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Substitute the name Hicks for the name Heyward. That's my guess for the future.
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As you say, this gives us an indication that the two divisions are similar in strength. The NL Central was 188-142 against the other two NL divisions this year. AL Central was 169-161 against the other two AL divisions this year. This appears to indicate a significant difference in strength of schedule.
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My opinion that the Cubs' W-L record would have been worse in the AL is not because of the Cubs' roster. It's because of the rosters of the rest of the teams in the NL in comparison with the rosters of the teams in the AL. Inferior opposition leads to a better W-L record.
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What rule advantage? The teams play by the same rules when they play each other. And most of the opinions I've read are that it's easier for NL teams to adapt to playing with the DH than it is for AL teams to adapt to playing without it. I think it's much more likely that the AL clobbers the NL pretty much every year (every year for the last twelve, in fact) because AL teams have had better players.
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As you said, the problem is we'd need to dispose of at least one and probably two of our bigger contracts (in other words, Hughes, Nolasco and Santana) to make room both on the roster and on the payroll. If we can get what we need in such a trade then I certainly think he's worth considering.
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If, and only if, the Dodgers would sell low I might consider him as a bridge for a year if Buxton isn't going to be on the major league roster. The strategy would be to hope he has a good year and flip him for a better return than what we gave to get him. The drawback of having him on the team is that I think he makes Carlos Gomez look like a Rhodes scholar by comparison.
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I think we are having an agree-to-disagree moment.
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I realize that. I was just speculating about the future.
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You think you see mediocrity in the AL but what was actually there is parity. The Cubs played 38 games against the Pirates and the Cardinals. They played 104 against the rest of the NL, which had 7 of the 8 worst teams in MLB. 2 of those 7 are in their division. The AL Central had a winning record against the NL Central. I think they'd have had difficulty finishing ahead of the Astros.
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Maybe not next year, but it will be interesting to compare Berrios and Duffey to Lester and Arrietta over the next 5 years. I think our two have a very good chance to outperform their two.
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And one of the reasons was playing in the National League. I'm not saying the Twins would have had the same W-L record as the Cubs but I feel pretty confident they'd have won more games this year, especially if we'd been in the NL East. I think the Cubs would have been hard pressed to make the postseason in the AL.
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I have realized that I want the Astros to win. I have no idea why.
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Souhan's solution to the "Mauer Problem"
spinowner replied to USAFChief's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
I agree. When you make out the lineup you don't look at where players batted in the lineup last year or ten years ago, you don't look at where they play defensively and you don't look at their salaries. You look at what type of hitters (and to some extent what type of base runners) you have to work with and try to maximize your run-scoring potential. Looking at the Twins' roster it would seem to me that Mauer probably fits best as a 1,2 or 9 most of the time. Players' performances can change day to day and year to year and the lineup should change along with that. -
Souhan's solution to the "Mauer Problem"
spinowner replied to USAFChief's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
I wouldn't put it that way. I think those involved with the decision (player, on-field management, front office management and physicians) all concluded that he should no longer catch. Permanently. Since there was no going back they started painting in the corner, finished the entire floor, walked out the door and locked it. -
What would be more revealing would be the ratio of US-born exuberant displays to Latino exuberant displays. BTW, it's not race that's the issue. It's country of origin. Latinos can be of African, Caucasian and native American ancestry. Kurt Suzuki was one of the American Twins objecting to the bat flip in Cleveland and his ethnicity is Japanese.
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Trade: Joe Mauer +30 million for Justin Morneau
spinowner replied to curt1965's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
My initial reaction was that this was a joke question. I apologize for saying that if it isn't. I think Morneau's career is essentially over. I wouldn't trade Mauer for Morneau straight up, much less throwing in $30M. -
The batter takes first base whether the HBP is intentional or not. So, no, there is no penalty for an intentional HBP.
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As you can see, my comment was in response to a comment saying, "Penalties in baseball? Please no. Just...please, no." I think it's reasonable to conclude that somebody does think that.
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I don't see where I said or even implied that this applies to every case. On the contrary, I said that this is what can happen when MLB culture and unwritten rules are left to run their natural course unchecked. In almost every case there is intervention before situations progress to that level.
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Let's go back to one of the ugliest incidents in MLB history. Many years ago there was a game between the Giants and the Dodgers in which many high inside pitches were thrown. This was not by accident. When the Giants' pitcher was at the plate a similar pitch was thrown and he knew that the Dodger's catcher was complicit in this activity. He decided that these pitches needed to stop being thrown and so he took his bat to the Dodgers' catcher, who happened to be a friend of his. I'm referring, of course, to the Juan Marichal/John Roseboro incident. This was MLB culture and unwritten rules left to run their natural course unchecked. Is this really what we want?
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So do you think a pitcher should be allowed to purposely hit a batter at any time without penalty?
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While this was true in this case it's incorrect to say that therefore it's true in every case. This argument fails in its logic.
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