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  1. Vanimal46
    George Carlin's one of my all-time favorites, but his videos may not be SFTD....
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    Stand up comedy thread? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMMq1xcF6KA
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    How in the world did you get my Halloween 2013 photo?!!!
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    It's also National Everything You Think is Wrong Day! Or for us on TD. today is Tuesday....
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    "Even a blind acorn finds a squirrel every now and again." - Yogi Berra My recollection of old fashioned cliches is equivalent to my knowledge of college basketball. But here we are, chasing that acorn again in our March Madness pools. I'm looking for a little crowd sourcing help as I don't know a single player on these teams... Most likely 12 seed upset over a 5 seed? 13 seeds have been upsetting 4 seeds in recent years. Is it going to happen again? I've typically placed Michigan State in at least the Elite 8 because of Tom Izzo. Any reason not to do it this year? Your overall champion? *For those that would like to keep this thread going while the tournament is going on, go for it. Once the games start, I wouldn't bring anything worthwhile to the discussion.
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    Under. I think they finish last in the AL East and the first team in the AL to be big time sellers at the trade deadline. Their run of elite prospects have dried up... Chris Archer arguably has the best value in the MLB from a performance and contract standpoint. I predict he'll get traded to retool their farm.
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    The most surprising one I'm seeing is Melotakis. Wasn't he also a flame thrower who sits around 95-97? Is he just taking things slow as he returns from Tommy John?
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    I think we need to go back to the full video instead of gifs to clear up some assumptions.... http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/11493214/v523113083/must-c-clutch-bautistas-blast-puts-blue-jays-ahead Jose Bautista just hit a ball a country mile into the upper deck. He spends all of 1 second to watch the ball, take a deep breath, look at Dyson for all of 1 second, then the bat flip. He then proceeds to run around the bases like any other HR.... Encarnacion tries to calm down the crowd because fans are so excited they're starting to throw items on the field. Dyson is so frazzled at this point that he mistakes Encarnacion's plead to calm down the crowd for a curtain call, which sparks the benches clearing. A big difference between Kirby's game winner in game 6 vs. Bautista - Kirby's HR barely clears the Plexiglas wall. That was still in a point during the game where every run mattered, so he's scooting out of the batter's box in case if it hits the wall.
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    I hope the Twins don't do that unless if Buxton's putting up 2013 Aaron Hicks-like numbers through the first month and a half. However if that's the scenario, I agree with you that Buxton can bounce back and benefit in the long run. He seems to make adjustments at each level after initially struggling, and it doesn't seem like his confidence would shatter like Hicks did during his Twins career.
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    Just an FYI John, the microphone you were using for the podcast was cutting in and out.
  11. Vanimal46
    Under. Their pitching staff is pretty underwhelming. Their defense also has the potential to be very bad, making their pitching seem worse than they really are.
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    I'm not Seth but that's a good call on Strong. I think he's a candidate to be removed from the 40 man to add Abad, Quentin, or another non-roster invite that impresses this spring. I wouldn't be surprised to see Dean or Tonkin as possible candidates either.
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    Park with 27 HR, ~.800 OPS - wins Rookie of the Year in AL Sano with 38 HR, ~ .875 OPS - top 5 in MVP voting Perkins sub 2.50 ERA, 45 saves, no 2nd half drop off this year Milone leads staff with 14 wins
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    This is a very good thing for the Twins IMO. After years of Schafer, Mastroianni, and Presley starting on opening day, I'm pumped the team is going with youth right off the bat.
  15. Vanimal46
    This may be a stupid question, but is there anything pressing that I need to watch at the end of season 3 before I jump into season 4? Or can I skip the final 4-5 episodes of season 3 and jump right in? I'm in agreement with a lot on this thread that season 1 was brilliant, season 2 was great, and season 3 slipped in quality.
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    Couple other goodies along with National Pi Day.... Today is also National Napping Day! I could use a nap as my body has not made the switch from moving the clocks forward an hour.... On my second cup of coffee already. Today is also National Potato Chip Day! Best potato chips, ranked: - Lay's Baked BBQ - Ruffles Sour Cream and Onion - Tostito's Scoops - Fritos - Sun Chips Garden Salsa - Pringles Cheddar flavor - Kettle Brand Jalapeno Chips - Getting hit by a bus - Anything Dill pickle flavored
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    The eye ball test of getting tattooed and not fooling hitters this spring.
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    Yep not a good sign if he's not able to fool hitters. Even worse that hitters are tattooing his pitches. Unfortunately he's still at a 90+% chance at making the opening day roster. If financial obligations were taken out of the equation, I don't know how anyone can justify him being the 12-13th best P in the organization.
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    Good analogy RiverBrian and it's one of my biggest pet peeves of the unwritten rules. When does the cycle end of teams having a grudge with each other over showing them up and beaning players intentionally? If these unwritten rules were actually written, a lot of it could go away... Let's say if a pitcher intentionally plunks a batter, it results in an immediate ejection from the game along with a 10 game suspension no pay. With a penalty like that, most everyone on rookie contracts or on the bubble of getting replaced wouldn't risk it.
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    Dyson certainly would have been fist pumping and screaming at the top of his lungs at the very least if he struck out Bautista during that at bat. I guess I'm just not understanding how Bautista should have acted in that moment. I'm willing to believe it wasn't a choreographed act from him. It's got to be one of his most memorable moment in his professional career to hit a critical HR so his team could win their first playoff series in 21 years. I'd be doing cart wheels around the bases if I did that for my team.
  21. Vanimal46
    The Bautista moment was in a critical game 5 to advance his team to the next round of the playoffs. When exactly can a person show excitement for his accomplishments? Only in the World Series?
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    That's strange, fantasy baseball doesn't exist on ESPN, yahoo, CBS Sports, or any other fantasy website? My buddy just went to Vegas last week and I gave him some money for futures bets in the MLB. That receipt he gave me was a fake?
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    Should have looked before I posted my response to Chief. You hit the nail right on the head jimmer.
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    Come on Chief you're smarter than that with that statistic. 81 opportunities to buy an MLB ticket compared to 8 NFL games, 41 NBA/NHL games. If the number of opportunities are equal, you don't think the NFL blows every league out of the water? The sport is still the product in all of those leagues as well. The NFL and NBA in particular just know how to market the athlete's personalities exponentially better than the MLB. Hence why the popularity of those leagues are increasing. Meanwhile America's National Past Time is becoming just that, a past time, with my age bracket.
  25. Vanimal46
    I'm 25 about to be 26 this May... Trying to be conservative that I can at least make it to 46.. It can get dicey trying to predict your future.
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