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  1. USAFChief
    Gladden: ..."the Yomuri Giants..." It's "Yomiuri," Dan. You played for them for a year.
  2. USAFChief
    Rose- ah- REE-oh!
  3. USAFChief
    Ftfy
  4. USAFChief
    Winner. Our friend from the Far East appears to be in mid season form. Lets hope he hasn't peaked too early.
  5. USAFChief
    In honor of Twinsnorth...who here can spell the nation from which he hails?
  6. USAFChief
    Obviously.
  7. USAFChief
    Pretty sure they see May as a late game, one inning guy. I'm ok with that, I think it's his best role.
  8. USAFChief
    Gladden: "Thompson, a very valuable left hander last year."
  9. USAFChief
    Only if you have a finely tuned sense of humor.
  10. USAFChief
    OMG...how bad is the Buxton injury?!!??
  11. USAFChief
    The money is guaranteed. No way out. But I struggle with the idea that his playing time, or position in the batting order, are. Any further regression really should result in less playing time, and we are at, or near the point where the status quo probably isn't good enough for full time first base any more either. Too many other options at first base, internal or external.
  12. USAFChief
    Speculation is that other players complained about the kid being around way too much. Tough situation, but they have a point.
  13. USAFChief
    This could just as well be a George Bush nominee. I thought we voted for hope and change.
  14. USAFChief
    Obama has been such a disappointment to me, part 322.
  15. USAFChief
    Mike isn't stupid enough to think taking $5k and claiming the gun will make the Salamanca situation go away. He needs a better answer.
  16. USAFChief
    That's the most interesting piece, to me. Mike has to handle that situation...but how?
  17. USAFChief
    If you really want to attend that college, find a way to make it happen. Grants, loans, scholarships, work study programs, living on Mac n cheese for years. Hell, spend four years serving in our military, learn some skills, maturity, and discipline, put some money away, take advantage of tuition assistance while you are in and get some school paid for and done, and then take advantage of the GI Bill. You can make it happen, but I don't think it's in either of our best Interests that it be free. For one thing, if it costs nothing, that will soon be what it's worth.
  18. USAFChief
    I'm not sure how bank loans deprive the economy of dollars but education paid for by taxes doesn't.
  19. USAFChief
    I, for one, welcome the new overlords which will be necessary to oversee the robots working in the robotic factories who will fund my social security.
  20. USAFChief
    Uh...gotta disagree here, Pseudo. Universal health care I can get behind. Universal higher education? No. Nobody has a "right" to use my money to go to college. For one thing, there are lots of Americans who don't belong in college, as well as some who do but will just use my money to take some paid time off. I'm fine with government helping out to those with need, but by and large, higher education should be bought and paid for. Come out of school with debt? How is that bad, and how is that my fault? I'm in debt for some of the things that make my life better too...you gonna help with my mortgage?
  21. USAFChief
    I'm not disputing the platoon advantage (most hitters do better against opposite handed pitching, particularly LH hitters). I strongly believe in it. That's why I screamed bloody murder all winter over the Twins LH relief situation. I'm stating that, across MLB, "platoons" (two hitters sharing a position) have become so difficult to achieve, due to ever expanding pitching staffs, as to be virtually extinct. Teams still try to use the platoon advantage (without using a strict "platoon") to the best of their ability. But in the specific case of the Twins, there isn't much opportunity. You could try to use an Arcia/Park combo, but any short term OF injury that doesn't DL an outfielder makes that difficult/impossible. My guess is the Twins will be reluctant, at least initially, to use Park solely as a lefty masher. That's not what he was signed for, and I can understand wanting him to play every day, at least until he proves he can't do that. You might also sit Mauer sometimes if, say, Quentin is the fourth OFer, but the Twins are going to be pretty resistant to that idea as well, for obvious reasons.
  22. USAFChief
    Traditional platoons (like Pags/Leius basically sharing 3B in 91) are pretty much a thing of the past, fallen victim to the ever increasing size of pitching staffs. As old nurse notes above, there just isn't room. You can still use your bench (backup OF and IF, C) and mix/match who is the day's DH to take advantage of the platoon advantage to a certain degree, IF your bench offers that opportunity, and IF it makes sense to take the regular out of the lineup. Dozier, for example, isn't going to sit just because there's a RH pitcher on the mound.. There's no platoon advantage possible at C for the Twins, and depending on who the 4th OF is at the moment, there may not be much opportunity anywhere else, either. Nunez, as well, as a RH hitter typically replaces a RH hitter in the lineup, so no platoon advantage there, either.
  23. USAFChief
    I guess then we're in agreement...flagrant disrespect is worthy of condemnation. We just disagree on where to draw the line.
  24. USAFChief
    You just wait till he has a couple starts where he doesn't look sharp, and see how many folks are on his back. More than double digits, I guarantee.
  25. USAFChief
    Chief's not in this conversation. But if he was, he'd ask everyone to tone it down a notch.
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