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  1. USAFChief
    So I'm standing in line, waiting to checkout at a local convenience store. There's this duck ahead of me in line. He gets to the checkout, and it's annoying as all heck...he has like 15 items, and just when he's all done and ready to leave, he looks back at the rack of "impulse purchase" items and grabs a tube of ChapStick. "Put it on my bill," he says.
  2. USAFChief
    Seems like they could narrow down the start time a bit tighter than that.
  3. USAFChief
    There's almost no way to avoid it, is there?
  4. USAFChief
    Buxton drives in the Twins 10th run in the 5th inning and I'm trying to figure out how the Twins can hang on to the lead. Is that bad?
  5. USAFChief
    If you say so.
  6. USAFChief
    Not to worry. As long as Sano hits a 3 run HR every PA we'll be fine.
  7. USAFChief
    That would be a really crappy idea, IMO. That means in many years, there's a race for exactly one postseason spot. In some years, maybe none. And why five teams in that scenario?
  8. USAFChief
    How can ANYone not be into Yogi?
  9. USAFChief
    http://www.massappealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Dr.-Evil.jpg One BILLION dollars.
  10. USAFChief
    OMG! You left Mom there!
  11. USAFChief
    SOOOO...the thread is fixed, but not yet sunk. Gotcha.
  12. USAFChief
    Is a HR that adds 2 runs to a 10-1 lead, making it 12-1, as valuable as a HR that turns a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 lead? Context matters, I think.
  13. USAFChief
    Baseball, and Bud Selig, got some things right. Adding teams to the postseason was necessary for financial reasons, so it was unavoidable. The only question was how. Going to two, and then three divisions in each league was smart. Adding one WC created some problems (cheapended the value of winning the division worst among them), but ensured the team with the second best record in either league couldn't be shut out of the postseason. Adding a second WC solves many of the problems of having only one WC, and in most seasons will keep many team relevant late into the season, helping create interest and sell the sport.
  14. USAFChief
    http://g.fastcompany.net/multisite_files/fastcompany/fc_files/2008/756453-take-me-out-to-the-ballpark-panoramic.jpg National's Park. Turn left at the Jefferson Memorial, ya can't miss it.
  15. USAFChief
    Vanimal, been a while since I called. Long story. Just catching up, listening to old podcasts, and I noticed several references to "Nigerian Prince." I thought Prince was from Minneapolis. What's the deal? I'll hang up and listen.
  16. USAFChief
    While I agree a better, more complete story can be told, that doesn't mean you have to avoid W's and/or errors. Neither tell the whole story, but neither are inherently "bad," and can be a part of the story. And I absolutely want to know a hitter's BA. BA/OBP/SLG tells me more than OPS. That'd be a good start to improving the quick "hitting line" given for a player. Hits are more valuable than walks, so I like to know if that .350 OBP includes a .250 BA or a .310 BA.
  17. USAFChief
    I could get behind a Nolasco for Reyes deal. It's only money, and IMO Reyes is a better candidate for a dead cat bounce than Nolasco. He's had an OPS+ over 100 every year since 2006 except for this one. He's 32, not 40. IMO he doesn't have to be very good to be better than internal SS candidates, but then I have a pretty low opinion of Escobar. I get the feeling Colorado would like to get rid of Reyes, too, so this might be feasible. Reyes just went through waivers where any team could likely have had him for the asking, and nobody bit, so it's not like there's going to be multiple teams asking about him. If it doesn't work, there's this, too: I think the Twins would be more likely to sit Reyes if healthy and not producing, than sit Nolasco if healthy and not producing. I have little in the way of evidence for that, just my gut feeling they are more likely to give a veteran starter more rope than a postition player.
  18. USAFChief
    I doubt there's been a ball hit this year that "90 percent of RF do" that he didn't get to. But even if you're right, that's not a reason to be against the "error" stat. What good does it do if those 90 percent of RFers get to the ball, but drop it?
  19. USAFChief
    That you go four for four.
  20. USAFChief
    So it's settled then.
  21. USAFChief
    I made our own too. A whole chicken in the smoker. 5 bucks and its better than an expensive restaurant.
  22. USAFChief
    Eventually.
  23. USAFChief
    I think if people could predict 40 games of baseball with any accuracy, they'd be too rich to publish their predictions.
  24. USAFChief
    Nice to see, and not to be a debbie downer, but Perk looked pretty pedestrian in that inning. But yeah, the additions of May, Jepsen and perhaps Cotts, along with a return to form from Fien, makes the pen look less like a ticking time bomb for sure.
  25. USAFChief
    The Twins have a lefty closer. No, really.
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