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  1. USAFChief
    I'd agree this is on the front office...Many of us called all winter for the front office to find a RH hitting 4th OFer. But I don't think Ryan LaMarre is that guy. He's never hit, anywhere. ANYwhere. Personally I'm glad the manager seems to understand a handful of ABs doesn't negate years of history.
  2. USAFChief
    I feel like insinuations of racism, over mild criticism of a baseball player, insult those who criticized, serve to give the accuser a warm fuzzy about how enlightened he is, and diffuse the energy needed to combat actual instances of racist behavior. Again...point me to the racist statements about Sano, or Rosario. You can’t. At least not to anything dissimilar to Mauer, or Nick Punto, or pretty much any player. I don’t think Mauer has done every thing he can to be a more dangerous hitter. I don’t think Sano has either. Neither of those opinions are racist. Stop insinuating they are.
  3. USAFChief
    And we’re back to “racism, but not you, Chief. Not you, other guy. Not anyone specific, in fact.” Sorry Lev, but if there racism, point it out to me. There might be, heck I don’t know. But neither do you. And labeling criticism as “racist” is in fact, racist when you’re basing those accusations on nothing but your assumption that I’m not Hispanic. Even “Sano is lazy,” which I don’t think anyone has said, isnt inherently racist, unless it’s based on stereotypes about Hispanics. It’s a comment about a specific person. If we truly want to have a conversation, stereotyping me isn’t any better than stereotyping Sano. And that, my friend, is what you’re doing.
  4. USAFChief
    As does venom and hyper criticism of Mauer.
  5. USAFChief
    The only racism I see, on the face of it, is calling anyone who would question Sano a racist. One can criticize a player without being racist. One can’t decide said criticism is racist without forming a judgement about the person making said criticism. And that judgement is based on nothing but the assumed race of the person making the original criticism. “Sano needs to do X.” “That comes from racism.” You’re making that judgement based on nothing but the assumed race of the person who made that comment, Lev. There’s your racism.
  6. USAFChief
    No more than yours.
  7. USAFChief
    No.
  8. USAFChief
    Concur.
  9. USAFChief
    Kind of saw this coming. I didn't think they'd drop a reliever.
  10. USAFChief
    Aaron Hicks had 2 tonight. Both left-handed, for those who wanted him to give up switch hitting.
  11. USAFChief
    What does age have to do with it? If anything, age is a point against him by now. Miguel Cabrera's age 24 season was .965, which followed his .998 age 23 season and his .947 age 22 season, all with 600 plus PAs. The point is...He's going to have to cut down the K's, or he's unlikely to ever be consistently better than the .850 guy he currently is. It's almost impossible. If you're good with that, fine. That wasn't what I hoped for. Second, injuries have certainly kept him off the field...but again, that's a factor against him, not for him. Or at best, a "concern." Third, of course it includes all his playing time...as will his OPS going forward. Which, IMO, isn't likely to get much better if he continues to pile up Ks at record rates. Fourth...if he can maintain a .590 SLG, with this little contact, I'll be less concerned. But he won't. And fifth...what does Morrison have to do with any of this?
  12. USAFChief
    I think the Ks have to come down for him to make any significant improvement. And i grow slowly less hopeful for that with each passing month. It's too early to make any definitive statements about this year. But that includes saying he's got a .900 OPS, so there's nothing to be concerned about, or laughing off those who have concerns.
  13. USAFChief
    your goalposts are moving.
  14. USAFChief
    I don't think ,250/.350/.500, with too many Ks to drive in a bunch of runs, is "really, really good." Coupled with defensive questions, that's absolutely not "really, really good." And yeah, I was hoping for "really, really good."
  15. USAFChief
    Well I for one was hoping we WERE getting Miguel Cabrera. A guy who would go a decade posting a .300/.400/.600 line. Like HBD, I'm no longer very hopeful that's what we'll get. Doesn't mean he won't be a good hitter. But I've adjusted down. The K's are concerning, and I have little doubt that if he continues to K at anywhere near the rate he has so far, we're looking at a .250/.350/.500 hitter. NOT Miguel Cabrera, and not a headliner.
  16. USAFChief
    No worries, we're glad to have you. Stick around, we're not a bad group.
  17. USAFChief
    My input: Ick.
  18. USAFChief
    WINNAH!
  19. USAFChief
    Turns out he has the skill of placing his glove directly on the azimuth and arc of a 1 million mph line drive...BEFORE it's hit.
  20. USAFChief
    Chief: I see two obvious flaws in that theory.
  21. USAFChief
    We hope you stick around. BTW, Castro framed Batista.
  22. USAFChief
    OK we give...where?
  23. USAFChief
    Morrison: "pfffft."
  24. USAFChief
    precisely.
  25. USAFChief
    Coming home from work this afternoon I saw perhaps the most impressive flock of birds I've ever seen in my rather...lengthy life. Hundreds of em, maybe thousands. Big, black birds, and they just stuck together like glue while flying. Moved as a single unit. Tight formation, it was something to see. Turns out they were velcrows.
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