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  1. wsnydes
    How many PAs did Danny Santana have last season again?
  2. wsnydes
    What else is the internet for? I tend to agree with you though. We have no idea.
  3. wsnydes
    I tend to agree with your last sentence, but having the only 40 HR hitting player in half a century provided neither wins nor butts in seats. The attendance impact of trading Dozier would likely be a positive one if what they acquire nets them a return that helps win more games. I don't really see how attendance would get worse based on Dozier's presence, or lack thereof, alone.
  4. wsnydes
    Or even used the one they had in that manner. Tonkin is a prime example of that. In fairness, I think the pen was kind of cobbled together in the first place, much to your point.
  5. wsnydes
    If they do win it all, I imagine that would be one of the first things copied. I think that would be a sensical managerial adjustment and improvement to the game.
  6. wsnydes
    I'd say that kids not watching baseball says more about the longterm health of the game than the state of fundamentals. I don't think there is a correlation between kids watching on TV and a lack of fundamentals. You learn those from playing the game.
  7. wsnydes
    If they scheduled one double header a month, the April date in northern climates could always be in the latter half of the month. There are ways, but they may need to be collectively bargained. Since it seems that the owners would expect the players to take a pay cut to go back to 154 games, I still feel that scheduled double headers are a no-brainer compromise.
  8. wsnydes
    Fair point on the rain out. You could always split the games and play them just as they do for postponed games now. I don't think that would be a big deal in most cases. It would just be like two consecutive games got rained out on two consecutive days in most cases. Isn't a new CBA currently being negotiated? Either way, changes can always be collectively bargained.
  9. wsnydes
    Do you really think they only work for 3 hours a day? None of them work out before games? None of them work with coaches? The guys taking BP before games are holograms? Do news anchors only work for 1 hour a day too?
  10. wsnydes
    Apparently also thinks that they only work 3 hours a day. Were we not just discussing a four and a half hour game?
  11. wsnydes
    My issue with lengths of the game is less about the actual time elapsed, but with how the game actually moves. If there are constant starts and stops with delays, even a 3 hour game seems to take an eternity. But if a game has a fluid flow and rhythm to it without delays and excessive breaks, even a 4 hour game would be fine. For me, it's all about the flow. I don't necessarily want to sit through a four and a half hour game, but if its a fluid game then it isn't so bad. If simply wanting fluidity to return to the game makes me less of a fan, then I guess that I'm less of a fan. I don't want less baseball, I want less of a herky-jerky flow to baseball. I'll never be supportive of means to reduce game length that alter the way the game is managed by its participants. Also, there are ways to condense a schedule without eliminating games. They're called scheduled double headers. Schedule half a dozen of them for each team on Saturday's and you've cut a week out of the regular season. Baseball shouldn't be played in November.
  12. wsnydes
    I see it as a matter of time before Polanco gets shifted to 2B with Gordon coming down the pipe. Why not capitalize on Dozier's season and trade him now? Move Polanco to 2B and use Escobar at SS until Gordon is ready to come up. A utility role for Polanco would be a complete waste. Polanco seems destined to be a 2B regardless of his defensive abilities at SS. With that considered, Dozier wouldn't seem to be in the long term plans for this team and frankly shouldn't be. They've got to let this core group of youngsters grow as a team together. Keeping Dozier, in my view, is a wasted opportunity to improve the club and free up space for younger players that figure to be a part of the resurgence of this club.
  13. wsnydes
    I'm trading Dozier and exploring a deal for Santana. I'd prefer to trade him, but if they don't get a reasonable offer I'd just keep him. Plouffe's time has come, he should be non-tendered and the team can move on. Mauer should be sitting against lefties. I like Vanimal's target of 300-350 AB's, that seems about right. That allows a good mix of position/DH time for both Sano and Vargas. That's still hoping that Sano can play adequate defense and regain his offensive stride, but it's a good place to start. I'm not sure that I'd be all that active in free agency outside of pitching help. I know it's a thin crop, so I'm going target a few guys and go after them hard. Otherwise, I'm looking at trades of older and/or peripheral players that may not be in the future plans to acquire areas of need. That's why I feel that they must trade Dozier and ideally Santana. Remaining holes should be filled with young players that are at least close to ready and let them play as much as possible. The season may start of pretty brutally again, but I'll take early season struggles for a surging finish to end the season.
  14. wsnydes
    I'll have what he's having...
  15. wsnydes
    Agreed. The only way I want to see short term fixes playing is because of A) injury, or you think a prospect needs half a season in the minors before you're going to call him up. Anything else is a waste and counterproductive.
  16. wsnydes
    No doubt. I was trying to convey that the great ones are correct far more than they're wrong. It still comes down to execution by the players, but putting the players in a position to succeed starts with the manager.
  17. wsnydes
    Sometimes this is hindsight, but I think a good manager has to be able to feel that and understand that. The great ones do.
  18. wsnydes
    I'm kind of shocked that he was even that good.
  19. wsnydes
    This is what I would think is the most likely scenario. At this point, I'm guessing Antony is only doing what needs to be done to keep the ship afloat. If Molitor is able to handle his own staff and moves are made, I would think that Molitor is acting on his own with permission from above.
  20. wsnydes
    I don't disagree with any of that. I'd still find it odd that he'd be making moves before officially starting the job. There is also the possibility that he has no authority until he actually starts. Like you said though, we don't really know. I feel that it would be irresponsible for Falvey to partially come in and then leave and start making decisions away from the organization. This is only my view from the outside though.
  21. wsnydes
    Yes, but he hasn't started the job yet. The agreement was that he'd start after Cleveland's season was over, so he really isn't in charge yet since he hasn't even had his first day on the job yet.
  22. wsnydes
    I'd find that a bit surprising considering Falvey hasn't taken the post yet. I wouldn't think moves would be made at this point until he takes the reigns. Unless of course, Molitor fired them to try to save his own butt.
  23. wsnydes
    ...says the guy that has some foreign, alien language above his avatar... Yes, I'm aware what is says...
  24. wsnydes
    Excelling at an elite level of not excelling since 2011!
  25. wsnydes
    Frankly, nobody should say something like that. Her gender has no bearing on her ability to do the job. If you're trying to live a dream of a lifestyle that's going to be very public you may want to be a bit smarter than that.
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