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  1. Cap'n Piranha
    One more, less dramatic, idea--homeruns still work as they always have, except they now also are worth an out too. That is, if Nelson Cruz hits a one out homer with two on base, the Twins get 3 runs, but they now have 2 outs, instead of one.
  2. Cap'n Piranha
    That's the problem--deadening the ball impacts non-homeruns as much as it does homeruns. You need to find something that makes a homerun less valuable, while not impacting balls in play.
  3. Cap'n Piranha
    Yup. They'll need to do something to incentivize putting the ball in play, rather than hitting homers. My suggestions, from pretty crazy to truly insane, are; Homeruns automatically end the inning, unless it is of the inside-the-park variety. Homeruns are only worth one run--any baserunners are removed from the bases, but not counted as outs Teams are only allowed two outfielders, and all four infielders must have their feet on the dirt when the pitcher releases the pitch.
  4. Cap'n Piranha
    Be honest--you just wanted to show off your table skills ?
  5. Cap'n Piranha
    Kind of a jerk move by Lynn not getting out of the running lane there.
  6. Cap'n Piranha
    The crazy thing about this White Sox team? They have like 2 guys with an OPS over .800, and yet are third in the AL in runs scored. If they ever get their lineup truly going, they will be terrifying.
  7. Cap'n Piranha
    Game Over.
  8. Cap'n Piranha
    Protect the plate Donaldson, for crying out loud.
  9. Cap'n Piranha
    Nice intro stringer. For help on your golf game, check with Chief--he was there when golf was invented after all.
  10. Cap'n Piranha
    I feel like we have about three more weeks before the FO, if they're smart, will go in to full-on rebuild mode. Commit completely to it now, and you might be able to shave a year or two off the duration. Starting June 1, assuming no improvement in play, here's what I'd like to see happen Kiriloff at first every day (assuming he can return--full health in 2022 should be the priority) Arraez at second every day Gordon at short every day Polanco at third every day Larnach in left every day Rooker in right every day The Twins should eat the salary on all of the following players in order to trade them--if no trade can be made, they should be DFA'd; Donaldson, Simmons, Cruz, Colome Buxton should also be traded as soon as he is healthy, or you get an offer you're happy with. Rogers, Duffey, and Robles should all be traded as soon as you get a decent offer.
  11. Cap'n Piranha
    Just saw this, and love it! One minor thing (as those who know me on this board can I attest--I MUST get crazily specific)--it would appear that ads can pop up over the red circle, as that happened to me just as I was about to take the maiden red circle voyage. A small thing to be sure, and if it's complex to fix, certainly not worth it, but as a minor fix, that would be great! Thanks Brock!
  12. Cap'n Piranha
    My one suggestion--pin the top banner so that it's always there on any page you're on. It made it very easy to navigate back to the homepage. What I've noticed is that without that, you have to scroll all the way back up to navigate to another page, which is mildly frustrating on pages with lost of comments. Otherwise, looks great!
  13. Cap'n Piranha
    I believe the Twins have scored the bonus runner once, when Buxton went yard in Oakland. That was promptly rendered moot when Baldelli left Colome in for the bottom of the 10th, even though he had coughed up the lead in the 9th, and various Twins infielders forgot how to play defense.
  14. Cap'n Piranha
    I'd say Miguel Cabrera has 64 million reasons to stay unretired through at least 2023. I doubt he will remain above .300 unless it is the collective decision of MLB to spare him that particular ignominy.
  15. Cap'n Piranha
    Unfortunately that coin is no longer currency for the Twins.
  16. Cap'n Piranha
    I have to wonder if this injury is in any way due to Byron compensating for lingering pain in his knee. When they announced patella tendinitis, and then had him back in the lineup after only one day, my eyebrows definitely went up.
  17. Cap'n Piranha
    37% increase in pitches from the 28th to the 1st. 43% increase in pitches from the 1st to the 6th. So if he increases his pitches by 40% when he starts on the 11th, that's 82 pitches. From there, he could pitch on May 16 and only need a 25% increase to get to 100 pitches. 20 days to stretch a guy from 30 to 100 pitches seems pretty expeditious to me.
  18. Cap'n Piranha
    So long as one out of Donaldson, Simmons, Polanco, or Arraez are on the IL, I agree--Gordon stays up. If all of those guys are healthy, the choice becomes Astudillo or Gordon--I'm not sure Nick wins that one.
  19. Cap'n Piranha
    Strongly disagree. The rule is if a ball is live and a runner is contacted with the ball (or a glove with the ball in it) while not in contact with a base, the runner is out. Your hope of changing it is actually changing the game. If you're a baserunner in the bigs, you better know how to slide into a base without overrunning it. If you can't, then you have no business baserunning.
  20. Cap'n Piranha
    I actually don't know if it is--he was saying it because Byron Buxton told him so. On better manicured fields, there will be less friction, which means it takes longer to stop, thus you're more apt to overslide.
  21. Cap'n Piranha
    A far better way to do this would be to eliminate pickoffs. Have a circle drawn around each base that a runner must be inside of until the pitcher begins his motion. Not sure how far away it needs to be, they could do some studies, but I would imagine 6-8 feet. Runners don't need to worry about getting back to the base, no more sitting through 3-5 throws to first in a PA, and stolen bases much more frequent.
  22. Cap'n Piranha
    That fly out was so much better than a strikeout.
  23. Cap'n Piranha
    The second inning is off to as a bad a start as the first was good.
  24. Cap'n Piranha
    Ya Vohl!
  25. Cap'n Piranha
    Does this include Buxton? If so--wow!
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