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  1. USAFChief
    if Austin finishes with five years in the big leagues I'll buy you a beer.
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  3. USAFChief
    meh.
  4. USAFChief
    I've filed a motion to have my grandson's name legally changed to La Tortuga. What stage am I?
  5. USAFChief
    Cruz is such a massive upgrade in the middle of the order. Many people these days pooh pooh RBI. Not me. They win ballgames, and he's good at em.
  6. USAFChief
    In any case, 2 of 3 to start the year, against Clevelands top 3 starters, is acceptable.
  7. USAFChief
    I think that baserunning mistake was on Buxton. It was hard to tell, but I'm pretty sure Astudillo got the stop sign from the third base coach, then the coach started frantically windmilling when he saw Buxton charge around second.
  8. USAFChief
    Wasn't Baldelli just raving about Cruz's baserunning ("secondary lead") aiding in a run scoring, after a spring game? He's not fast, but maybe he's a good baserunner. Also, I agree with the above poster...I wouldn't take his bat out of the lineup in a 0-0 game. That's something Gardenhire would do...
  9. USAFChief
    Season. Over.
  10. USAFChief
    Shoulda' bet on that. Opening day happened, and it seems like those were pretty long odds of it being cancelled.
  11. USAFChief
    Ignoring the fact Spycake has proven your claim about Houston's payroll to be false...what, pray tell, does Houston's payroll have to do with the Twins, and/or the Pressly trade??
  12. USAFChief
    Overpay?? They stole Pressly.
  13. USAFChief
    Don't mess with my Bacardi 151!!
  14. USAFChief
    "vorübergehend"
  15. USAFChief
    if you're playing a guy every day who cant hit, your problem is the guy who cant hit, not the DH. The guy who cant hit would be playing anyway...if you had a better alternative, he'd already be playing. And then the guy who cant hit would be your DH, which is what ends up happening too often when you just pick from your unused players to bat in the DH spot every day. Cruz costs them very little flexibility. He takes the place of an extra futility infielder.
  16. USAFChief
    Straight cash, homonym.
  17. USAFChief
    Concur. And not only is it a position, having a better one than the team you're playing gives you an advantage, just like having the better starting pitcher, or better right fielder. The advantage is limited to the offensive side, but nonetheless, it's an advantage.
  18. USAFChief
    Not that it matters, but the hot dogs served at Target Field are Schweigert hot dogs. "Big Dogs," "Dome Dogs," "Foot longs" etc, are obviously different.
  19. USAFChief
    $1/hot dog?? A quick check of Schweigert hot dogs (at the Nicollet Mall Target) lists a package of 10 for $3.99. $.40/hot dog. https://www.google.com/shopping/product/1?hl=en&gl=us&output=search&lsf=seller:10046,store:511640365091534753,s:m&q=schweigert+hot+dogs&oq=schweigert+hot+dogs&prds=oid:13223681969682384282,pid:13223681969682384282&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjr28un7IHhAhWsxFkKHXeaD1IQ8gIIRg Presumably buying wholesale in bulk would cost even less. I don't think you'll find any regular hot dogs that weigh in a 1/4 pound, either, for that matter.
  20. USAFChief
    Odorizzi post game interview.
  21. USAFChief
    Raisins? In brownies?? Are you TRYING to bring down the wrath of the gods on us???
  22. USAFChief
    The difference is, while 10 PAs are certainly not predictive, nobody would argue those 10 PAs (whether the dude hit 1.000 or .000) weren't accurately measured. Those 10 PAs did happen, and we know, for certain, what the results were. We can use those 10 accurately measured PAs, in conjunction with another 10 and another 10, and so on, to accurately measure what happened, and perhaps form an educated opinion about what is likely to happen in the future. Defensive metrics aren't sold that way. Everyone admits small sample sizes do not necessarily represent what actually happened. But those same people then turn around and claim "more inaccurate data" will solve the accuracy issue. I don't think it does. I think adding 10 accurately measured PAs to another 990 of the same gives you an accurate picture of what happened. But adding 10 inaccurately measured defensive plays to 990 other inaccurately measured defensive plays doesn't.
  23. USAFChief
    unreliable small sample size, added to unreliable small sample size, is suddenly considered reliable, just because you now have more of the unreliable data. Doesn't compute, IMO.
  24. USAFChief
    *Yusuf Islam
  25. USAFChief
    Speaking for Van...yes.
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