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  1. Platoon
    I try so very hard not to laugh at these jokes. But I do anyway. The disturbing part is I still don't know whether the jokes simply reflect on Chief? Or am I complicit in this ongoing assault on decency?
  2. Platoon
    And they went with the hitter, as usual. The first time I saw him catch last year I wondered, what the hell. Years ago you would see big bellied, older guys catching because they could hit. They were bad back there. But I don't think I have ever saw a younger athletic looking guy with hands that bad behind the plate. Umpiring behind him must be a complete nightmare.
  3. Platoon
    The general consensus was Garver was a hitter who couldn't catch and Turner was a catcher who couldn't hit. They went with the hitter, like they always do.
  4. Platoon
    Speaking of Dick Bert, and I know this is off topic since we aren't extending RG but: In the game he played left field did he really catch a run of the mill fly ball in medium LF and have a guy tag and move up to third? That's what I remember, but I can't find anything on it. I would have thought such arm strength bes ever a notation. I have never saw it in MLB, not like that one. Dick/Bert called it throwing to the wrong base. You normally wouldn't get away with that in HS.
  5. Platoon
    Currently Esco has Dozier in HR by I think 3 RBI by ten, Dozier hasn't been good with men on base and average by around 20? But the kicker is I looked in 3 different sites, and cannot find him charged with an error? Is that possible? And BD I think was at 6, and those don't count that lame throw home on the double steal, and if I could read the tv right that cutoff throw home which moved the guy to third, which was completely ignored by Dick/Bert. Don't get me wrong, I don't think Esco is a Lindor or Correa but he has been an awfully good player in the last calendar year.
  6. Platoon
    As well you should!
  7. Platoon
    "binge again later this year". That may be the problem.
  8. Platoon
    I was more interested in riling up some elderly gentleman in AZ than giving a lot of thought to the MOY comment I made. Maybe it was reflexive on my part. Or maybe it couldn't be helped as Reed and Pressly were having their right arms surgically reattached? But if there was a place to do it that was the place. In my defense I might add that I do not think Molitors BP management was a on the plus side of his MOY ledger!
  9. Platoon
    I too would try and keep Escobar. But still as a utility player. He isn't a true SS, or 3B but as someone noted I sadly have come to the conclusion that those position requirements are changing. Versatity has value. I also consider him the teams top "clutch" hitter this year, and a lot of last year. He is unflappable. But it would be careful also. He looks a lot shinier standing next to some of the rest of this dreadful lineup. Rosario would be very hard to extend. (I wish I had a dollar for everyone who wanted him in Rochester earlier this year) I too would hang unto Gibson if possible. His string of success has passed fluke stage. Buxton and Sano? These are the two who make or break this team, and these are the two that Falvine will earn his money on. Both a quandary. I would definitely extend Buxton. He alone could make this team offensively capable. He also completely changes the OF defense for all three positions. He is that good. I still think he will "get it", and I would gladly spend JP's money on him. Sano is another matter. If I was Falvine that decision would be far more based on my opinion of Sano's personality and work habits. Not the ones the press office and the beat writers feed us, but the real ones from people who know him. If the FO perceives him as someone who want to be here and work at it, I would extend him. If they don't, I would move him as soon as I could. He may rake somewhere else, but that doesn't do us any good here.
  10. Platoon
    I watched the first game on TiVo. I did not know they gave Dozier a hit on the 8th? So, if you hit a two hop GB to the third baseman. He kicks it over his head, then makes a nice clean pickup with plenty of time to get the runner. THEN he short hops the ball to First base. That throw which Mauer would have taken back to the dugout for the third out pops out of Abreu glove with BD short of the base by a step. Are you really telling me that's a hit in MLB?
  11. Platoon
    MOY?
  12. Platoon
    Been dere, done dat!
  13. Platoon
    Using terminology applied to the Twins second draft choice, I think there in "non zero" chance of that happening.
  14. Platoon
    Since it's a double header, instead of laughing during both games can we just laugh twice as hard during the first game? (Waiting for it)
  15. Platoon
    Tom, I forgot to add that I am not in anyway discounting the overall theory of certain catchers making pitchers, "pitch better". I have seen it done in person, but obviously not at the MLB level. Whether Garver himself has that ability? Now, therein lies the question.
  16. Platoon
    I am sure your figures are correct. But I would also need to know who each guy was catching. And I say that with no idea if there is a pattern here, but it is also a statistical SSS. I think Garver is athletic enough, and the arm strength is sufficient. But he has absolutely horrid hands. When you watched him and the Cleveland catcher the difference in how they received the ball was startling. Soft hands are a gift, like quickness.
  17. Platoon
    TRyan Jeffers has 55 raw, chance to catch. Big-bodied guy with enough arm strength to catch but mobility issues and maybe receiving issues catching pro stuff.>>>>>>>>>>> The thing about catcher is simply this. Your defense, or lack thereof, impacts the game on so many pitches, it has to be at a minimum adequate, or your bat has to be exceptional, for you to be a plus player on your team. We are currently doing live time research on this scenario right now. A catcher with a very average bat, and serious receiving short comings. It doesn't take long to see the amount of offense one has to generate to overcome the lack defensive abilities. (I think there is a non zero chance anyone will agree with this)
  18. Platoon
    I am glad to see that our offense has been completely cured in three games, and that what were previously 3 career black holes in the bottom of the order have now turned things around. The end result in the Central will likely be determined by which team straightens out their BP first. I doubt averaging something like 9 runs a game either practical or possible.
  19. Platoon
    It isn't, you would come in on the Big Road. I am a breakfast fan, and they know what they are doing.
  20. Platoon
    An absolute must stop on the way to Winona is Dels Cafe in St. Charles for breakfast!
  21. Platoon
    If you send me a solicitation with a stamped self addressed letter I'll throw in $.50. I can give more later once the money that the Nigerian Prince said he would send gets here. It shouldn't be more than a few days, my check to him cleared yesterday. They must not work in Nigeria on Sat. no one answers the phone in the palace today.
  22. Platoon
    At first I thought you said they were not sandals, and I thought yes they are.
  23. Platoon
    One thing was inevitable. Someone was going to bring in a RP and they would give up a HR to win it. Quite the game.
  24. Platoon
    Fine.............
  25. Platoon
    Those look like crocs, not gators?
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