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  1. USAFChief
    Morrow is the most intriguing buy low candidate, IMO. Then Masterson. Since there is zero chance of signing one of the big three, I hope for one of those two.
  2. USAFChief
    Presley didnt work out because of "roster mismanagement?" If by that you mean TR added another low ceiling bit player to a roster brimming with similar players, I agree.
  3. USAFChief
    No. But the situations aren't remotely similar.
  4. USAFChief
    I disagree...I think he's cost himself a lot of money.
  5. USAFChief
    That team went 12-11 in April. That team without them went 11-15 in September.
  6. USAFChief
    i've heard tell security can be lax at the games too.
  7. USAFChief
    Who should the Twins have promoted to the majors in 2012 or 2013 that they didnt? Who should they have traded?
  8. USAFChief
    I'll take that bet. My one dozen Crispy Kremes against your one dozen dollars. Deal?
  9. USAFChief
    ...so who do you like? I picked KC as my adopted team going into the postseason, so I'll ride that horse and say the Cinderella story has another chapter. KC in six.
  10. USAFChief
    I am officially calling the contest...Ashburyjohn is THE WINNER. If you will PM me an address, the prize package will be on your way soon!* Look for a similar contest next spring. *by opening day, at the absolute latest.
  11. USAFChief
    First bowl eligible BIG 10 team. Ski-U-Mah!
  12. USAFChief
    I'm too lazy to look it up, but if memory serves, the sabrgeeks have determined a single is worth about 25 percent more than a walk on average. So no, all OBP is not equal.
  13. USAFChief
    I'm not sure how a seven game series is inherently more chaotic than the one game series used by the NFL. Or for that matter the 5 and 7 game postseason series used in the other major US pro sports. I get the crapshoot argument, and there's certainly merit to it. But I also think post season baseball isn't played like the regular season. Depth is important in the regular season, much less so in the post season. Your stars aren't getting days off, the bottom of your rotation and bottom of your bench are virtual non factors. The bottom of your bullpen might not even see the field. I think I read the three headed monster out of KC's pen pitched 40 percent of the innings in the ALCS...forty percent. That doesn't happen in the regular season...not even close. So my opinion is...something of a crapshoot? Sure. Completely random? Possibly not. KC doesn't need to mtch up with Baltimore's 25 man roster. They only need to match up with the top of it. That's a huge difference, IMO, compared to a 162 game grind.
  14. USAFChief
    I guess I don't see how this post season, to date, could have been any more intense. Close games, extra innings, walk offs. Cinderella story in progress.
  15. USAFChief
    I think I've been fairly consistent in my position the Twins are not living up to their own self imposed salary cap. I have stated, and believe, they are using TF revenues to pay for their portion of the cost of building TF, rather than putting in their own money. Thus, payroll is a much more limiting factor than it should be. As a fan, I'm not ok with that.
  16. USAFChief
    I sort of feel "ripped off" not because the players aren't trying, but because the results aren't important. Watching sports is much more entertaining for me when I'M invested in the outcome. It's hard to do that when the results of any one game only mean the difference between finishing last by 5 games instead of 6.
  17. USAFChief
    Congrats to the Royals, and especially their fans. I want that feeling again.
  18. USAFChief
    Not to speak for Mike, but I believe what he typed. Mike said the Royals weren't a playoff caliber team when they made that trade. They had just finished a 72-90 season, minus 72 run differential. I think Mike was mostly correct. I would say, though, that they also gambled on the players in their system also maturing and developing. A leap of faith, if you will, rather than waiting till they were sure before adding.
  19. USAFChief
    I'm not sure what this even means. The Twins themselves have said, over and over and over, what they will spend. There's nothing terribly complicated to over simplify. From the recent STrib article: "Team President Dave St. Peter said last week that the Twins will stick to their longtime policy of devoting roughly half of the team’s gross revenues to player payroll"
  20. USAFChief
    1. "Unprecedented" is a rather backhanded compliment in the case of the Twins. 2. Well run teams do look to add talent in most, if not every year through free agency. Spread out the contracts in terms of length and dollars and you have money being freed up on a regular basis. 3. There isn't any objective way to look at 2011, using the Twins own statements and the best available revenue estimates, and contend the Twins "stretched" payroll in 2011. That's simply not true. 4. I've already posted I would be fine with DSP stating publicly they're banking excess revenues to put toward future needs. I can't speak for all "fans" (and you probably shouldn't either...) but I'm going to need to see that happen before I give them the benefit of the doubt.
  21. USAFChief
    Even if the pitching staff stays at 12 all season, it's still very difficult to devote two players to one position. Strict platoons are rare these days, and getting rarer.
  22. USAFChief
    Your contention is, when TR said he wanted to be playing meaningful games in September, he meant meaningful for the other team? If they truly meant "competitive" as in taking a couple of games from a playoff team While closing out another 90 loss season, then I don't know what to say except IMO it's not Mike's definition of competitive that is questionable.
  23. USAFChief
    So are you arguing for firing Terry Ryan? He hasn't developed enough players to avoid losing 90 games since his return.
  24. USAFChief
    A couple thoughts... KC making the playoffs is not an argument against payroll, unless "once in 29 years" is your goal. Every team left in the playoffs--including KC--has a higher payroll than the 2104 Twins.
  25. USAFChief
    14 opened since 2000. 24 if you go back to 1989.
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