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  1. USAFChief
    You're nine games over .500, second best record in the AL as play resumes on 17 July. Better than half way through the season. You have a couple clearly identifiable places where upgrades would be very useful, and some potential trade candidates out there. If you're not going to use some of your minor league assets--which every mother's son on this board says you have oodles of--in that situation, when are you going to do so?
  2. USAFChief
    This Zobrist guy reminds me of Ben Zobrith. Used to play for the Rays.
  3. USAFChief
    CBU?
  4. USAFChief
    That's just a foul ball in Oakland.
  5. USAFChief
    7 shutout innings? pfft...what's his xFIP?
  6. USAFChief
    Thanks. Thank you very much. I'll be here all week. Try the chicken, and don't forget to take good care of your waitstaff.
  7. USAFChief
    RB-wannabe.
  8. USAFChief
    Got kids? A spouse? Works for beer, too. Usually.
  9. USAFChief
    Y'know what goes really good on ice cream? More ice cream.
  10. USAFChief
    So a Chief walks into a bar. Nobody there but the bartender. Row of stools at the bar, empty tables, bowls of nuts every few feet on the bar, TV on in the corner. I The Chief orders up a beer, the barkeep brings it to him, and after a rather lackluster round of small talk, the bartender wanders off to the other end of the bar, where he goes back to watching a rerun of "The Green Mile." The Chief sits there, quietly sipping his beer, when he hears "Nice shirt, Chief." It seems to come from nowhere. He looks down at the bartender, who is 15 feet away and uninterested. The words clearly didn't come from him. "Maybe I imagined it," thinks the Chief. Not a minute later, there it is again..."Have you lost weight?" Chief looks around...still nobody. He calls over the bartender and asks him about it..."Is there somebody behind the bar?" The bartender hears the story, says "No...nobody back here but me." He thinks a bit, and I the Chief cacn almost see the lighbulb go on over the bartender's head. "Oh," he says. "That must be the peanuts. They're complimentary."
  11. USAFChief
    Nice of Plouffe-see to wait till after Halsey's bedtime to hit the grand slam. Would've ruined Halsey's night.
  12. USAFChief
    k
  13. USAFChief
    Conversely, that WAS a hell of a PA by Sano.
  14. USAFChief
    "When Mauer is Maur, or when Mauer is close to being Mauef, this works really, really well." Sorry, don't mean to be nitpicky...but this made me laugh.
  15. USAFChief
    Closest I can get to my age, my hometown (but not quite on either): 2200+ MLB PAs, six teams...Mike Kingery, Atwater Minnesota.
  16. USAFChief
    I think the gains made from a hit or a walk, while accepting the non productive outs, outweigh the gains made from intentionally trying to move a runner up a base while also making outs most of the time. Except in very specific and limited circumstances, I'd tell all my hitters to try NOT to make an out. Particularly one good enough to hit second in my lineup. If you get two strikes on you, and you think all you can do is roll a grounder to the right side instead of strike out...ok. One run situation late in a game...ok. Otherwise...hit away. Just my opinion.
  17. USAFChief
    The catching market is bad, agreed. But I think Vogt is a real "buy high" candidate, and I wouldn't want to pay what the A's would ask. Now, on the other hand, I'd give a lot for Lucroy.
  18. USAFChief
    I get pretty irate watching a number 2 hitter sac bunt or "hit one to the right side." Hit the freaking ball.
  19. USAFChief
    Vogt is 30 and has less than 800 MLB PAs. Not a full time catcher previously. Looks to me like an excellent flash-in-the-pan candidate. No thanks. Find something worth trading for.
  20. USAFChief
    I don't think there's enough difference in playing RF or LF to matter. And the Twins are a better team with Hunter in RF than without, for that matter.
  21. USAFChief
    I think it's obvious the Twins view Santana as a better SS than Escobar. They started the year with Santana, and despite ample opportunity for someone to grab the position, Escobar hasn't done so nor been given an extended look...he hasn't started three consecutive games there yet this season. They keep looking for opportunities to return Santana to the position. FWIW, I tend to agree. I don't see Escobar as an everyday SS, and I think Santana has the best tools to be one.
  22. USAFChief
    5-4 would work for me.
  23. USAFChief
    I like aggressive base running, and if you are aggressive, that means you are pushing the envelope enough to get thrown out once in a while. However, theres a fine line between aggressive and wasteful. I think the Twins have pushed a bit too hard and have lost too many runners. I would like to see them tone it down just a tad.
  24. USAFChief
    I was at my nephew's house...they are not baseball fans in the least. I walked in from enjoying a cold beverage outside with my nephew to find his entire family intensely watching the HR derby. I was pretty shocked. They couldn't name one player, would never have watched it in the past, and they LOVED it. Might need a tweak or two, but fantastic format change.
  25. USAFChief
    Sinker is great. He was a fantastic beat writer.
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