Vanimal46

Extremely disappointed that the Twins could not offer a better deal than what the Blue Jays offered. I'm with diehard. I don't think Revere is that great of a baseball player, and he's due to get over $6.5 mill in arbitration according to MLB Trade Rumors. The Blue Jays got a steal in this trade.

An update on this thread. Chris Correa pleads guilty to 5 counts of unauthorized access to computer information. Link to Story

Thanks for the tip. The site's going much faster now that I killed the process. And the auto-play video ad is now a normal pop-up ad on my browser. Could be a team effort so thanks Brock in case if you did something.

Pittsburgh seems to have a good track record with reclamation projects. Feliz looked pretty bad last year in the SSS that I was able to watch him. If he turns it around and gets back to his sub-3 ERA self, that's going to be a scary back end of the bullpen.

Not sure if it's just me or if others are having this problem, but I'm experiencing a lot of freezing/stalling on the site today. For instance, it's taken me a good 4-5 minutes to type this message because of that issue. I'm using Google Chrome, and there's a new auto-play video advertisement in the spot where the quizzes used to be.

I'm with Shane on this one. Could Avery be guilty of this crime? Sure he could... It's not like the guy was a Saint and didn't have a prior history of crimes... On the other hand, I felt the defense provided enough evidence that the jury could not convict Avery of this crime beyond a reasonable doubt. Brock, I think I read you say that your wife has a background in Law, and maybe she has insights on the case that she shared with you. I don't claim to know anything about the specifics of criminal defense, especially for a case like this.

Agreed. I don't get the thought process of the voters. Seems like if there's a down year, then they reconsider someone like Bert Blylevin even though he failed to get the number of votes the previous 4-5 years he was eligible. Bert's stats did not change the first time he was eligible for the HOF. If you can't make it the first time, then they probably aren't HOF caliber.

Denard Span signs with the San Francisco Giants..... 3 years, $31 million. Good for him to cash in and get long term security this offseason.

Which one, Ken Griffey Jr. Presents MLB on Super Nintendo, or Slugfest on N64?

Bastardo and the 3 year contract aside, in the MLBTR article it says Storen's salary figure of $8.8 could serve to curb the team's interest. And he's a 1 year rental. Will Smith is cheap and controlled, but will cost more in terms of prospects to acquire than Storen, I think gunnarthor's point of payroll constraints is the bigger hangup and I don't understand why...

I imagine they try to sell cars that arrive to the salvage yard on Auto Trader before they go ahead and scrap it for parts and crush it.

Seth, I noticed that a majority of the players you featured are lower round players (8th round being the highest I see) and a couple of international signings for a decent amount of change $1.5 million. Is that a trend with other teams that they don't invest high draft picks on 1st baseman types?

Same thoughts, Willihammer. He was the main reason I practiced, and eventually made a habit of, batting left-handed. His stance and swing was something I think everyone tried to mimic. I have very fond memories of backyard baseball and playing pick-up games at the park too.

Reason #1193485 why this trial never should have been in Wisconsin. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/making-murderer-filmmakers-just-revealed-145808049.html

The Twins payroll is what, around $100 million tops after all 6 arbitration salaries are settled? I guess I just don't understand how the team can be so payroll-strapped. If the goal is to make the playoffs this season, an extra $5-10 million for a proven reliever like Storen or Smith is a drop in the bucket. And will more than likely be recouped easily in attendance/concessions/merchandising revenues.

Can't wait to read the rest of your thoughts in the Spoilers thread when you're done watching the series, Brock.

Whoever didn't vote for him is just trying to attract attention to themselves. I don't care who they are, and hope they stay out of the spotlight. There's no reason not to vote Griffey Jr. into the HOF.

Alex Gordon returns to the Kansas City Royals... 4 years, $72 million.

I could only do 2 episodes max per day.. I couldn't imagine binging 5-6 episodes a day. Too much to get mad about in a course of a day.

Yes, this. It made no sense to me that a guy like Steven, who grew up in this salvage yard, would not think to use the crusher to hide any potential evidence. I never read or heard anything about the calls Teresa was getting prior to her murder. But I think we can piece together that puzzle. I could see the ex-boyfriend making *67 calls to her and leaving creepy voice mails as well. The fact that he already admitted to accessing her voice mail by guessing her username and password gives me the hunch that he was not over her after the relationship, and wanted to keep tabs on her without her knowledge.

I assume he didn't testify because he really didn't know what happened with Teresa, and was advised that him testifying would only hurt his case. You bring up a great point about using evidence obtained by Manitowac staff for the trial. That should have never happened with their past history, and actually handed over the investigation to someone else.. I suppose if they couldn't use the evidence they found, they wouldn't have a case to convict Avery of the crime. I found an interesting article that mentions that 2 jurors in the case "includes a man whose son works for the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department and a man whose wife works for the Manitowoc County clerk of courts office." Very interesting to note since the main claim in Avery's defense was his blood was obtained in that clerk's office and used for planting in the Rav4.

I can't speak for all, but I am concerned of a step backwards for Duffey. He has the SSS of 10 MLB starts, and pitched a career high amount of 180+ innings. The Twins wouldn't have been in the playoff race until 3 games remaining without his contributions, so I hope I am wrong.

Unfortunately it does. Buckle up, you're about to get to know Len Krachinsky...

I think there's going to be a lot of friendly banter and ranting on this site in regards to when Berrios should be making his debut. It's going to be a lot of fun to finally see him make the Twins roster, whether that's in mid-to-late April (the camp I'm in) or later in the season. I'm also excited to see Buxton's potential breakthrough in 2016. He showed some positive improvements in his game in September, and I hope he runs away with the CF job right out of ST.

I will say prior to watching this series, I had no prior knowledge to this case. If I were to just watch the news, and read stories in the paper, I would have thought Avery was absolutely guilty. After watching the series, I'm not convinced he's guilty by any means. There's a couple of alternative suspects that I'm shocked the police did not investigate further: -Bobby Dassey and the step father Scott. Considering they were their own eye witnesses saying they drove past each other near the Avery property around the time of the murder. Bobby said he was on the way hunting, so a nice story if he had a weapon on him. Both of them are also extremely passionate about putting Steven behind bars for good. -Teresa's ex boyfriend: That dude's story is quite suspicious to me. One of his "friends" was living with Teresa at the time, and he was okay with it? I don't think so. He also had the story that he "guessed" her user name and password to access her phone. Once he hacked it, those voice mails after she was murdered disappeared. I would be willing to bet that's not his first time accessing her accounts without her knowledge. -Unknown suspect. Teresa was a well known and liked person from the perception of her in the series. Someone else could have committed this murder, and disposed of her body on the Avery property. What I think happened: Teresa was blocked in leaving the Avery property, and forced into seclusion where she was murdered. Her body was transported in a barrel to the Avery property. The police convinces themselves it was Avery who did it, and Detectives made sure the proper evidence was placed in order to get him behind bars.