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  1. gil4
    Walt Bond/"Died of leukemia (diagnosed 1962) in September 1967." It seems like a lot of progress has made in the treatment of leukemia. Former Twin Danny Thompson died of Leukemia in 1976. I knew at least three people who died of it in the 1980s. Since then. I haven't heard of any. Is the impression mistaken? Is it just that I am no longer in the age bracket that's hardest hit? (My kids are in the bracket now that I was in then, and I haven't heard of any of their friends having it.)
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    I agree and think it is realistic (although the numbers may vary.) Just to expand on what the players would want, the minimum would have to be a hard minimum with stiff penalties, and the maximum would have to be a soft cap, with penalties scaled based on the amount over the cap and the number of years over the cap (like they are now.)
  3. gil4
    Roxy was far more effective than I expected.
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    Except for the full no-trade clause in the deal. That shouldn't be too big a stumbling block - it the Twins decide to move on, they can probably find a team he is willing to go to.
  5. gil4
    I agree. I also believe it is far more likely that Buxton will figure out how to stay healthy than trading Buxton will bring in someone of comparable talent.
  6. gil4
    Welcome back from Tahiti (or maybe you were just ignoring the Twins, which is understandable.) They traded Berrios to the Blue Jays a month ago.
  7. gil4
    Hopefully it was 2019-2020 Tyler Duffey we were comparing him to.
  8. gil4
    I'd take that. Stewart had a career OBP of .360, so add a few walks... I would also hope that he could become a better defender than Stewart, which isn't a particularly high bar to get over.
  9. gil4
    The umpire made a bit of movement after that pitch, but it was all with his left hand. I don't think he got the call on that one, and I don't think he ever would (except maybe with a robo-ump - occasionally pitches with a sharp downward break look low to everyone except the computer.)
  10. gil4
    Heretic. ?
  11. gil4
    I'd prefer to keep Kepler, and trading Donaldson's contract was never going to be easy.
  12. gil4
    I'd rather see free than have someone's definition of fair imposed. I do understand that some degree of competitive balance is in everyone's best interest (and most other sports do it better because of the way they divide the TV money), but the money also has to be divided between the risk-takers/investors and the earners. I agree to an extent about the minor-leaguers. The biggest offense I see there is they don't get to collectively bargain. The MLBPA negotiates "on their behalf", but they can't actually be members of the union until they are in the majors.
  13. gil4
    We have seen that system, so we don't have to speculate. They wouldn't.
  14. gil4
    The problem is you are comparing their income to the average income. They aren't average. Of the millions of people who play baseball, they are the top 800 or so. In 1970, movie stars got paid big bucks. Top musicians got paid big bucks. Why? Because if the actors didn't like their pay, they could go to a different studio. The musicians could sign with another label. But baseball players couldn't do that - they could either re-sign for what they were offered or hold out, which except for a few stars would have resulted in them being blacklisted by the sport. Now, they can eventually earn a certain level of freedom, after 4-5 years of team control as minor leaguers and then another 5-6 years in the majors (3 years of arbitration?) What is stopping you? Are you not in the top .0001% in your field? (Or does the market not widely differentiate between the to .0001 percent and the top 1% in your field as it does in theirs.) Are you free to go to another employer? Maybe the market just won't pay that kind of money for the goods and/or services that you help deliver, or the part you play isn't as difficult to replace as the part they play in their business.
  15. gil4
    I think your figure shows how much the salaries of the players were artificially suppressed 50 years ago, rather than an indicator that we should go back to the previous system.
  16. gil4
    Part of the trade was giving Cruz the better that he deserved. This team is going nowhere. At age 41, Cruz doesn't have many more shots. He is now on a team that could be going somewhere. Do you think Cruz is angry over how he was treated? Heck, no. I'm sure he is disappointed how the year has gone, but he has to be thankful for the opportunity he has now been given.
  17. gil4
    Throw in a Hosken Powell, a Dan Ford, and Wille Norwood's glove and we're there.
  18. gil4
    I'm from Connecticut, so I had to make sure grinders were also OK. (Is there anywhere else in the world that uses that term? I've done a lot of traveling, but I've never had a grinder outside of CT.)
  19. gil4
    There's a cure for that. The Cuervo gold ... the fine Colombian ...
  20. gil4
    With his luck, I have him at 50-50 to get struck by lightning, so maybe that triple crown thing isn't so far-fetched.
  21. gil4
    He could be. All he has to do is keep this up for the next 15 years or so. Simple, right?
  22. gil4
    Coach told him to run home, so he ran HOME?
  23. gil4
    Through their age 28 seasons, Trout is better than Aaron was, and it's not particularly close. Trout's lowest OPS+ (other than his 40 game call-up at age 19) was 168 (9 seasons). Aaron had an OPS+ >/= 168 8 times in his career, only twice from age 20-28. Trout already has more MVPs (3-1), more MVP runner-up (4-0), more MVP top-5 finishes (9-8). Aaron was better from age 29-38 than he was from 20-28, and there is no guarantee Trout will do that (odds are against it), but he has a decent lead right now, and he certainly could end up topping Aaron.
  24. gil4
    The numbers in the article are Fangraphs projected 2021 WAR, not 2020 WAR.
  25. gil4
    The point is I need something new to read while on the can. Seth has sources. There have been changes. I'm sure it will be great.
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