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  1. theBOMisthebomb
    Bert Blyleven hasn't announced a Twins game since September 2, 2020.
  2. theBOMisthebomb
    That was a slog of a high scoring game that came in as at the average time of a 2022 game. There were plenty of games this weekend in the time frame you mention, some quicker even.
  3. theBOMisthebomb
    The pride of Dakota County! This is a great story of perseverance that should be made into a movie. Also, nice to see Caleb make some decent money ($1.3 MM) in 2022 and scheduled to make $2.4 MM in 2023.
  4. theBOMisthebomb
    Honestly, I barely remember Fernando Romero.
  5. theBOMisthebomb
    Nothing says World Series champion 2023 like becoming the Cincinnati Reds West.
  6. theBOMisthebomb
    His career has hit rock bottom. There might still be some potential for Dobnak to contribute at the big league level. Anything he adds as a positive going forward is an unexpected bonus for the Twins.
  7. theBOMisthebomb
    It's common knowledge that baseball players are underpaid at the start of their MLB careers, at least the successful players. Then, when they hit free agency they can finally cash in on what they have accomplished. There are advantages and disadvantages to the system for the players. There's no guarantee to the club that the player will perform as well or better than previous performance.
  8. theBOMisthebomb
    Also, the Puerto Rico team is good enough to stand on its own merits. I'm more curious why Manny Machado gets to play for the DR. Oh, his grandfather grew up in the DR. Mmmkkk. Whatever, you can't expect much from a baseball tournament that is single elimination tournament after pool play.
  9. theBOMisthebomb
    Those are two decent bench, depth pieces. Almost the type of bench players on a winning playoff team.
  10. theBOMisthebomb
    The WBC ends on March 21.
  11. theBOMisthebomb
    https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic/schedule/2023-03-21 It appears to be on FS1, FS2, Fox, and Tubi.
  12. theBOMisthebomb
    Any baseball tournament that is single elimination from the quarterfinals on is of little to no interest to me.
  13. theBOMisthebomb
    This guy begs to differ: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.today.com/today/amp/rcna30157 Man has eaten a Big Mac a day for 50 years, attributes good health to walking "I probably will be eating Big Macs every day for the rest of my life," said Don Gorske.
  14. theBOMisthebomb
    By which standards are you declaring Lindor clearly the best? I've always thought of Lindor as overrated due to his magnetic smile and interesting hair colors gaining favor and increasing his reputation beyond the actual numbers.
  15. theBOMisthebomb
    Goltz and his heyday with the Twins was basically just before my time as my sports memories start in the late 1970s and detailed memories in the early 1980s. I was surprised to learn today (technically should say reintroduced to the fact) that he was a member of the 1981 Dodgers World Series champions. I remember cheering for those Dodgers as a young person to beat the hated Yankees and get revenge for 1977 and 1978. I wouldn't say Goltz is forgotten. Maybe lacking a signature Twins moment and postseason success here. The number of starts, innings pitched, and complete games are so impressive.
  16. theBOMisthebomb
    Yes, this is perfect dead of winter reading. Better days are ahead, spring training starts in less than two weeks. I've been pondering whether C4 would enter the HOF with a Twins or Astros cap.
  17. theBOMisthebomb
    The guy called me out so I responded. His comment was unnecessary, everything was already done when he jumped in. You were trying to knowledge trump on your first response to me. Then you threw out OPS and it didn't didn't go over well with me. You tell me to leave? Who's being negative now? I can respond to that ex_pat character if I want to. He attacked me, tell him to leave. I do not have to leave and wasn't being negative.
  18. theBOMisthebomb
    You're the guy who swooped in at the end after everything was already squashed with the childish invalid comment. Don't be mocking and telling me that my argument was invalid when the guy was trying to mansplain stats to me and talks about OPS. "The problem with OPS is that one point of OBP and one point of SLG are not equal. OBP is about twice as valuable as SLG, meaning that OPS overrates power hitters and underrates high-OBP guys. It's a rather mild issue overall, but we have a better statistic, wOBA, which does not do that." https://library.fangraphs.com/offense/ops/#:~:text=The problem with OPS is,which does not do that. You were the one acting like a child and then you get your feelings hurt when I respond. Don't call someone out if you don't want a strong response.
  19. theBOMisthebomb
    Yeah, when that guy told me to look at an invalid stat like OPS, that was an invalid argument from him. It was pretty awesome when I mentioned using wOBA and wRC+ instead of the invalid OPS. Don't continue to be someone else's errand runner, you are no good at it.
  20. theBOMisthebomb
    As the late, great John Lennon said, Give Peace a Chance Two, one-two-three-four! Ev'rybody's talking 'bout Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m All we are saying is give peace (and Joey Gallo) a chance
  21. theBOMisthebomb
    I don't enjoy that many strikeouts and that low of a BA. Gallo is an extreme case that I don't support, which is my right. I don't need to change the way I view players, thanks for the condescending advice though. Geez, I said in my original post that maybe I'll change my mind on Gallo after seeing him consistently. I understand the theory that Gallo is a productive player. I don't entirely agree with that logic and would have preferred the Twins not have him on the roster. I realize that Gallo could find his swing and destroy that right field wall in Target Field and crush 40 HRs. I hope it happens and I misjudged Gallo. I'd still pass on that many strikeouts and low BA long term and on multiple players. I don't believe a lineup full of Joey Gallo at the plate is a winning team while 9 Luis Arrarez clones at the plate is a winning team.
  22. theBOMisthebomb
    Save the lecture, I do consider those factors. Actually, I use wOBA and wRC+...
  23. theBOMisthebomb
    My issue is that even if Gallo has success in his traditional ways, I don't believe that is an overall productive baseball player. Too many strikeouts and sub .200 BA does not play in my book. Maybe seeing Gallo consistently and successful will change my mind, though I doubt it.
  24. theBOMisthebomb
    I'm right with you on that. I've been saying for years that when/if Joe Mauer gets elected to the Hall of Fame, I will make the pilgrimage to Cooperstown.
  25. theBOMisthebomb
    Prospects are suspects until they prove it long term on an MLB field. Human nature is to get excited about and overestimate the top prospects of your favorite club.
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