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  1. powrwrap
    Makes me wonder what he did in the past week or so to really piss off ownership. Why couldn't they have waited until 1 minute after the last game of the season?
  2. powrwrap
    Did it. Easy Peasy.
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    Nope, none. But the Twins will think they have a shot and another chance at starting fresh will be lost. Terry Ryan will sign a mid level starting pitcher free agent (could even be Pavano) and possibly trade Span for a #4 or #5 type starter. They will have a pathetic starting rotation consisting of 5 guys that throw about 90-92 mph and don't have an out pitch. You won't see Kyle Gibson until June and he will be on an innings pitched count. The Twins will go internally for SS, 2B, and 3B. There will be no bench strength. Sorry, but get ready for another year of the same.
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    The premise, from the article (paraphrased) This new playoff format begs for, and rewards, mediocrity. I don't agree. The new playoff format doesn't beg for mediocrity. The new playoff format could reward mediocrity, but it's unlikely. The new playoff format is keeping fans in the wild card hunt interested in baseball well into September. It's probable that 3 of the 4 wild card teams will finish the season with at least 90 wins. Is that mediocre? I don't think so. That means there will be one team with less than 90 wins that will make it into the playoffs as a wild card. Their reward? A do or die one game playoff on the road. I guess the best thing to do would be to win your division, secure home field advantage and not worry about a team with 85 wins making it to a one game playoff.
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    That was the Chicago Cubs. Willingham pulled a single down the left field line to win the game for the Twins. Joe Maddon is the best manager in the game. He employs shifts quite a bit, knows the strengths and limitations of his players and uses them wisely, is a master at running the bullpen, keeps the players loose and has their respect, etc.
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    With Ohio not being selected for either side I've got: Obama 266 Romney 254 In my scenario, whichever way Ohio goes, so goes the Presidency. I've got Florida, Virgina, NC going to Romney and Wisconsin going Obama. Wisconsin is interesting given the fact that the Gov. Walker recall went the Republicans way, and that Paul Ryan is from that state. I've got Maine splitting 2 electoral votes for each candidate and Nebraska going all in for Romney.
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    OK, what was Dozier's defense like through 24 games? Florimon is passing the eyeball test with me. One of his errors was a routine grounder that took a bad bounce (but he should have fielded it), could just be rookie nerves. Also, Florimon has made one error in the past 10 games. I have seen him make plays I can't imagine Dozier making. http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=23991597&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_23991597&v=3
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    I think I reached that point in mid-May. Now I hope that they lose to increase their draft position. I'm going to the game tomorrow, so no, I haven't checked out. Got tickets in sec. 220 for $7.00 each from ScoreBig.com. I still watch the Twins on TV most of the time they are on, maybe not the whole game, but I do watch several innings and always flick over there during commercials if I'm watching something else.
  9. powrwrap
    "Yeah, I was one of the guys that got an iPhone 5 prototype. Pretty cool, huh?" "Lemme see that."
  10. powrwrap
    What we got here is another Francisco Hendriks, er, Liam Liriano...
  11. powrwrap
    Mackey is talking about it right now on 1500ESPN.
  12. powrwrap
    When I was a kid I met Mark Belanger in the summer of 1969. His girlfriend (fiancee?) was the daughter of people my parents knew and they had Mark swing by my house one day after a ballgame. (I grew up in Richfield about 3 miles from Met Stadium.) He gave me a baseball with a bunch of autographs, including my fave player, Brooks Robinson, along with other players, Twins and Orioles. Later that year I went to the 1969 ALCS game at the Met. I caught a foul ball off the bat of Don Buford. The Twins got crushed, BTW. So I was pulling for the Orioles to beat the Mets in 1969 in the World Series. Where some saw incredible defensive plays by the Mets (Agee, Swoboda, etc.) I saw lucky catches. I saw Al Weis be a beast at the plate and bat double his career batting average. I saw Cleon Jones talk his way onto first base--the famous shoeshine on the baseball incident. In my view, the Mets weren't good, they were lucky. Fast forward to 1986. Game 6 of the World Series. I desperately want the Red Sox to beat the Mets and lift the curse. It's looking pretty good too with the Sox up 5-3 in the bottom of the 10th. But I'm sitting there thinking about how lucky the Mets were in 1969 and wondering how in the world they were going to wriggle out of it this time. We all know the story, culminated with Buckner's error. Then there was the swindle of the Twins known as the Johan Santana trade. So I don't like the Mets very much.
  13. powrwrap
    The White Sox will not survive the first round of the playoffs. OK, I'll play Most Hated. 1. New York Mets 2. Atlanta Braves 3. Chicago White Sox 4. Detroilet Tigers 5. Miami Marlins (by virtue of the fact that Ozzie Guillen is their manager, if he wasn't it would be...) 5. New York Yankees
  14. powrwrap
    I'm in.
  15. powrwrap
    Nicely done. I try to make it a point to watch every Twins' pitchers debut. It certainly has that element of hope and potential you can't find many places in sports.
  16. powrwrap
    Excellent post. BTW, I use stats all the time. I enjoy stats. What I object to is what Riverbrian pointed out--when people use stats as the gospel and don't take into account the nuances of the actual game play. That's what I was getting at (rather clumsily) in my post when I said that if you've got a good base stealer you almost always send them. Since I'm the guy that used the term 'stat-head' let me explain a bit further. And I can't believe everybody on this board that love the numbers of baseball didn't see it. OK, what's wrong with this statement? Anyone? The problem is that no decent base stealer gets thrown out 25% of the time, much less 40% of the time. That's why I said if you have a good base runner you should almost always send them, if the situation warrants it. If you've got a guy with a success rate of 80% as a base stealer and you need to get that guy into scoring position, you send him. I'm sure someone can find the stats that show the likelihood of a base runner scoring from first base with 'x' number of outs vs. the chances of the runner scoring from second base. Heaven's sake, Ryan Braun is a career 79.5% success rate at SB's and we don't even think of him as being a base stealer. Furthermore the league average on CS% is around 27% FOR ALL BASERUNNERS.
  17. powrwrap
    I don't know why, but this scene from Police Squad, which I haven't seen in probably 20 years sprung to mind:
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    Ahh, OK, I see that now. Also, notice that his stride is not as pronounced nowadays compared to the earlier years and his follow through is not as complete as before.
  19. powrwrap
    Stat-heads are people get their baseball knowledge almost exclusively from statistical analysis, box scores, and spreadsheets. They probably have never played or coached. It's not an insult, it's a description.
  20. powrwrap
    Spoken like a true stat-head. Each situation is different. Each player has different skill sets. In most circumstances, unless you have a big lead, if you've got a guy that is a great base stealer it would be stupid not to have them attempt to steal.
  21. powrwrap
    I really want to comment on this because I love analysis like this, but really, the relevant thing here is how long does it take from the time the ball is in Joe's mitt to the time he throws the ball. The footwork analysis is interesting but ultimately what matters is how long the exchange takes. You have the video. If you have a video editing program it would be an easy matter to get the elapsed times from catch to release point. Can you post those elapsed times? If you don't have one, MS Moviemaker is a free download.
  22. powrwrap
    I've never heard of this happening in the past. I suppose it is possible, but why would the Twins entertain Mauer's request since it's possible the result would be favorable negotiating points for Mauer and his agent? I think the likely scenario is that the Twins wanted to test Mauer's value and then decide whether or not they want to take action or decide to share that info with him.
  23. powrwrap
    This is not working for the Rays. Colorado Rockies, bad team for a couple years, averaging 33,000 a game. Twins, bad team for a couple years, averaging 35,000 a game. Mets, bad team for a couple years, averaging 29,000 a game. Every market is different. There isn't a hard and fast rule you can apply to new stadiums and attendance. As far as stadiums being 'empty' there are only a handful of ballparks that don't sell at least 50% of their seats each season. Typically it is Oakland, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Cleveland, Baltimore.
  24. powrwrap
    Mauer would bang line drives off the green monster in LF in Fenway with regularity. The Red Sox need help at catcher and DH. I believe they are going to dump Ortiz, a free agent after this season. Since the trade with the Dodgers, James Loney is their regular first baseman. Mauer could spell Loney at 1B as well. Or the Red Sox could try Mauer at 3B.
  25. powrwrap
    Since Mauer has a no-trade clause he can veto any trade. Another option would be for the Twins to accept a deal where the claiming team agrees to assume the full contract and don't give up any players. In this way, it would not be a trade per se, but Mauer might have language in his contract to prevent this from happening. And the Twins would be idiots to do it. I presume they would since they put him on waivers. They can always pull him back off of waivers. However, if they put him back on waivers again this season, because they've already pulled him back, they lose the option of pulling him back again. In other words, he would be on irrevocable waivers next time. Yes, they should do it, if they get value in return. However, the types of teams that would do this sort of a deal would likely be teams not in contention and can take on Mauer's contract and need a C/1B/DH and could give the Twins ML starting pitching. I can't think of any. Boston seems to fit, but they would have to give the Twins one of their top two pitchers, so it seems unlikely they would do it. Seattle might deal King Felix but then they'd have Mauer's contract and they're well set at catcher.
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