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  1. Squirrel
    what a game to have missed. Damn work. Glad they stretched Ober out another inning ...
  2. Squirrel

    Okay, so, it's not been a fun season ... but we obviously have a role as spoilers ... taking 3 of 4 from the Astros ... that's pretty fun

    1. wsnydes

      wsnydes

      Sounds like the perfect opportunity for a celebratory water, neat, in a not as clean as it should be water bottle! :)

  3. Squirrel
    Geez ... I thought this was the game recap ... of a game we actually won!
  4. Squirrel
    Always nicer to write up a win! Seems players somewhat made up for their misplays, but wish there were fewer of those. But in the end, can't complain about a win! (Well, some can, but I won't.) Thanks for joining the game thread today!
  5. Squirrel
    I pretty much agree with this ... tweaking if there is movement. But if Oakland moves to LV, they will likely just stay in that league and division. And wherever the Rays move, most likely keeps them in the east, unless they move to Portland, OR. I think, in terms of location and trying to create a group that has natural rivalries, the AL West division is the worst, but nothing really you can do about it. All the other divisions, in both leagues, work fairly well in terms of keeping teams close, but the AL West ... it's just 'Okay, the rest of you are here.' As I said, nothing you can do about it because Seattle is way up there, LAA is way over there, with OAK in between, and the two Texas teams are way down there, two time zones over. If they did do a realignment, and I think they could and maybe would, once a decision is made about the universal DH, maybe some of that could be alleviated, except for Seattle is still way up there, kind of by itself. If they don't/won't/can't address the disparity of wealth between teams, and location didn't matter, I'd like to see divisions created based on budget size and spending capabilities. Let the Dodgers and the Yankees be in the same division. But of course, it would be ridiculous because location does matter ... but this is a 'suspend reality' discussion.
  6. Squirrel
    If you aren’t going to the universal DH this realignment probably won’t work. But yes, you can still have two leagues - 3 divisions in each as it is now except that one league will be the eastern half, the other league the western half. I mean, football has the nfc and the afc … not a football fan so have no idea what the differences are there
  7. Squirrel
    I said this to you in a thread, but the Twins are in the same time zone as Chicago and Milwaukee. Cubs and Sox are already heated rivals. It would make things even worse if they were in the same division. I'd make it 6 divisions, though ... and you can still have 12 teams in the playoffs ... 2 from each division. 6 division as I'd do it: NE - Boston, NYY, NYM, Phila, Balt; SE - WashDC, Atl, Mia, Rays, Reds; MW-east - Cleveland, T'ronto, Pitts, Detroit, ChiSox (although that makes the ChiSox the only team in the central time zone); MW-west - Milwaukee, Cubs, MN, StL, KC; SW - Houston, TX, CO, AZ, SD; West - LAA, LAD, SF, Oak, Sea
  8. Squirrel
    Well ... Syndegaard is coming off Tommy John surgery ... sort of ... just sayin' that it's possible if TJ recoverers are our target!
  9. Squirrel
    @ashbury and @old nurse ... I kindly suggest you continue your discussion in PMs as you are getting off topic here. Thank you.
  10. Squirrel

    If you see a penny in the street, do you stop and pick it up?

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    2. Original_JB

      Original_JB

      I do. Nickels and dimes as well. Pickens' have really dried up in the COVID season though. Even gas stations and drive thru lanes are bare!

    3. Squirrel

      Squirrel

      @Original_JB ... you weren't perchance JB_Iowa on this site years ago, were you?

    4. Original_JB

      Original_JB

      @Squirrel

      Nope, but whomever they are/were, they aren't very *original* LOL.

  11. Squirrel
    I can't love this comment, and most you make, enough. Thanks for being so reasonable with substance
  12. Squirrel
    I get the frustration with pulling Ober, but as was pointed out to me in another conversation, Ober hasn't pitched more than 80 innings in a season, well, ever ... and missed all of last season ... so I get being cautious with him, too. Yeah, I would have liked to see him go one more inning, and really think they could have given him just one more, but I just can't be overly upset with it, either. That said, I'm not sure how the pen was mismanaged last night? I mean ... they gave up zero runs. Maybe that's luck, given the pen blowups this season, but for them to give us 5 innings without giving up a run ... I can't really call that mismanaged.
  13. Squirrel
    Pineda maybe, probably ... but I don't think there was any market for Simmons; and I think with Donaldson, people were likely looking for the Twins to take on too much of the salary for not enough return. There are reasons to pull the trigger and reasons not. But with Simmons, I don't think there was anything on the table, at all for him, so no trigger to pull or not.
  14. Squirrel
    I think they win the deadline because of the returns they got for who they traded. IMO, they made the correct decisions. I'm not upset they didn't trade who they didn't as there seemed to be plausible explanations for that ... no trade market for Simmons or Donaldson (although I'd rather keep Donaldson, at least for now, so that was a good non-trade for me). And they didn't trade Buxton. Not sure what I think of not trading Pineda but I'm more so-so on that now than I was initially. So, I think they won the deadline. Did they win the trades? That is too soon to tell.
  15. Squirrel
    So, now we have no chance in 2022, at all? I mean, how can anyone say that at this point? We don't know who/what/where/when/how it will be yet in 2022. Let's wait to place definitive judgement on something a ways out yet ... and ... there may not be a 2022, depending on negotiations between MLB and the MLBPA. I get being disappointed in a favorite player being traded, unsigned, etc ... but this is part of the game. I'm actually more hopeful for next year than had they done nothing at this deadline.
  16. Squirrel
    I think (hope) this was the thread you meant ... because I merged them
  17. Squirrel

    Well, the paint dried today. I like the color over all

  18. Squirrel
    I don't get why so many people are disappointed in not trading Donaldson
  19. Squirrel
    They still have Pineda ... 40 minutes to go
  20. Squirrel
    J.A. Happ traded to St. Louis for John Gant ... Okay ... next? https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/ja-happ
  21. Squirrel
    No bad here ... just showing you options
  22. Squirrel
    Not to rain on your post, but there is a thread on this very subject asking that very question
  23. Squirrel
    That would kill the 'mostly happy buzz' I have going right now ... not just kill it, but pulverize it. that would be a huge mistake, imo
  24. Squirrel
    It will be interesting to see the prospect rankings and write ups when all is said and done. Come on, @Seth Stohs, get cranking!
  25. Squirrel
    They can maintain a good farm because they can spend the money to get what they need for much. And then when they need the farm such as now, they have it because they could afford to save it. This deal the Dodgers made likely killed the market now for this deadline and I will be surprised if anything more of significance is done
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