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  1. USAFChief
    FTFY.
  2. USAFChief
    Oliva's OPS was also partially obtained in an era that caused MLB to lower the mound, because pitching was too dominant. Killebrew's too, for that matter. EDIT: note to self...refresh prior to posting
  3. USAFChief
    Lets see where Mauer's career numbers end up before comparing career numbers. In my lifetime, Killebrew was the best Twins hitter I've seen. Oliva second, Carew third, It gets hazy after that. But then I don't put as much weight to OBP as some do. And IMO, two sub .800 OPS seasons out of four, and a seeming inability or unwillingness to adjust is worthy of some discontent, but of course YMMV.
  4. USAFChief
    Which churches have been forced into performing same sex marriages? Can two Lutherans litigate their way into forcing a Catholic priest to marry them?
  5. USAFChief
    Now the MLBPA has gotten involved, threatening litigation. I wonder how union member Mike Olt feels about that...his union using his dues trying to force the a cubs to give his job to a non union member. I might have something to say about that if it were me.
  6. USAFChief
    Hey, we're supposed to ask the questions! Anywhooo...I only live in Arizona. My sports fandom is not so fickle as to follow the locals just because I have nearly 20 years here in total. Besides...that's PHOENIX. We here in Tucson suffer from a massive inferiority complex about all that. Sort of like St Paulians.
  7. USAFChief
    Gwynn had a very nice career. HOF worthy. Not awesome. Miguel Cabrera hasn't OPS's below .879 since his rookie year. He's been over .900 five times, over 1.000 three more. That's awesome, in my book.
  8. USAFChief
    What do you expect from someone who admits he's going to watch minour league hockey?
  9. USAFChief
    Batting titles in 2006, 08, and 09 are nice, but don't do much for 2015 and beyond. If he gets to his career line, it'll be a vast improvement over 2014, but not "awesome" in my eyes. 2009 was awsome. That's the Joe Mauer I want on the Twins. And I don't think he can do that by taking 2 strikes and flipping a soft fliner to left.
  10. USAFChief
    Of course it matters, or we'd see pitchers in MLB with 59 MPH fastballs. Any pitch that's good at 89 is better at 99. Velocity matters, it's just not the only thing that matters.
  11. USAFChief
    Virtually every hitter in the history of baseball gets pitched low and outside a lot. For good reason, it's the toughest pitch to do damage with. Miguel Cabrera gets pitched low and away a lot, but still manages to find pitches to pull in the air. If Mauer is the great hitter I'm told he is, why can't he adjust and do the same, at least some times? Does he never see a pitch middle in? I often read that "so and so will be a better hitter when he stops trying to pull everything, learns to go oppo and use the whole field." It seems to me Mauer should get the same treatment...he'll be a better hitter when he learns to use the whole field. Which in his case, is to pull the ball, in the air, and do some damage.
  12. USAFChief
    A Gibby sighting!
  13. USAFChief
    I posted this elsewhere, seems appropriate here, too. I'd actually be pretty surprised (and livid) if, when the the Twins need a starter, Pelfrey gets the first shot. I think it'd almost certainly be May, given health and any resemblence to adequate performance in Rochester. Probably Meyer next, after May. I think the Pelfrey in the rotation ship has sailed, barring catastrophic losses of starting pitching. Of course, eventually I'll be proven wrong on something. Even if it's about being proven wrong.
  14. USAFChief
    so, what ur sayin is, Vargas beat the shifts out of 'em.
  15. USAFChief
    Possibly Graham. Who, of course, isn't a graduate of the Twins' system.
  16. USAFChief
    Bryant held out after being drafted until 2 days before the signing deadline (reportedly for the same money originally offered, BTW.) Maybe he would have debuted last fall if he signed the day after the draft. So maybe he and Boras should consider their own role when they complain about the system.
  17. USAFChief
    I can live with Milone over May. For now. Not what I wanted, but probably a closer call than many of us think. But I really wouldn't understand Pelfrey getting the nod over May or Meyer when they need a starter. Pelfrey should stay were he is. Or get traded, but that would be surprising.
  18. USAFChief
    Odd. One would think they'd leave earlier if you were awake.
  19. USAFChief
    I don't think the Twins will be skipping starts. I don't think that's a common practice in MLB these days. My guess is Milone takes his regular turn every fifth game no matter how off days line up.
  20. USAFChief
    Schafer reliably has brought .229/.311/.310. He's 28 Robinson reliably has brought .231/.303/.308. He's 30. Hicks has reliably brought .201/.293/.313. He's 25. The only thing much different about the three is age.
  21. USAFChief
    Nope, didnt see the game. Can I assume he didnt distinguish himself?
  22. USAFChief
    I think it would more accurately be described as a "hope" rather than an "expectation." What else do you do with a "failed starter?"
  23. USAFChief
    I am pretty surprised by the Hicks thing.
  24. USAFChief
    Lets keep the comments about the topic, please, rather than about each other.
  25. USAFChief
    I agree with everything Manfred said in this article.
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