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  1. USAFChief
    graduating from where?
  2. USAFChief
    all at the same time??
  3. USAFChief
    ftfy.
  4. USAFChief
    I've actually given up...the controls are on the top (hidden when door is closed) and I can't find a video on removing it. "Pry off with crowbar" seems risky.
  5. USAFChief
    Just so's ya know...I've got access to an "unlike" button, and it not only takes off the post, it makes the poster go bye-bye too.
  6. USAFChief
    Dishes Sean Connery.
  7. USAFChief
    Does Cashner throw left handed?
  8. USAFChief
    dishes
  9. USAFChief
    I've had the same dishwasher for 37 years now. //ducks
  10. USAFChief
    knock knock.
  11. USAFChief
    As I peruse the game thread, and glance at the TV now and again, I also have up youtube, where I'm searching "remove and repair control panel for Kenmore dishwasher." Read into that what you will.
  12. USAFChief
    No, but the unthawing is a *****.
  13. USAFChief
    pfft. "New Zealand-type..." -Bert B.
  14. USAFChief
    Kyle Gibson: AS game starter, or does he get the 3rd and 4th innings?
  15. USAFChief
    At Chief's house: Ham mashed potatoes with ham gravy candied carrots corn (we froze ourself) stuffing fresh bread a couple bottles of wine (I'm thinking a nice pinot) homemade strawberry-rhubarb pie and hijinx with the grandkids for desert we're trying to eat healthier now that we're getting on in age.
  16. USAFChief
    It also fell into the third category of the old “ you will win X games, lose X games, and the remaining X decide the season” saw. It was a winnable game, which means decisions and individual plays mattered and are subject to debate. It also means we’re 0-1 in that critical third category.
  17. USAFChief
    No more so than assuming Mauer approaches those situations exactly the same.
  18. USAFChief
    According to the linear weights that form the basis of so much sabermetric theory, a walk is worth .55 runs compared to an out, a single is worth .70. And that of course ignores the fact that swinging the bat might also result in a double, triple or HR. https://www.fangraphs.com/library/principles/linear-weights/ Of COURSE a single is worth more than a walk. That’s not even debatable. Mauer taking a walk with runners on often ends up leaving the task of driving in those runs to someone that most of you would describe as not as good a hitter as Mauer. And despite the current dismissal of RBI, SOMEone has to drive in those runs. They don’t add up base runners at the end of the game and declare a winner, they add up runners who actually crossed home plate. Walks are fine. They are not the objective, and in the case of Mauer, comprise too much of his OPS. He’s worth less offensively than players with equal or even a little lower OPSs.
  19. USAFChief
    More 4 seamers, fewer 2 seamers. That was last seasons key development. Better command, more swing and miss, less contact, fewer 2-0, 3-1 counts. I don’t know if it will continue, but I’m hopeful.
  20. USAFChief
    In game 1, with an off day following and an off day prior? Your point is well taken, but not in yesterday's game.
  21. USAFChief
    Reverse spilts in 31 PAs for the year vs RH hitters last year. He’s had normal platoon splits every other year since 2012, and for his career RH hitters hit him more than 100 pts of OPS higher than LH hitters. Once there 2 on and one out, you just can’t let him pitch to consecutive RH hitters in a tie game. That’s just silly, when your entire pen is available and you have an off day tomorrow to boot. That’s a far piece worse than Castro not blocking a pitch in the dirt.
  22. USAFChief
    And it's early, but Hildenberger probably should be in Rochester with his spring.
  23. USAFChief
    I'm sure Molitor would say he wanted Reed for the top of the Orioles order the next inning, but IMO once there's 2 on and 1 out, you can't let Duke face two RH hitters in a tie game.
  24. USAFChief
    Perhaps she can take Mauer's place at first base.
  25. USAFChief
    Ick.
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