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It wasn’t auto-correct. Every once in a while the keypad goes berserk. And I reread before I post. It’s an old machine. But back to politics ... any other results of the day?

Okay, that’s just mean!

I never really know how that works. Thanks.

Yeah, sadly that wasn’t it. My iPad is possessed.

http://twinsdaily.com/topic/27949-article-modern-era-ballot-full-of-flaws/

When that happens, is the player usually on board with it?

Northam wins VA and Murphy wins in NJ.

He asked a question, I answered. I don't care if there is 'evidence' or not. I'm choosing to hope good things come. I don't think it's any worse an answer than 'because they never have.'

Why does it matter if some choose to be optimistic and some not? So what? That's the way I look at it ... I guess I'd rather be hopeful than grumble about a fait accompli, evidence or not. Anything's possible until it's not, so until it's not, I'd rather have hope in the possible ... despite what the probable might tell me.

Another tip ... if you click on the guitar pick looking icon to the top right, then click on 'Community' from the menu, then click 'View new content' ... it's a great way to look for and find content without having to go in and out of each forum, essentially giving you a singular forum. It by-passes the individual forums to give users, like yourself, a different option for site navigation to fine only the threads in any forum that interest you. You can also use the search options, which are the other two icons.

If you want to see a thread discussing ALL the DFA's from the 40-man and their impact on the ML team, start a thread that does this, then, in the ML forum. That wasn't this thread. This thread turned into a rule 5 discussion, and that will be moved to the MiL forum each and every time.

Sorry, but I disagree. Again, this isn't a single forum website and we're not going to make it one just because it's the off-season. There is plenty of news/articles to go around in both forums. I drew a line on this one and made the call. If the discussion surrounding the 40-man is who needs to be added, it's a prospect discussion. And until there's a ML signing, that's really what most of the 40-man discussion is about ... who to subtract because of which prospect need to be added. It's cleaning house time. And that thread has become a rule 5 discussion, which is a MiL forum discussion and always has been. There also have been discussions, in the ML forum, with the 40-man in terms of depth discussions for the ML team. If that's where this thread had gone, fine, that I could see leaving in the ML forum. But, again, it's not where the discussion landed.

I split off this question/comment from the thread in which it was posted to try and give it a thoughtful response, and didn't want to take that thread off-topic to do so. It was also somewhat off-topic itself. If you have questions or comments about forum organization, either bring it up in the Questions forum or send a PM to one of the moderators or owners. It's not a matter of permissible or not. It's more a decision on who this thread is about ... did he spend significant time on the ML roster? If not, probably still considered a prospect, so thread was moved to the Minor League forum. If there were one big '40-man roster decisions' thread, I would absolutely think that would live in the Twins Talk forum. But if we are going to discuss these decisions and outcomes individually, it may end up going to whatever forum seems most appropriate, again, in terms of who the player was in the Twins org ... are we discussing a MiL prospect or a ML player? There's no right or wrong, only a judgement call. And are these 40-man decisions being made because of prospects needing to be added to the 40-man or because we are about to sign a ML player? Randy Rosario, while he saw a little bit of time on the ML team, he is still considered a prospect, imo, therefore a minor league thread topic despite the larger issue being the 40-man. While there is no way to draw a firm line between forums, we do do the best we can to try and keep them separate and to keep them somewhat distinct and organized. While you don’t want too many forums, having one, big open forum covering all of baseball would make it difficult for a lot of reasons. Forty-man discussions do get difficult because those are the lines that are most blurred, especially if a player is up and down between AAA and ML, or we are having discussions about depth ... who is in AAA who would likely end up on the ML team or most likely be called up due to injury. These prospects 'on the bubble' could really be discussed in either forum depending on the specific topic of any thread. But in the case of Randy Rosario, I wouldn't quite put him 'on the bubble' or in the 'in between.' I think he's still a prospect, which is why I moved the discussion to the Twins Minor League forum. There's no real hard and fast rule, mostly a judgement call, as I explained above.

On your phone then, try using the full version to see if that helps. I’ve never tried using a different browser from my phone, but it might be worth trying, And send Brock a screen shot and/or quick description of the issue. I’m sure he’s aware as this isn’t anything new and I’ve found that it does seem to come and go. But using the full version (scroll to the bottom, it’s the list under ‘Utilities’) will sometimes elevate those pop ups and redirects. And turn your phone horizontal to make reading easier while in full version mode. This has worked for me, most of the time.

I think limiting how many trips a catcher can make to the pitching mound in one inning can be limited. They limit coaching visits, catcher visits will be next. Adhere to the pitch clock and how many times a batter steps out if the box. Stop juicing the balls. And limit commercial breaks. These are easy fixes and would not change the sport but would cut the time. Pitching changes themselves ... that one is trickier and I’m not sure that one should be touched.

Phone, iPad or laptop/desktop? I’ve only experienced these on my phone and less on my iPad. If on my phone sometimes switching to full version helps. Sometimes switching browsers helps, too. Beyond that, it’s a Brock issue.

This non-trade wasn’t about risk aversion. It was about it being too one-sided making it a bad deal and good they didn’t do it

Lol ... you win!

Just a mod note: As it applies to Gibson, and in this case it was a response to a comparison, please don’t take the Buxton tangent further, as this is a discussion about May, and how he may or may not affect the starting rotation next year. Thanks.

Gee ... thanks for ruining it.

You don't believe in ghosts? Did you even watch the video?

Not for the faint of heart, but this is pretty cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ZkgUA84hA

Except that the continued supporters of Trump probably own 99% of the guns in this country.

Uprising? As in what? Storming the White House, Congress, putting their heads on a pike?