USAFChief
    late to the party, but...
  22. USAFChief
    I'm guessing Kintzler wasn't available, but they just had an off day Thursday.
  23. USAFChief
    Oh FFS.
  24. USAFChief
    "It was a shih tzu" is the greatest joke of all time.
  25. USAFChief
    Right. After Elizabethton. That's the last time he hit like a legit prospect. Decent in Low A, but nothing special. Then pretty "meh" at AA/AAA. .700-something OPS's. Guys who put up .700-something OPS's in AA/AAA don't often turn into hitters worth worrying about.
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