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  1. Vanimal46
    Also, Fangraphs is already labeling Royce Lewis as a CF, even though he's only played SS so far in his short professional career.
  2. Vanimal46
    Fangaphs posted their updated Top 10 Prospect lists for teams in the AL Central. There's a new #1 on the list!
  3. Vanimal46
    That's what happens when he's the best defensive CF in the game, and elite on the basepath. He's been on a nice hot streak over the last month. Hopefully he finds a middle ground between .317 (what he's hitting since Aug 1) and .200. He's still only 23, so there's plenty of time to grow.
  4. Vanimal46
    As long as Mauer is okay with a decreased role as a part-time bench player who gets ~300 PA's, I don't see anything wrong with bringing him back.
  5. Vanimal46
    12:27 mike sixel: If they Twins now “buy”, how do you think their “flipping back and forth” would look in other front offices? Would they even think about it? 12:27 Travis Sawchik: I don’t think they would worry about perception too much. Shouldn’t tells be allowed to adopt and adjust? 12:45 We’re Going Streaming: Is Buxton starting to get there? Since July his splits are solid (.347/.407/.458) and he is 7/7 on SB attempts. 12:45 Travis Sawchik: I hope so. He might be the best pure athlete in the game
  6. Vanimal46
    One of the best detailed accounts that I've read about the event in Charlottesville. http://splinternews.com/it-was-never-going-to-be-a-normal-protest-they-came-re-1797824445
  7. Vanimal46
    Russia really wants to watch the world crash and burn it seems... I have zero confidence that this administration will take the high road against NK, and will match their rhetoric the rest of the way. Probably starting WWIII. What a scary time we're living in.
  8. Vanimal46
    Trump will never call out the neo-Nazi "alt-right" just like he won't call out Putin.... He's deeply indebted to these people, and one of the main reasons he's in office today. He emboldened these racists by giving them a real platform over the entire campaign. Discrediting Obama being born in the US, immigrants coming in to America and TAKING ERR JOBS! He's continued to give them gasoline to keep their fires going, then casually says from the comfort of his golf cart "Sad! But this is stuff that's always gone on in America." Ummm, no. Not as long as I've been alive has this kind of racism been in the public eye. Truly makes me sick.
  9. Vanimal46
    Jake "Ol' Stubblebeard" Reed "Rolls" Royce Lewis
  10. Vanimal46
    Getting plunked twice in the same hand this month most likely explains the drop. Prior to that, it's possible he was playing through other pains that weren't significant enough to take a trip to the DL. It's pretty difficult to maintain the hard hits he was having all season long.
  11. Vanimal46
    Yep. It's a flawed way of thinking for sure... If I took away that +3 on holes 6, 10, 14, and 16, I'd be a professional golfer!
  12. Vanimal46
    Agreed. They should probably still be on the lookout for another rental RP arm. However, Hildenberger is looking promising for a higher leverage role.
  13. Vanimal46
    People at the office are talking about how excited they are for the new GoT... Meanwhile I'm behind, and this comes to mind when they ask "Are you all caught up?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FeqdCazqfo
  14. Vanimal46
    He's been sneaky good for 1.5 months... Glad to see him turn things around after a very rough start to the season.
  15. Vanimal46
    It's happening!!!
  16. Vanimal46
    Maybe Seth IS the Bartolo Colon in this rotation of authors..... Just a couple of clunkers lately. But if history tells us anything, the next 2 starts are going to go great!
  17. Vanimal46
    In this specific instance with Enns, I don't have a problem with letting him off the hook early for his MLB debut. This season Molitor is giving rookie pitchers more of an opportunity to sink or swim compared to last year. Hildenberger for example is proving his case to be considered more often out of the pen. However, Molitor still prefers to use the same guys (Rogers, Belisle, Kintzler while he was here) more often than not. All I'm saying is he's improved from last year when, for example, Alex Meyer would get a quick hook after 3 innings, and not pitch again for a while.
  18. Vanimal46
    On a macro-level, Molitor has improved this season giving rookies a longer leash. Specifically Polanco, whom he let him play out of a horrific slump. He's still a little hesitant about rookie pitchers, but not nearly as bad as last season when he toyed with Meyer and others.
  19. Vanimal46
    Honestly I didn't know he was brought back to the organization after his time with the Reds. Either way, good luck to him on his next endeavor in baseball.
  20. Vanimal46
    Leaving an established fantasy football league is always a tricky situation. Especially the leagues that reset every season, and seemingly has no stopping point. With some people in my fantasy football league it's the only reason we get back into communication now that we live thousands of miles away from each other. The last couple of years I think to myself this is the last year I'm doing this. And every year the "tradition" brings me back. It's the never ending cycle.
  21. Vanimal46
    Good point. The last NFL game I went to was at the Metrodome 5+ years ago. The sheer amount of downtime waiting for the commercial breaks to end is incredibly boring. And, of course, you're going to have that one person in every section who's drunk and disorderly which can ruin the experience of a game.
  22. Vanimal46
    I was watching the playoff game vs. Seattle with another Viking fan I met in Austin. We both had a good laugh after that missed kick, and didn't think twice about it afterwards. Also, you and me both with the endless Cowboys coverage. Can't listen to a sports radio station down here in Texas as they take sports way too seriously.
  23. Vanimal46
    Hell, the NFL can't even clearly define what a catch is!
  24. Vanimal46
    Talking specifically about your 5th point, I can relate. The 2009 NFC Championship game was the final straw in my HARDCORE fandom for a team. Embarrassing story.... Myself and college roommates at the time were throwing beer cans, water bottles, anything of note in anger because of what we were seeing on the field. After the loss, we were all so devastated that we cancelled plans for the rest of the night. Woke up the next day still livid about the result... After that, a moment of clarity hit that it was just entertainment, and I've never let a result of a game affect me that way ever again.
  25. Vanimal46
    The bubble is eventually going to burst, especially as people in my age group (20's through 30's) have their own kids. In the very small sample size of my friends with kids, they all say they will not steer their kids towards football. Some were like you and played football in HS/college. The elite of the elite athletes will probably still play since the money involved with the sport is enormous. But D2/D3 football teams? I've got to imagine they'll be a thing of the past in the next 10-20 years.
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