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  1. davidjcampbell
    Some of the same points brought up in the article could be said of our little hamlet on the prairie. At TwinsFest this weekend there was (for the first time in at least many years) a panel of beat writers, Mason (FSN), Bollinger (MLB.com) Neal (Strib), and Mackey (1500ESPN). Their general story was that the medium and the audience dictate what they can write and how they write it. Neal said basically "I'd love to print a slash line" (avg/obp/slg) but he can't because so many readers don't know what that is, so he has to stick to avg, hr, and rbi. I think he and others in the "mainstream" media could do more to educate their readers and get them on board with more "advanced" statistics. Mackey gets more into advanced stats principally because he is on the web (according to him). Mackey also described using the stats to ask more informed questions of those in the know including coaches and players. The stats he uses to ask the question don't necessarily end up in the column but I think this is what is not being done in this market (and probably others). Neal and Mackey dominated the comments of the panel, however Bollinger and Mason echoed the line of not being able to because they wanted to keep the columns availabile for all audiences.
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    Pretty interesting article. The Fellowship of the Miserable: How Boston Sportswriters Got So Awful
  3. davidjcampbell
    On my one trip to Hammond Stadium a couple years ago (in the go-go days of 2010) I sat in section 207. I thought the seats were great, and I also thought the price of $23 wasn't too bad either considering I saw two and a half games that day. Parking was around $5 to park on the lawn in the complex. Keep in mind that this is a minor league stadium, there aern't too many seats far from the action. Also, I think the seats were bleachers, but I could be mis-remembering.
  4. davidjcampbell
    slightly off topic. I looked up some of Worley's 2012 starts and decided to watch one from July 25 when the Phillies hosted the Brewers. Some of you may remember Carlos Gomez hitting a long strike and trotting around the bases this summer... Worley was the pitcher during that humorous at bat. video here spoiler alert: Gomez strikes out looking on the very next pitch.
  5. davidjcampbell
    Getting rid of the banner ads that support this free site would be better than a Q&A with a beat writer?
  6. davidjcampbell
    I recently signed up for a Nationals forum since I am certain I will need a distraction from the 2013 Twins. In reviewing their forums and threads I noticed an interesting Guest Chat folder. Back in 2010, the WNFF guys convinced one of the Nats beat reporters (Ben Goessling) to come online and participate for an evening. http://www.wnff.net/index.php?topic=16780.0 Now, Ben is over at the Pioneer Press and I know Ben and Howard Sinker have both participated in the podcast as a guest of Aaron and John. During the long offseason, would it be possible to try to get something like this going on Twins Daily with any of the many beat reporters here locally? I can think of a couple reasons this might be a non starter for them or their parent organizations, but I think the community here could be welcoming... Thoughts?
  7. davidjcampbell
    Great entries - thank you for sharing.
  8. davidjcampbell
    I'm voting non-tendered like many of the rest of you however I would not be surprised if he is back and the scholarship program continues.
  9. davidjcampbell
    Interesting idea. These two lines terrify me most. All offense and no D has not gotten the Tigers anywhere this year and they have a couple of dependable pitchers. How can the Twins pull this off?
  10. davidjcampbell
    Depends on what their format will be. They were ghetto rap at once time, not sure what format that are in right now. I think Perkins was/is on the morning show... Sorry Brent - are you able to fit a few more qualifiers into that post? When the Polads bought the station they played "urban" music which competed with KDWB playing mainstream rap and R&B. Since the purchase in 2007, they have changed formats twice landing on "modern adult contemporary" - basically they play a little of everything now. They have also moved their transmitter to New Hope in 2009 to increase the metro reach. The Perkins you are referring to is Eric Perkins (also KARE-11 Sports Director).
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    David Brauer has more - http://www.minnpost.com/braublog/2012/08/twins-jump-ktwn-expected-1500-espn-committed-sports-format
  12. davidjcampbell
    Impressive.... I think it was definitely too early to annoint him as our 3B savior. It certainly is too early to anoint him anything but he's earned the starting job for at least the first half of 2013. Definitely too early to sign him up for long term reps at 3b, I agree with giving him the nod for 2013 and seeing where it takes him. There are bigger issues for the team to focus on and its nice to have some level of competence and a bat in that corner.
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    I was at the game last night and in the top of the first when he walked Jackson and Fielder with not a hint of the strike zone or anything worth swinging at I thought the he was going to get rocked. Fortunately, the Tigers were not able to figure him out until the fourth time through the order and by then he was at ~90 pitches thrown he was going to get pulled soon no matter what happened. I also agree with the sentiment that the Twins should ride this wave as long as possible. The alternatives are not all that attractive.
  14. davidjcampbell
    I saw the movie last night - I thought it was great. I particularly liked the English class scene and I am picturing Sano living in Southern Wisconsin. I have looked but cannot find any information about the soundtrack - I also really enjoyed the music. Any info on the track listing out there?
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    As soon as I saw it advertised on AG.com I knew I needed to check this out. I'll probably be at St Anthony Main tomorrow night as well. Looking forward to it!
  16. davidjcampbell
    Esoteric Ball Guy and I are about to head off to PNC. Full update on Pitt later. Rochester was a good trip. We saw many former Twins take the field for the Red Wings and an Evan Longoria on a rehab assignment. We had very dangerous seats down the right field line with many left handers on both teams. We walked away with a souvenir off of Brian Dinkleman. Esoteric went with the cheeseburg garbage plate and was in a food coma for the rest of the evening. This was my second trip to Frontier Field and it's a cool minor league park, but the crowd was disappointingly small and there weren't enough silly minor league games between innings. Also you get a real sense of the lack of talent in the upper level of the twins system when watching the Wings play. If anybody else is in town post your PNC thoughts here. Let's here what thinks about this park.
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    You put together a pretty nice schedule of games. See you in the car.
  18. davidjcampbell
    We will be there in a week to see the Snappers play at home and in Cedar Rapids in two weeks. I am really looking forward to seeing those guys.
  19. davidjcampbell
    This feels like a 'complain about something so we have something to complain about' sort of topics...
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    According to fangraphs, his WAR in 2011 was 2.2, so far this year it is 0.7 - to me that is replaceable on this team. He has value, the Twins should use that value to get new guys in the system. I am in favor of a move that will get us a number of actual prospects to move Span this year. The team doesn't need bodies that will fill up the AA and AAA rosters for the next 4-5 years - the Twins need guys who will be able to produce "at the major league level."
  21. davidjcampbell
    This is great to keep things in perspective - thanks for the post.
  22. davidjcampbell
    Mackey with another dig on bloggers yesterday on the air - I think he was talking about this article, which I had not read when I heard the comment. I think he was most concerned that you didn't mention the smallness of the sample sizes quoted.
  23. davidjcampbell
    This is the point in the game that I discovered ESPN was also broadcasting the Twins (except not in Washington DC, when I told my sister they were on she told me they had the Tigers/Royals game on). The point about letting the game come through is spot on - Dick cannot let a moment of open air go by. I thought the ESPN guys (there were 3 of them in the booth and Tim K on the sideline) managed to get the sounds of the game in. As for Bert, he already has one foot outside the booth and will be taking many games off this year. He will likely want to go make some real money signing HOF autographs.
  24. davidjcampbell
    Real good points. I also like Clete. I thi he'll be more versatile than Revere ever would have been and now Revere can play everyday in Roc to help his development.
  25. davidjcampbell
    Lookin better now... Anyone else watching ESPN. The broadcast team is actually decent tonight. Whadda think?
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