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Game Thread: Royals@Twins 4/13 3:10PM
jimmer replied to Riverbrian's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I didn't see the game, can you tell those of us who missed the game how the defense once again let us down? -
I hadn't heard Law mention that, but makes sense.
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WOW! No pressure though.
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Sorry, I meant realistically. But yeah, if we think he can be one of the 5 best players of all time, let's go for that :-)
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I'm hoping for a healthy Eric Davis.
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The stats shouldn't have even needed to be used. They just back up what they eyes should see. Those OFs are bad defensively.
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Slightly younger than May, slightly older than Meyer, all three 25.
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the OF defense has been embarrassing for awhile and, IMO, is getting worse.
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2009: Bill Smith's Lasting Legacy
jimmer replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
You have a good point. Patience and development. -
I guess my point was, a good chunk of us knew the OF defense was going to be horrendous. And while the offense provided by the OF has also been very bad, it will get better, though I doubt it will get as good as some thought it would be.
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We drafted Buston in 2012. We traded Span the offseason after we drafted Buxton. We should not have had to wait three offseasons to address the CF spot.
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The OF is pretty much exactly as bad as some of us thought it would be. At least defensively.
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'At what point do the Twins release their best hitter (Nunez) and bring up Fryer so Herrmann can play everyday!' Nunez is the Twins best hitter? When did that happen? (that's a trick question) :-)
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It hasn't been 6 games, it's been 654 games. But let's not act like we should have expected this season to be good to begin with and that this start is such a surprise.
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strikeouts are boring besides that they're fascist.
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I don't know. I hope not. I hope he just plays the game in the way that suits his skills the best and doesn't worry about expectations.
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I'm looking forward to the time we get to see him in the majors for good.
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Out of line in the context of the rules MLB has in place for such comments. If you go back, I said I thought they were funny (because I don't like West either) but they were worthy of a fine because saying it was unprofessional. Which it was. Baseball has rules against criticizing umpires in public. Players know that. Do it, you get a fine. And the whole conversation I got involved in was whether or not he deserved a fine. And it really isn't out of line to have that rule in place. A professional accuses another professional for shirking his duties for personal reasons is unprofessional. It's not a hard concept to grasp for some. Whether it was funny or not from a fan standpoint doesn't matter. He says his comments, takes a jab at someone, we laugh, we gets fined. As far as Bert goes, I don;t know of any rule in baseball that stops Bert from saying what he did. Is there one? Do you know of one? Do you see the difference in the two situations? So making a joke like Bert did is funny, like the West jokes Hunter told were, but I don't see a rule violation in Bert's actions. From a PC standpoint though, bad business for the Twins. Now, in this case, has the PC gone too far? That's the question. But there is no rule in baseball against what he said. But, believe me, based on the conversations previously, I know why you think it's 'interesting'.
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'The Free Press Clause protects the right of individuals to express themselves through publication and dissemination of information, ideas and opinions without interference, constraint or prosecution by the government' First Amendment involves saying what you want free from the threat of persecution from the government. Basically, a legal protection from the government so they couldn't suppress opinions. Doesn't mean you can say whatever you want to anyone without being other forms of consequences. For example, if a team wanted to fire their employee for saying something very un-PC because they didn't want to deal with the fallout, that team would have the right. I think a lot of people think they can say whatever they want and should be allowed to do so without consequences or criticism.
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This is the world we live in now. Can't even halfway upset anyone without it being considered a sin. PC is out of control. Everything is a matter of opinion, no matter what, so all opinions are valid (when it often can't possibly work that way).
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In fairness, I put a ' :-)' in the post. I'm just old school about my emoticons :-)
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way to stick to your guns, buddy.;-)
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I'd like to think the baseball IQ here is double (at least) than that of the strib.
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I still can't believe people thought the White Sox would be playoff contenders this year.
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That's been happening for awhile now. I don't know why anyone would give Mauer something to hit, myself. Not with the inconsistent unproven roster we have.
