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  1. USAFChief
    Yeah, it doesn't seem to me to have to be one or the other. And quite honestly, when I've been to other parks that have these "stand bars" they were a great place to spend a few innings.
  2. USAFChief
    I predict Murphy does not hit a HR in each WS game.
  3. USAFChief
    As someone who comes for baseball, and has no young kids anymore, even I can see the benefits to everyone of an area set aside for young kids and their parents. And I hope to someday bring all of my grandkids to Target Field and brainwash them into lifelong Twins and baseball fans. A play area seems to me a worthy accommodation to me ( and tens of thousands like me ) as well as an excellent investment for the Twins.
  4. USAFChief
    Great post John.
  5. USAFChief
    Just speculatin' here, but I wonder if he doesn't have the slider and change mixed up. 89 seems like a much more normal slider speed, and 85 more normal for a change.
  6. USAFChief
    Take the gloves off. Get down to their level. "Willie Horten" them in ads. "The NRA opposed gun laws in X state. These people are dead because of the actions of the NRA." Keep pounding away.
  7. USAFChief
    Said the same yesterday. Stewart seems like a natural starting point in a trade discussion.
  8. USAFChief
    I'm happy I got to watch his last season. I've said this before, but I'll repeat myself...Hunter is one of my favorite Twins of all time. He never once gave me the impression he wanted anything more than to win, and he was willing to do whatever he could, each and every day, to make that happen. Kept himself in top shape, would run through a catcher or into a wall, ran out every ground ball, and genuinely seemed to appreciate his good fortune to play baseball for a living. He can retire knowing he left nothing on the field. I'm sure he'll be good at whatever he chooses to do. I think he'd be great on TV.
  9. USAFChief
    Possibly. Let's hope "all other angles" do not fail to materialize. That, IMO, would constitute a failure by Ryan. A poor "plan C" may be better than nothing, but is still a poor plan. And a team serious about contention does not voluntarily open the season with a Suzuki/Pierzynski tandem as plan A.
  10. USAFChief
    Yup. Plouffe makes zero sense as a trade target for Milwaukee, if they're dealing Lucroy. They'll want youth in return, probably young pitching. Stewart is a good starting point.
  11. USAFChief
    Because there's a good chance he's not a 700 OPS guy, and he's a good defensive catcher?
  12. USAFChief
    This seems like an opportunity knocking. Answer the door, TR.
  13. USAFChief
    Sad news. Thoughts and prayers to family and friends.
  14. USAFChief
    May is 26. Stop with the "young." He also has no extended minor league history of dominance as a starter. What he has is a big arm, trouble repeating his delivery over extended innings, reduced velocity as a starter, mediocre third and fourth pitches, and bouts of wildness. All of those problems can be mitigated in the pen, while playing up his strengths. Maybe he can be a mid rotation starter. I don't see that as his best use.
  15. USAFChief
    By every measure imaginable, May has been bad to mediocre as a starter, good to dominant as a reliever. IMO there's a real chance you're wasting a good reliever trying to force him into a rotation. Don't take an asset and turn it into a liability.
  16. USAFChief
    Good post. I do think the Twins would have had a better shot at a WC had Ryan made a serious attempt at improving the club. Hamels, for example, Wouldn't have required blowing up the farm ststem and wouldn't have been all about 2015. Hamels, Gibson, Duffey wouldn't have ended up significantly worse than what KC rode to the WS. Add Berrios to the pen, and that might be a couple wins. Anyway, I just thought it was an interesting read.
  17. USAFChief
    http://nypost.com/2015/10/23/inside-the-frenzied-cespedes-trade-that-launched-mets-into-contenders/ Interesting, on several levels.
  18. USAFChief
    Predictions? Analysis? I like the Royals in six. Much better BP and deeper lineup overcomes Mets SP advantage.
  19. USAFChief
    I would prefer the Twins take whatever steps necessary to acquire a full time solution that will be here for a few years than a possible short term platoon mate. That probably requires a trade.
  20. USAFChief
    What I take fom the ALCS: Bullpens are important, cannot be built "easily" or "cheaply" as I often read, and can cover up for a lot of other weaknesses. Leave May in the pen, add a couple arms a good or better, and hope a couple of the minor league arms graduate to the big league pen in 2016.
  21. USAFChief
    //hangs head sheepishly// Yes.
  22. USAFChief
    I had a DVR malfunction and missed everything after the rain delay. Stupid remote control thingee! Anyway, congrats KC I guess.
  23. USAFChief
    Concur.
  24. USAFChief
    What's the big deal? It's smaller than my phone screen.
  25. USAFChief
    No chance. Polanco has a .950 MLB OPS.
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