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Since Brock amended the criteria to game thread participants ... bighat remains on my list. Swain drops in often enough, so I guess I'll still leave him on. But ... does Sconnie participate at all? He liked my thread starter post today, so he at least reads, but if we want participants, I'd have to see how participatory sconnie is in those threads. But, as for participants of threads ... I like PDX Twin ... but I'd have to check him out a bit more. Does he participate anywhere else on the site? And another I had on a longer list ... GCTF ... not sure if he'd make a good moderator, but he participates on game threads. Stu ... do you know him? What do you think of him?

Nice first post ... welcome to TD!

wow ... did not see this coming given his slow first half ... but good for him!

I think this is the most succinct summation and mirrors my feelings exactly. There is nothing more for me to say on it.

I don't think Hosken would make a good moderator. Nine of twelve is smart, but can also be nitpicky, but has he been around for very long?

He has less than 500 posts. While I don't think post total should necessarily be a deterrent ... I'm not sure.

The Sox might but their fans don't. They think there are some good young pieces there, but they don't think they will be contenders next year. At least not the fans I talk to about baseball every day.

Okay ... well ... I'm going to have to go through some game threads and get a better sense of this. But I know bighat is a game thread participant so I'll leave him on my list. I think game threads is where he found is way into the site. And SwainZag does jump in from time to time.

Bottom line for me ... I'm just looking for posters who are willing and able (both in time and ability) to stand up and stand out and actually do the work.

We still need posters who are able to address other posters, so at the very least, I want someone who has a little 'more' than just level-headed posting. I want someone who can also stand up and stand out a little.

I think the schedulers of MLB did a good job putting the White Sox on our schedule just after the Yankees. We needed the pick-me-up that the Sox provide. We played the Yankees tough and lost a very, good game, epic even, in the process … yes, you can lose and it can still be a very, good, epic even, game, even though it sucks we lost, imho … and only won one of the three. Our July over all hasn’t been so good, our last home stand wasn’t so good, Cleveland appears mostly healthy again and is bearing down on us … so … it’s good timing for us and our morale to be playing the White Sox right now. They are a good pick-me-up. And I’m glad that the Yankees are having their post-Twins Sox experience, too, for very different reasons. Their Sox experience is a ‘pick-me-down’ and good for them. We’ve won two of two so far against the White Sox. I thought for sure we’d lose the first one to Giolito, the Sox’s ‘ace’ … yeah … I’m using that term very generally and not in the true ‘What really is an ace pitcher’ kind of discussion way. But, he’s a good, young pitcher and getting better and could become that ace we all dream of; and the way our team has been so far, I didn’t like our chances. Even with Berrios on the mound. But, we done did it, and then some. And Pineda seems to be gaining, so yesterday’s win was good, too, even though we didn’t win by seven runs, as Brock thought we would. But, we reached 200 home runs for the season yesterday, and did it faster than any team ever has, so who cares if we didn’t win by seven. We won and reached 200 home runs thanks to Kepler. And that brings us to today, with the matchup of Pérez vs Nova. At the beginning of the season, well, no, actually in Spring Training, I really thought Pérez was going to be that pitcher, ace-like, that he had finally ‘found’ that magic component. But as the season has worn on, well, he’s kind of ‘normalized’ into what he always has been. Still, for that early part of the year, he seemed to have found something. And I’m hoping that the ‘pick-me-up’ of playing the Sox, he will show some flashes of that today. Nova is coming off a very good win … a one-run, complete-game victory. Given his season so far, I’m not looking at him to repeat that. Hoping he doesn’t repeat that. And that’s all I have to say. You guys do what you do and fill in the rest. LINEUPS: White Sox Leury Garcia(S) LF Yoan Moncada(S) 3B Jose Abreu(R ) 1B James McCann(R ) C Welington Castillo(R ) DH Jose Rondon(R ) SS Yolmer Sanchez(S) 2B Adam Engel(R ) CF Ryan Cordell(R ) RF Ivan Nova (R ) P Twins Max Kepler(L) RF Jorge Polanco(S) SS Nelson Cruz(R ) DH Eddie Rosario(L) LF Mitch Garver(R ) C Marwin Gonzalez(S) 1B Miguel Sano(R ) 3B Jonathan Schoop(R ) 2B Byron Buxton(R ) CF Martin Pérez(L) P Weather: upper 80s, but not overly humid, partly cloudy, breezy … but the rain is coming. So far doesn’t look like it will hit until after the game, so, I think we’ll be good. Have a good Saturday … whatever your plans. I’ll be at work until 5. Go Twins!

Looking at the orchestra schedule, ST for me is likely going to be the week before games start (report to camp week) and maybe the final week. Haven't planned that far out yet.

If you're going to get behind someone, you need to at least spell their name correctly. My objection to wsnydes is that he just doesn't ... well ... stand out to me in any way, good or bad. I want someone who can stand out and stand up because that is necessary. Okay, now I'm starting to think about what I think would make a good moderator. I don't think I had a good first impression of bighat. I think he was kind of a negative nellie when he first started posting. But then he started doing a few game threads, and I had some PM exchanges with him, and see where he's at today now that he's been on the site a while, I like him. I also don't want to fill the moderation crew with 'happy and positive.' I actively thought about personality after I made a list. I want someone that can bring a little edge from time to time. I'm also big on doing some research and paying attention to where posters are now and not keeping them corralled in my first impression pen. You might miss out on someone good that way. Or, you might be right all along and keep them there.

Oh, and I’m very so so on milldaddy.

Just so you know what my process was ... I went through a couple of very lengthy threads and wrote down a bunch of names of posters whose posts I liked (not necessarily agreed with) and who seemed engaged. I had a list of about 8-9 names, but Brock said three. So then I searched for their names mentioned in this forum and read what I could about whatever. Then I thought about who here would pushback on some of the names I had. That’s where I came with my list. It wasn’t simply posters I liked. I didn’t really get into the thought process of ‘Would they make a good moderator’ because quite frankly, I’m not sure what that would entail anymore. But in my research, I didn’t eliminate someone who caused an incident back in 2013-14. I think where they’ve come in understanding what is expected is more important than something they did as a new member 5-6 years ago. Just so you know some of the other names I had but eliminated for one reason or another: Hosken GCTF - while he can be edgy at times, I think he’s a great poster. I think he is ‘Snepp-like’ and has good snark. But I thought several here wouldn’t appreciate what that quality would bring. But I think he could bring needed personality in what we do, but then, not sure, as I said, what would make a good moderator. Howeda7 - Not sure how prolific he is mikelink45 goulik - the name I just threw out there when Brian wanted someone who hangs out mostly in the minor league forum is someone who used to do AAP pretty steadily. I really haven’t followed his posting lately, but it just came to mind. Not sure I’m really sold on him, but he is a really nice guy as we had a lot of PM exchanges the couple of years I helped set up and run AAP.

Goulik

Nice to watch the Sox post-game show ... it was mostly about the Twins ... heh

Hey, Brian ... have you seen this one?

Where?

I'm pretty sure that Brian is just humoring me at this point, pretending he clicked it. It's kinda our thing now.

Where?

Who?

Who?

Yeah, that needs to come with a warning for those with pacemakers.

Ah, I never shop there ... with Jewel-Osco, Trader Joe’s, Target, Mariano’s and my neighborhood farmer’s market all closer, never go there.