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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    Pitchers like Diamond walk a very fine line between success and failure. They don't miss a lot of bats and depend highly on control which can easily vary one year to the next. I don't think Diamond is as bad as he is now, but I doubt he's as good as he was in 2012. I was hopefully he could carve out a Buhrle-esque career, but that is looking less and less to be the case.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    I had one posted the other day.. My problem is a time thing. Just depends on what I'm doing. MILB.com has a link by affiliation. Don't necessarily need to craft a post with the starters and all that stuff, but just a link to today's action. I think if a few of us get together and monitor this, we can do it.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    Couldn't have said it better. Walker and Kepler need to learn what not to swing at. Putting them in favorable fastball counts as often as possible isn't the right answer. At the major league level, I'd agree with you. In the minors, if the guy cannot hit a curve ball, I'd make sure's getting a steady diet of them. It's not like he's going to have an easier time of it in the majors.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    You are right... I should have stated that it CAN be racist... but in general... yes. Generalizing is something we as a society need to get over.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    At first I thought this said time to trade Buxton.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not sure you can quantify that, and as I said prior, I think the issue is far more complicated than "Joe white guy hates Obama only b/c he's a racist". Last I checked, the average Joe white guy isn't a fan of much of anything Obama has done and wouldn't be a fan of it if Obama was white. My beef with the political system is that in my observation, Joe white guy would be far more forgiving of Obama had he done the exactly the same things yet been a Republican instead. That's the main reason why I stopped voting Republican and now vote mostly Libertarian. I'd go a step further and ask that if we are going to talk about racism, why aren't we talking of blacks who voted for Obama only because he's black? I'd argue that this is just as racist, yet for some reason, this is a forbidden topic on the discussion. It's all about fanning the flames. As I said before, racism exists, but it's purpose these days serves more to fan the flames than to do anything constructive. It's rather insulting to tell someone that views X that a large number of people who have the view of X hold this view because they are racist. I'd argue that this line of reasoning is well... racist.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    Should note from a moderator standpoint, we do appreciate the attempts to take this back to civility. I should note that the thread was already reported. This can be a great political discussion, let's just be civil about it. thanks.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not even sure where to begin with the response. The thing I really try to wrap my head around is whether society is being lazy when it attributes issues to racism when there could be other factors. I cannot help but think that to boil it down to racism and latent racism is trying to put a nice generic label on a problem that is far more complex than that... and quite honestly I can see how that can be offensive. Case in point, blacks and crime. When this whole thing gets debated people talk about statistics... Yet I keep coming back to poverty, b/c to me, this is linked, and probably a much bigger explanation to the statistics than simply racism. Is it that blacks are being targeted b/c of their skin color or is it that they are targeted because they make up a disproportionately high percentage of people living below the poverty line? Those that I've met who are middle and upper middle class will tell you that racism exists, but at least in my small sample size circle of friends, it doesn't seem to be nearly as bad as one would think... and they certainly don't get hung up on it... Does racism exist? Absolutely, and quite honestly it will always exist. We live in a country where people are free to be racist, whether or not you or I approve of it. But simply playing the racism card tends to exacerbate the problem and excite anger. It tends to mobilize... and sadly I think that's exactly what the political parties want.... Meanwhile, nothing is done on either side of the aisle to alleviate a system that stacks the deck against the poor and middle class.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    a below average pitcher at that.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    It's hard to believe he's been with the org for almost as long as Gibson. Injuries have really done a number on him. I'd think that this would mean he's going to be on the fast track if he has sustained success. Tonight was a nice start. My guess is that he's in AA by June if he continues to pitch well.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Wimmers looking good so far. Santana with a couple of triples, and Levi Michael continues his hot start..
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?sid=milb&org=142&ymd=20140414
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    Not sure Eddie would be that valuable as an OF. Decent bat, but nothing special in a corner. I'd rather trade him than move him if that was the option.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    This. It would be one thing if Dozier was here on a one year deal, but guys like Brian are the future. I'd be looking at an extension by the end of this season if the play continues. He's controlled into that future team, and an extension can buy out a year or two of FA. Given the 2B talent coming through the system, I'd start thinking about trying him back at SS.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm acutally surprised the Twins don't target local HS talent with some of their picks. College guys are a bit of different story, but with HS guy, I think you could conceivably get someone to sign simply b/c they are being drafted by their favorite team.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    If I remember right, the April schedule was set to be pretty tough. The fact that they are .500 this far into it is encouraging, but I suspect they won't finish at that mark. If they keep flirting with .500 over the next two weeks, they may very well continue it through the season.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    I've been more or less AWOL... though this was an amusing conversation. Lots of work things going on unfortunately... Know anyone wanting to hire an MS System Center consultant?
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    Yeah, I don't see Dozier getting traded to the Sox. The Twins will want far too much for the Sox to do it.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    If he put up the .775 OPS or something like that this season, I'd sign him in the offseason. I'd probably move him to SS when I knew Rosario was ready given the dearth at the position, though for some reason people seem to think that's a bad idea.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd wait and see if his 2013 second half was a fluke or not. He's got enough service time to put in where the Twins can get a pretty team friendly contract, and I'd argue that if he can hit the ball quite well this season, than towards the end of it, they should be doing the extension. He's not going to be a Longoria, so the contract should be reasonbly priced. If he continues to hit, he's going to be tradable in the event that Rosario and/or Polanso force their way.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    Lewis Thorpe, LHP Born: November 23, 1995 in Melbourne, Australia Listed at 6' 1" and 160 pounds, though I'm not sure that data is accurate. Thorpe was signed in the international market at the age of 16 for $500k. He will turn 18 this November and after a fantastic rookie league season in the GCL, he has started to get national attention from prospect watchers. His GCL season looked more like a video game, posting a K/9 ratio greater than 13 and a BB/9 ratio of 1.2. Unlike some of the other Twins pitching prospects, he was not promoted to Elizabethon, due in large part to the fact that he was still in high school. He went on this winter and pitched in the Australian winter league. While the league isn't known for it's competition, it should be noted that many of the guys he faced and played with have succeeded at higher levels. He pitched 36.2 innings and struck out 30 batters. He gave up 34 hits, walked 10 hitters, and finished with an ERA well under 3. If Thorpe was a US citizen, he would be eligible for the draft this June, and some scouts have indicated that he would be a first round pick. Instead, he opens the season for the Twins in extended spring training and will either be sent to Cedar Rapids or Elizabethon.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd have added Hicks and Arcia in there too (and possibly Dozier)... All 3 of these guys could be significantly better than last season.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    I would like Lewis Thorpe.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    No one is saying that you cannot question the team's decisions. It's one thing to say "I don't get why they kept the Jasons, it doesn't make sense" (which on that sentiment you and I are in agreement I might add). It's another thing to say "Keeping the Jason's was stupid". One invites continued discussion. One has the potential to inflame others, as there might be someone out there who thought this was a great idea. They aren't going to take being called "stupid" lightly. Last summer this site went into a pretty nasty tail spin due to the bickering that was going on due in large part to this type of commenting. Some of the site owners admitted to hating going to the forums on their own site. The comment policy you see to day is largely a reaction to all of that. It may appear overzealous to some (and as an ex-BYTO person, I can tell you first hand what can happen to a good site when there's little moderation), but it's there because the people that own the site want it there. It's a pendulum swing, no doubt, and I personally expect it to swing back a bit at one point, but I don't see that happening until the site's culture is firmly established.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    I think this is a fair point... to a point. I'm not sure the audience agrees. We usually see reported posts on a daily basis and on some days, we can see quite a few posts. Some of the things that get reported are quite obvious and need attention. Some are things that have us scratching our heads as to why it was reported. This isn't about making this site into something it's not. It's about making this site conform to how the site owners want it to work. That is why it matters. They want this site to be an environment where people who are not fond of those words don't feel unwelcome.
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