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Keep in mind the thread is titled "Dreaming of 200 Home Runs". It doesn't harm anyone to be a little overly optimistic. But even if he hits only 5 Sano's 40, Plouffe's 30 and Arcia's 30 will make up for it.
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Souhan: Park Won't Be Nishioka Part 2
spinowner replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Obviously Swisher's slide was not straight through the base as I thought I recalled. However, he is easily able to touch second base and by the rules and the way the game was played in 2011 this was not considered a dirty play. This is excerpted from ESPN coverage of the play: Gardenhire added about Swisher's slide: "Just breaking up a double play. No issues there. [Nishioka] just got caught a little flat-footed and Swisher's a clean player and that's just a good baseball slide trying to break up a double play. There's no issue there." While Nishioka's day did not end well, he commended Swisher for coming to talk to him in the X-ray room after the game. "He didn't need to do that," Nishioka said via translation. "I appreciate it. Being the same athlete, I appreciated that he took the time to come over. Swisher didn't do anything that he needed to come over to apologize [for]." -
Souhan: Park Won't Be Nishioka Part 2
spinowner replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Actually, no. Nishioka's injury was his own fault, or more accurately the fault of the Twins on-field coaching staff. Swisher's slide on that play is the same thing that happens in almost every major league game--a hard slide through the base. Swisher felt terrible about it and Gardenhire was quick to absolve Swisher of any blame. Nishioka had not been coached to avoid a break-up slide and instead of jumping out of the way he just stood there. Now, was the coaching staff at fault for assuming a player in the major leagues should know what to do on that play? Maybe, maybe not. Just one more glaring example of how ill-prepared Nishioka was for the majors. -
You're probably right.
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Here's what he should say in his next presser: "Oops."
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The Mets played 77 games against teams who finished with 71 or fewer wins. The Twins played 16 games against teams who finished with 71 or fewer wins. You can certainly define "far easier" however you'd like, but by my definition the Mets' schedule was far easier.
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But playing a far easier schedule.
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We don't know if it would work or not. He never followed the recommendation.
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Answer to a. The Mets, by far, because they had the good fortune to be in the NL East.
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I didn't take the time to look at any other team but looking at the individual WAR numbers I assume it was for playing only at the position under consideration and only while playing for that team. That would mean that a player with a high career WAR but who played multiple positions for multiple teams may not show up on this. Still an interesting idea, though.
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I won't speak for Brian Trottier but as for me, I didn't see this as an argument to rebut any of your points. I took it as simply an observation based on your posts on this and many other previous threads.
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Terry Ryan-I am a fan. The Twins and their minor league system are much improved since he resumed control. There. I've made the counterargument with just as much backing evidence as the OP, probably more.
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One time my dad's doctor told him the secret to weight loss is not to eat anything that tastes good.
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In this case the two are inexorably linked. Advising Mauer to retire may sound like career advice but it's being advised for medical reasons. There are probably no more than a dozen or so people who are really in a position to give him advice about this matter, and that includes nobody posting here.
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I think that given Suzuki's age and past performance it's unlikely he will improve over last year. I think that given Murphy's age and past performance it's likely he will improve over last year once he gets acclimated to the pitching and coaching staffs. I expect Murphy to be the primary catcher by about game 50 or so.
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Sorry, I guess the intentional irony didn't come through strongly enough.
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I love what Ozzie Guillen said about him: If he's not on your team you hate him. If he's on your team you hate him less.
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Last season I commented that Sano has 700-home-run talent. Here are the numbers. He will turn 40 during the 2033 season. An average of 38 per year would land him at 702 at the end of that season. Now, I'm certainly NOT predicting that he will hit over 700. That would require his health to be consistently good for a long time, which is a challenge for a large athlete. But I will predict that he will hit 40 in more than one season. In fact, I think I will predict that he'll hit 50 in more than one season.
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I apologize to the mods for a bit of a thread derailment but this is a similarly interesting factoid. As of a year ago two grandsons of John Tyler (POTUS, 1841-1845) were still alive. I did not find anything from the internets to indicate they have passed away since then.
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I think the surest under bet is Dozier. He gets most of his dingers on high cheese and at this stage in his career everyone knows that. Pitchers will know to stay with breaking pitches down and away, even when they are behind in the count. Unless he can make some big adjustments it's very unlikely that he'll hit more than 20 any season for the rest of his career. IMHO, of course. Now, allow me to be optimistic but reasonable. 15 from the catcher position, 10 from Mauer, 25 from Vargas and/or Park, 20 from Dozier, 25 from Plouffe, 15 from Escobar, 20 from Rosario, 15 from Buxton, 25 from Arcia and 35 from Sano. Add another 10 from Nunez and/or whoever else. 215.
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Are you saying he's going to be spending a lot of time in the state of Nebraska in 2016?
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"Verbing", the practice of transforming a noun into a verb, is terrible. You can message me if you disagree.
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You could not find a better defensive utility infielder. I never understood the hate.
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Because marijuana is not a performance enhancer my assumption is that the reason players agreed (by ratifying the current CBA) to be suspended for using it is to give the appearance to the public that they are good citizens for not using illegal drugs. However, this is going to become more of a sticking point in the near future. Recreational marijuana use is legal in several states and foreign countries and medical use is legal in many more. I'm guessing that marijuana testing will be eliminated from the CBA before too long.
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I'd like for teams who have benefited from steroid use by a player to experience consequences for it. But I can't think of an equitable way to do that.
