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  1. Vanimal46
    Blaine Boyer was the king of that last year. Coming into the game with 2 runners on base, all of a sudden bases clearing double. All the earned runs gets credited to the starter, and Blaine Boyer finishes with a flashy 2.5 ERA....
  2. Vanimal46
    Pictured: TR experiences a moment of self-doubt on where he stands in his GM career. Then immediately goes back to his day thinking nothing of it again. http://0.media.dorkly.cvcdn.com/71/89/6fff706540bafaa3746baa24d78bf9b9.jpg
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    There has been more math calculated during the last page of this thread than I've done in the last 4 years since I graduated from college.... It still has the same effect on me though talking about math. http://organiceyourlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sleep-desk.jpg
  4. Vanimal46
    Who says I have to wait until tomorrow? I do have 2 screens to look at on my desk....
  5. Vanimal46
    I'm kind of impressed you drew that long of a conclusion just from my last post. I was merely pointing out that the cause of signing those 3 pitchers was from the system being completely barren of young talent to help out. No where on that post did I rip the Twins for giving out those contracts. I am glad they at least tried to fix the situation. It's a little different in 2016 compared to 2013 and 2014 when the Twins signed those guys. In response to the bullpen, what would have made me happy was signing 1 legitimate bullpen arm. I've presented the examples of Storen, Sipp, Bastardo in several threads before. The Twins have the most fluid bullpen in the MLB with only Perkins signed beyond this year. I'm certainly not alone with my concern that only 3 proven guys (Perk, May, Jepsen) and seeing what else sticks is a great way to go into a new season.
  6. Vanimal46
    I just want to clear up this posting fee goes to payroll nonsense. Every where I look says the same thing. "The transfer fee is not included when calculating an MLB team's total payroll..." It is an expense, no question about it. But we may be the first team in MLB history that is justifying the posting fee as a payroll expense, and giving the benefit of the doubt that it is included in the payroll. Please let me know if I am wrong.
  7. Vanimal46
    I'm glad there are former MLBer's on here. And if you didn't know, I am Vance Worley. I know what you're thinking, I pitch for Baltimore now. The fact is, I'm pretty self conscious about my glasses, and thought the fans would still be making fun of me and my self given nickname...
  8. Vanimal46
    Stop it guys, you're making me way too hungry for chocolate cake this early in the morning.... EDIT: As I'm looking at pictures of chocolate cake on the internet. Dang it.
  9. Vanimal46
    Remind me what young pitchers were ready to come up and contribute before they signed Nolasco, Hughes, and Santana? It wasn't strategy. It was pure desperation as there was nothing at all in the organization to help the MLB club.
  10. Vanimal46
    Today's National Day is a personal favorite of mine... Today is National Chocolate Cake Day! Hell.Yes. That ranks right up there on the list of all-time favorite desserts for me.
  11. Vanimal46
    Not sure if the old Busch Stadium was much better for revenue potential than the Dome. Could be wrong. That's getting back to a time when I wasn't old enough to know what was happening with the sport. Either way I think we've exhausted all angles of this discussion. I don't think you and I will see eye to eye on the subject, but it was good banter for 9 pages. You weren't bickering at me and hopefully I didn't come off as that way to you.
  12. Vanimal46
    So they're around the same revenues from TV (35 to 29) as the Twins until 2017, same market size, but other than 2011, have had a significantly higher payroll than the Twins over the last 15 years.... That should say a lot.
  13. Vanimal46
    Even teams like the Astros? I would hope they would, they're one of the biggest markets in the U.S. with a new TV deal to boot. I've been trying to research but haven't found out what the St. Louis Cardinals' TV deal looks like. They're the most similar to Minneapolis as far as market size is concerned, but have the highest TV ratings, and the most profitable team in the MLB.
  14. Vanimal46
    If we're still talking about the bullpen, I can't think of another team with a more fluid situation than the Twins, as they have only Perkins signed for any significant money past this season. A FA signing for 2+ years this off-season wasn't going to block any one at any time in a 7-8 man bullpen.
  15. Vanimal46
    There was a massive gap and no hope for help within the farm last season. It was painfully obvious to nearly everyone that the bullpen was a disaster, and we were shouting from the mountain tops to do ANYTHING to get someone who can help before it was too late. Of course, it was too late with the July 31st acquisition of Jepson, and a mid-August trade for Cotts... I still think there is a massive hole in the bullpen, but it's clear the Twins are going into this season with 3 proven guys (Perkins, Jepsen, May) and seeing who sticks with the rest of the spots. I guess we'll see how it plays out.
  16. Vanimal46
    The article certainly gets me to appreciate Gibson more in the rotation. Let's hope he can find a way to get more strikeouts and build his way up to being a front line starter. Figures that Suzuki did more harm than good with our rotation and his pitch framing abilities....
  17. Vanimal46
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obKLdou0LH0
  18. Vanimal46
    We've got a couple of goodies today.... Today is National Green Juice Day! Or to the ladies in my office, today is Tuesday. I've tried some green juice, and I don't care how healthy it is.... It's tough to swallow. Today is also National Spouses Day! So make sure your better half recognizes how great you are.... Today is also National Peanut Brittle Day! I am a fan of Peanut Brittle for sure.
  19. Vanimal46
    diehard is right. Looking at the AAA rotation, once Berrios is up in the majors, that's going to be a weak rotation. And I doubt that any pitcher in A ball is going to get the Garza projection of moving up multiple levels in a season... I'm also with Chief. Get Rogers out of the AAA rotation, get him used to a routine pitching in the pen, and bring him up to the big show.
  20. Vanimal46
    It's annoying that it's difficult to stream the radio broadcast. I don't know if it's the same for all teams, but I do remember multiple times last summer where I downloaded the TuneIn app, searched for 96.3 FM, and I could never get the game, just music.
  21. Vanimal46
    I think you're looking at this situation too much in black and white. Sports fans have an irrational attachment to their favorite teams. If it were so cut and dry like you mention in your last post "If you believe they operate in such an underhanded way, how can you support the franchise?" There would be zero fans left cheering for the Cleveland Browns, Miami Marlins, New York Mets, etc. We all have our reasons for becoming fans of a particular team.. Mine was because of living in MN growing up, and now to stay connected to my home state. Your story may be similar, or different. We chose our team, not the owners; just because some of us would like things to be different shouldn't mean we should stop supporting the team.
  22. Vanimal46
    You are on fire today!
  23. Vanimal46
    I wasn't able to find this info before leaving the office, but how many more millions in TV revenue are the Diamondbacks getting with their new TV deal compared to their old deal? And what percentage of that new TV revenue was used on signing new players this offseason?
  24. Vanimal46
    Lol, why is it so easy for me to picture DSP looking exactly like this every month he turns in his expense report? Brilliant.
  25. Vanimal46
    Yeah making sports teams under public control would be a disaster. When everyone has a different agenda on how to operate a team, nothing would get accomplished. You'll have your people on the far left wanting to spend every cent, and people on the far right wanting to rake in the profits. What it all boils down to is it sucks that our favorite team is under the ownership of a business man, not a sports fan. I'd love for one day to root for a team with an owner like Mark Cuban, Mike Ilitch, Steinbrenner, etc. where money is no object to putting together a winning team. In the mean time, this is what we're stuck with. A family with old money, but operates the sports team in a very conservative nature.
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