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  1. USAFChief
    Quality on par with anything done in the movies, on pretty much every level. And sustained over a longer time frame than a movie. Rare for TV.
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    None of which are better options than Plouffe.
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    I've read it's not the things you've done that you regret on your deathbed, but the things you didn't do. I can neither confirm nor deny, but it sounds plausible.
  4. USAFChief
    Another interesting side note: former Twin Ron Davis was on the mound for the US nine in this game.
  5. USAFChief
    Way too late, but it needs posting: "Shane, come back!"
  6. USAFChief
    Interesting side note: the game was played in the metrodome.
  7. USAFChief
    The 8.7 percent comes from pitch/fx. Click on the bolded word "this" in the OP
  8. USAFChief
    Are the victims of gun violence in school also responsible for creating many of those conditions? If not, perhaps we can acknowledge that calculated acts of organized terrorism are not like random acts of senseless violence.
  9. USAFChief
    My entry into this thread started in response to this post: "The amount of racist bile coming out of the GOP nominations lately (an their supporters) in regards to the Syria refugees makes me seriously ashamed to be an American." I agreed with mike in objecting to that categorization. Both in general, and in the specific case of Syrian refugees. It's not helpful to call the GOP "racist." In fact, it's lazy, hurtful, and ends up preventing constructive discussion. In the specific case of the Syrian refugees, there are legitimate reasons to be concerned, and legitimate reasons to ask "why are we responsible?" There may be good answers to those questions, but asking them is not racist.
  10. USAFChief
    I don't know what I WOULD do, but what I wouldn't do is count on internal options to provide a playoff worthy bullpen in 2016.
  11. USAFChief
    That they are. As are the victims of drunk drivers. That doesn't mean they are victims of the same thing, nor does it imply the solutions are alike. And it certainly doesn't mean accusations of racism are de facto accurate.
  12. USAFChief
    Accusations of racism are rarely productive, and often unfair. It's not racist to accept there is a world terrorism problem, which is Islamic and middle eastern in Origen. It is not racist to be wary of accepting large numbers of refugees from that part of the world. Or from any part of the world. The answer to conflict elsewhere can't default to "ship the people to the US." Lastly, school shootings and Islamic terrorism are not closely related.
  13. USAFChief
    But won't be.
  14. USAFChief
    I find myself agreeing with you on this.
  15. USAFChief
    And sly as a fox. She complained, but provided the research.
  16. USAFChief
    That seems like a rationale for conservatism, not a refutation. Which is certainly fair, but it seems like support for the OP. In which case, wouldn't it be easier just to agree with him?
  17. USAFChief
    I think chowder might actually be a bisque.
  18. USAFChief
    You're doing it wrong.
  19. USAFChief
    I'm not sure anyone criticized MLR as being too conservative. I think some of us pointed out his roster doesn't seem like evidence against the notion the Twins are too conservative. Maybe being conservative is a good thing. I don't think so, but I've been spectacularly wrong before, and likely will be again. But there's no evidence in this thread to suggest the Twins are anything but very conservative and risk averse.
  20. USAFChief
    According to BBRef, FRod is owed $5.5m in 2016, with a $6m option in 2017. That 2017 option has a $4m buyout ($2m per MLBTRADERUMORS.) So he has either $7.5m or $9.5m guaranteed, $11.5m total if you wanted the second year. Not cheap, but not terribly expensive. I'd probably pass, with the assumption other moves will be made to strengthen the pen.
  21. USAFChief
    I hope that works. But I don't see how that isn't "conservative." You've added Park and a reliever to the existing roster, while planning for prospect development. That's it.
  22. USAFChief
    I would agree if there were tangible proof. IMO, there isn't. There has been one postseason series win in the TR era. A few dominant players, perhaps one really good team if you squint a bit. Teams good enough to win a weak ALC, but content to start Phil Nevin and Jason Tyner at DH in a postseason series. I'm just one fan, and I speak only for myself, but I hope for better than that.
  23. USAFChief
    I could be wrong, but if I were to generalize what "some of the posters" here ARE acknowledging is that the Twins are at a revenue disadvantage in some cases, and management's overly conservative approach to combat that hasn't worked all that well. Other posters seem to be making the case there is nothing to be done about that except throw up our collective hands and continue to blame the unfairness of it all.
  24. USAFChief
    Next year might reverse the trend, but over the last four years season ticket holders do not seem to agree, at least when voting with their wallets: http://www.twincities.com/twins/ci_27382017/twins-season-tickets-sales-continue-slide
  25. USAFChief
    Also, a nitpic, but Ortiz was not stuck behind Morneau. Ortiz left two years before Morneau was a full time player.
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