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That time frame gets pushed back every year. Wasn't long ago that people (after TR came back) were saying 2014, then 2015 and then 2016.
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Most Underrated Twins Players of All-Time - Mine: Brian Harper
jimmer replied to Loosey's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Punto :-) -
Let's see, CF was the practically new position for Danny Santana, SS was the position he's been playing most of his professional career. Hard to believe he had a ton of confidence in CF and so little at shortstop. I'm just going to blame his dropoff in offense on the fact that his BABIP over .400 in 2014 was unsustainable and as he dropped down closer to an average BABIP this year, his numbers predictably dropped like a stone.
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A baseball chat site is no place to have fun :-)
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When was that again? 2003 or so? The Lirano/Nathan/Bonser trade?
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Notes from Terry Ryan's Tuesday Media Briefing
jimmer replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
If it was last year, it might have been a 10th anniversary thing. If the guy you are referring to in regards to moving on is the guy who played Wild Bill, he's been plenty busy since Deadwood including playing Lou in Season One of Fargo and now in Madam Secretary. Side note, he also played in Wild Bill (about Bill Hickok) but he was Buffalo Bill Cody. -
GMs must LOVE to trade with Stewart. Is he the worst GM in the game? He's in the conversation.
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I hadn't even heard that was in the works when I posted that question, but it made perfect sense that if they were getting Zobrist, Castro was likely gone.
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So the Castro trade is a salary dump.
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Notes from Terry Ryan's Tuesday Media Briefing
jimmer replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
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Good for the Cubs. Where are they playing him? Is Castro for sure being traded?
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I think they get away with the UFO scene because they said before the whole motel scene happened that it's basically urban legend what went down there. Remember they kept saying, maybe Hansee said this, or maybe he did that. No one knows for sure. Though I'm pretty sure Lou knows :-) What was funny about it was how easily Peg blew it off. Something like, ' Oh it's just a UFO, let's go, Sam.' As if a UFO was common place:-) Also, there was a supposed UFO sighting in Minnesota in 1979 by a deputy Sheriff. So they gave a nod to that.
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I applaud Santana's effort trying to play CF in 2014, but he wasn't good out there. He wasn't horrible and not bad if we take into account he's not an OF. His offense was unsustainable and that was easy to predict.
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If I'm Houston, there are very few people I would trade Correa for.
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No way in the world the Twins trade for Fernandez.
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Was Bear's son killed in one of the episodes and I missed it? That UFO stuff last night was just wacky. I wish they hadn't done that. Still one of the best shows to ever be on TV to include series on the movie channels.
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Sounds like a classic Twins style pitcher to me.
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Hustling is a good thing and isn't old school or new school. When it's not clearly obvious the Ball is going to be caught or when it's a for sure hit, a player should go all out. Sprinting out a fly ball that is caught more than 99% of the time isn't necessary nor is it disrespecting the game if not done. A guy that gets ticked he missed a meatball he usually crushes and jogs first on a routine fly ball is also not disrespecting the game. what is disrespecting the game is what papelbon did.
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I did not root for Hunter, I rooted for the team to win. Similar to my football team a few years back. They picked up a big time jerk who I never rooted for. I just rooted for the team. I find myself rooting less and less for individual players nowadays. I haven't bought a jersey with a specific player's name on it in a long time.
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One is committing violence against another human being and was retaliatory cause the guy being choked didn't like the fact that the guy doing the choking beaned a player. The other is not following some old school rule that doesn't hurt anyone nor cost his team anything (since he would have been safe if it had dropped anyway). I can see how they could be equated. Cue Bill Engvall.
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Harper was given a meatball pitch that he'd normally destroy, he didn't. He was mad at himself, jogged out of the box and would have been safe if it was dropped (and the chances of it being dropped was less than 1%). Same result as if he had hustled except maybe by going out, he ends up halfway between 1st and 2nd and then thrown out at 2B or caught in a rundown. Or maybe he pulls a hammy needless going all out in some faux hustle move that old school rules, and many people who don't get the rigors of playing 162 game schedule, requires. Justifying someone trying to choke out a teammate cracks me up, especially when forgetting to mention (either on purpose or accident) that the choker (Papelbon) was ticked off that not too long before that, the chokee (Harper), talked about how ridiculous Papelbon's beaning of a batter ( in yet another ridiculous 'old school' necessary move) was. It was payback, nothing more. The jog, which happens a lot in baseball, was just a good excuse for Paps to preach old school nonsense and to justify (in some peoples' eyes) a vicious attack of a teammate.
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Well, for one, I wasn't talking about whether or not I'd want AJ on the team (I wouldn't), so that question was out of the blue. Second, I don't think it's okay to be a complete donkey as long as you are a very good player. A donkey is a donkey. I, personally, would rather not have players on our team who go out of their way to intentionally injure other players. Makes it harder for me, personally, to root for players like that. It's probably why, as a fan of multiple sports, I find myself rooting mostly for teams as opposed to being fans of specific players (though I still have some favorite players).
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When a player goes out of his way to try and injure another player, I think it's fair game to call him a jerk. That's what he did to Morneau twice in one game by running up the first-base line on the inside and purposely directing his cleats to Morneau's ankle. He connected the first time, Morneau pulled his leg in time the second time. And it was obvious both times. As far as it being off topic, I don't see it that way. The conversation had already gone to players purposely going after other which AJ clearly did as well.
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Not to mention arrested, and also sued. He's got to be in the top 5 of jerks in the game today, along with A.J.
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Well, we were talking specifically about OBP and BA. You have a .332 BABIP and still can't manage a OBP over .290, that's a concern. And it is a concern since his BABIP wasn't above .277 in AA in 2014 or AAA in 2015. And the difference of 1 wRC+ is within plus/minus of basically being the same. Doesn't at all negate the concern.
