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  1. Squirrel
    I think they meant ‘soda pop’ … sellers of non-alcoholic beverages
  2. Squirrel
    It’s those slippers. You know the ones.
  3. Squirrel
    I only laughed at that because, believe it or not, I actually understood it ? And yes, there is no true definition to these things, only what people think they are. Therefore, I will have to ignore everyone’s assessments on who is/isn’t an ace, who does/doesn’t have a high/low baseball IQ, including, or maybe especially, my own ? (Of course, I have often said I don’t really know that much, only have opinions)
  4. Squirrel
    And let’s stop referring to Rocco as ‘giving up’ or ‘has no brain’. All around this is just not good, on both sides
  5. Squirrel
    This is as good a definition as possible. But, as something I asked was the basis of this thread, I still find it used so contextually different and wonder if we all have as many different thoughts as to what this actually is as we do when asked ‘What is an ace?’ And when/how do we factor in human error? Even the best baseball minds or those with the ‘highest IQs’ must make a mistake from time to time, so, is age/experience then a factor, too? Or an inability to adapt to the changing game? I’m still uncertain of its meaning and think its meaning is just different from user to user and there is no right or wrong usage, only how individual posters mean it. In other words, ‘This player, coach and/or manager didn’t do something I think to be correct or instinctive from my perspective, therefore, that player/coach and/or manager doesn’t have a high baseball IQ.’ I’m going back to my thought that it’s not something that can be known, unless a ‘very special’ player/coach/manager or until careers are over and it can be measured over the course of time. Or, only a very few people out there have a baseball IQ. yes, I’m still as confused as my post. ?
  6. Squirrel
    It’s all about profit maximization. I’m sure they kept track of who spends the most on what and determined it’s ‘More beer, more money’ and not so much the other stuff. I don’t drink beer so when I get to the stadium, (or used to, haven’t been to a game in a couple years), I buy a beverage or two (water, pop, Gatorade), depending on the heat and/or sun, and that’s that. Most venues now seem to have places to fill a water bottle … does Target Field? I’d actually prefer not to spend at all on these things.
  7. Squirrel
    They’ve resumed, just. But we didn’t stay to wait it out and looking like more rain would be coming in behind this gap.
  8. Squirrel
    Tried to get to a Mussels game tonight. The last two nights were rained out so tonight was a DH. My mom and I got here at the top of the 4th only to have to move to shelter (lightning, they make everyone leave the seating area) in the bottom of the 4th. Summer baseball in southern Florida.
  9. Squirrel
    And then there’s this, which adds some strength to the cause: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34541826/major-league-baseball-players-association-joins-afl-cio
  10. Squirrel
    Yes. Heads I win, tails you lose. I actually think we won, in spite of ourselves.
  11. Squirrel
    I think he settles in as good 3. There was a poll in the Twins Talk forum a few weeks ago asking where we thought Ryan would be, and that’s how I answered. It’s his rookie year. He started well and then I think players adjusted to him. I also think his illness took a little out of him, too. It’s probably too soon to ask if he’s who I thought he would be but so far I think he is. He’s had some bad starts but that happens. I expect him to be solid going forward.
  12. Squirrel
    I have no fingernails left and I’m buying stock in Prilosec after that game. But yay …. I had chicken and dumplings for lunch, so, chicken was had
  13. Squirrel
    I’m sure he agrees in part, or he wouldn’t have a job here, but he still has to make in game decisions with the roster he’s given and I don’t think he has been given an adequate roster. And if not Baldelli, we’d still have the same kind of manager, imo. I just don’t think he matters as great deal. Granted, who knows where we’d be without all the injuries, but then that leads us back to the FO and injury risk assessment. Yes, Baldelli could be less ‘rigid’, but I don’t think that ‘rigidity’ has cost us nearly as much as an inadequately staffed BP.
  14. Squirrel
    It doesn’t matter if he believes it or not. The FO didn’t put together a BP that fits with their philosophy. That’s my point. We don’t have ace pitching and a rotation like the Yankees or the Dodger, nor can we likely afford it. Okay, so go with with a bunch of 3s, 4s and 5s, track what they are doing and pull them when their numbers start looking iffy. They won’t go as deep, which is fine, but then we must have a BP. I’m not necessarily in favor or opposed to the strategy, HOWEVER, to accomplish this you have to have a shut down, durable BP. That’s what’s egregious, that we don’t knowing that we would need it. And that comes to play before the season begins. Before Baldelli steps into the dugout to manage the first game. The FO went into the season with this philosophy, then didn’t staff it accordingly. The number of times Baldelli could have let the pitchers go a little deeper does not equal, not even close, the number of times the pitchers couldn’t or shouldn’t go deeper and we don’t have a BP to close it out. If Baldelli pushes back and says ‘No, I’m not doing that’ is the moment they part ways, and then we get the manager in who will follow that philosophy. That’s why I don’t think the manager makes a huge difference. While Baldelli isn’t completely blameless, this philosophy and the lack of a durable, shut the door BP, lies squarely at the feet of the FO.
  15. Squirrel
    The topic of this thread is pitchers and pitcher usage not spending. I get the related side discussion, but please stick to the topic and start your own thread on spending if that’s the path you want to go down.
  16. Squirrel
    If short starts are how it’s going to be, and that was/is their plan, then you absolutely need a BP to withstand that. The FO is egregious in their philosophy one way or the other. If you are going to defend the FO for limiting their starters by saying everyone’s doing it, then they need to be blasted for the construction of their BP. They built a BP on the cheap. You cannot do one without the other. If you are going to limit your starters you need a BP filled with pitchers who can not only withstand the workload, but who can shut down your opponents and actually get the job done. That’s been my complaint all year. Many posters are calling for Rocco to be fired because of pitcher usage. That isn’t going to change a thing when the FO has put this system into place and then has given the manager the BP they have. Of course it’s a disaster.
  17. Squirrel
    This is always where it begins. They put together the roster. They set the organizational philosophy. But they will be the last to go. And whoever goes under them … manager, coaches players … will just get replaced by the same
  18. Squirrel
    Just don’t pitch to Judge and I will consider that a success
  19. Squirrel
    I did close the poll when I posted that …
  20. Squirrel
    As I said, he has stated a few times he likes him as a manager, not because he’s a good guy
  21. Squirrel
    Sonny Gray has also said how much he likes Rocco as a manager. Sonny Gray is disappointed in not going further into games because of Sonny Gray, not Rocco.
  22. Squirrel
    Jewell designated, Varland activated
  23. Squirrel
    Looks like it’s Jake Jewell
  24. Squirrel
    Or Rally Monkey
  25. Squirrel
    Not even close, imo. That said, so far it would appear there is no consensus.
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