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  1. wsnydes
    Didn't Jacoby Jones play for the Houston Texans?
  2. wsnydes
    The hangover and the headache or the O'Douls and iced tea?
  3. wsnydes
    That's some good stuff too. I don't mind a Rusty Nail now and then.
  4. wsnydes
    Neither can the home plate ump apparently. Or maybe he can.
  5. wsnydes
    Whiskey is my spirit of choice. I don't generally enjoy the type of drinks run goes in, so I'm not really missing much.
  6. wsnydes
    Confirmed. Too many fuzzy navels.
  7. wsnydes
    Got drunk for the first time off of rum and coke. Haven't one since. I do like a screwdriver on a Sunday morning though.
  8. wsnydes
    Looks like another 23k crowd tonight...
  9. wsnydes
    Nah, fuzzy navels!
  10. wsnydes
    Too many Manhattans? Old Fashioneds? Cosmopolitans? I'm not here to judge.
  11. wsnydes
    A bidet does seem a bit Old Fashioned for him, doesn't it?
  12. wsnydes
    So you're saying that I've wrongly pegged him as an extremely cosmopolitan guy? I'm usually a better judge or character than that.
  13. wsnydes
    Happy b-day Brian! My best birthday memory involves a beer drinking contest. My roommate and I challenged my girlfriend's (now wife) roommates to a beer drinking contest. First group to finish the pitcher won something. What that something was, I have no recollection. Anyway, the girls got their pitcher like 10 minutes before us and we still beat them. Photographic evidence of the aftermath shows me staring drunkenly into a beer bottle for some unknown reason and another of me grabbing my girlfriends chest from behind. My only other real memory from that night involves me telling my roommate to make sure that I came back from the bathroom. I'm not completely sure that I did, but I obviously lived to tell about it.
  14. wsnydes
    I'm sure it was...for them!
  15. wsnydes
    There's already a "rewards" program in place for us. I think they're a bit stingy on those as well. We do get 10% off of concessions and discounts on merchandise. But as far as rewards, I've only actually gotten one in 12 years as a season ticket holder. Most of that stuff I wouldn't miss at all, it's the baseball that I'd be missing. Though, one could probably argue that what we've witnessed in the past half decade can't be classified as baseball. If I didn't love going games and getting outside so much, I would have given up my tickets long ago. This year, I'm waiting to see what they do with the GM hire first before making my decision.
  16. wsnydes
    ...and this team's love of throwing wild pitches...
  17. wsnydes
    It's like the inverse of the typical crushing end to a MN sports season. Ends in a win(s), equally as devastating and disappointing.
  18. wsnydes
    And I think that is fair. That's why the last statement in my reply was that it was my strategic preference, figuring that this is where you'd go. I don't think you're wrong, it's just not how I would have wanted it to play out. I also look at it as defensive indifference that the run scored. They still have the lead and that trail runner is stuck on 1B, which also leaves me a force at 2B, and makes them earn three more bases to score again. I think what your original post did wonderfully was point out that there are two ways to play that particular scenario that weren't overly different percentage-wise. I'd put that small difference well within the margin for error based on players involved versus the historical average. Dyson's speed plays into this too, which can't be accounted for in the historical average. If that play occurred with the bottom of the lineup coming up rather than the 2 hitter, I don't think I'd mind it at all.
  19. wsnydes
    I'm glad that you pointed that out. That was the issue I had with your original post given we had an exact context. I still disagree with your take on that specific context, but I found that post very insightful and agreed with your larger point. And really, the only reason that I disagree with the original take is that the run that scored didn't matter and I'd rather have the runner earn his way to 2B with the meat of the lineup coming up. The runner (Dyson I believe) may have just stolen the base in the end, but at least he earned it. I'm not a fan of giving things to the opponent. Make them earn everything. That's just my strategic preference.
  20. wsnydes
    I always interpreted that as meaning developing further past the basics though. While some minor improvement can probably be made in a few basic areas, I've always taken him to mean about growing as a more consistent and overall better major league level player. Basic fundamentals should just be the first building blocks in which Maddon can build upon. Perhaps that's just how I interpreted him though.
  21. wsnydes
    I agree with all of that completely. I've been saying that since well before the Gardy years ended. Unfortunately, that isn't the case here. Somebody at the major league level needs to teach these guys in the meantime though, while the minor league staffs are improved. It's definitely not ideal. A major league staff should be able to focus on fine tuning rather than basic building blocks.
  22. wsnydes
    1) My comment was a general comment in response to your general comment. 2) I said nothing about Molitor, nor was I trying to imply anything regarding Molitor. Though really, what are the young guys going to say about his guidance? Ripping their manager before their career even starts doesn't seem like a wise decision. 3) If the problem here is organizational, which it is - including the big league staff, your comment about a manager not meaning much if any flies in the face of that. If these kids are coming up raw, how is it that you expect them to get better if the big league staff isn't there to teach them anything? And how is their improvement, or lack thereof, not a major impact on how the team performs? I agree completely that the players are the largely the ones that decide games. They have to execute regardless of the position a manager puts them in. I believe it was Jim Leyland who once said that as a manager, you give your players all of the answers to the exam, but they still have to go and take that exam. I find that extremely astute. This applies to every organization, not just this one. The players have to put the work in, but they have to be putting in the right kind of work.
  23. wsnydes
    I agree with that in-game, but I cannot outside of it. A good teacher will go a long ways, especially on a team as young as this one is getting.
  24. wsnydes
    61 year old Bruce Bochy would like a moment of your time...
  25. wsnydes
    *Slow clap* Well played. Well played, indeed.
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