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  1. Respy
    What about Kepler? Career minors .363 OBP (and .302 AVG / .376 OBP leading off an inning). Averages 15 steals / 162 games at 82% clip. These are better lead-off numbers than Polanco. Are we only against this because of the fluky 17 homers he hit in 400 MLB AB last year? Also I predict that by some point next season, Granite will be our primary leadoff hitter. Long-term I see Buxton hitting in RBI slots.
  2. Respy
    The open stance, yes. But Thome kept his hands much higher and always kept two hands on the bat. Palka keeps his hands low and whips the bat head more, and usually finishes his swing one-handed.
  3. Respy
    1. Kraft Mac & Cheese: Good idea or of the devil? Good. Better if it's Kraft Deluxe. Best if it's with a can of Ro-Tel tomatoes or sliced hot dogs. 2. Take your base or 4 pitch walk: Good idea or of the devil? Take your base. Reduce that pitch count! MLB average 2016 31 IBB/year = 0.19 IBB/game/team. 0.19 IBB/game ~= 1 pitch/game. Woop! 3. Miller Clear: Good idea or of the devil? Put it in the archives next to Clearly Canadian. 4. Velveeta: Good idea or of the devil? It's gotten so expensive! Fake cheese! (blame the media) Why bother? 5. Allowing me to write a game thread: Good idea or of the devil? Depends, what's your favorite Lost character?
  4. Respy
    This has me thinking about options... If a player has never been on the 40-man roster, then say mid-year or September that player is added to the 40-man roster and called up, and they stay with the MLB team the rest of the year. That does not use an option, correct? Also, if a player is removed from the 40-man roster (e.g. ByungHo Park) and is sent to the minors, does that still count as using an option?
  5. Respy
    It sure would, if he goes on the 60-day DL. I question that they are going to be willing to do this, though, because they might have to keep him on the 40-man indefinitely because I don't know if he'd clear waivers again at this point. Especially with the spring he's had. As good as Park has been, I think they will decide to send him to Rochester and make him start raking there first. The FO seem to have already committed to giving Vargas his chance for full-time at-bats.
  6. Respy
    Regarding your second comment, the Twins were selling standing-room-only tickets during their second season (2011) when the attendance numbers began to drop a bit. This stuck around for a few years (though the tickets weren't advertised) and they eventually dropped the sale of those. I found this out because I took my infant to a game in 2013 and bought regular tickets, and he wouldn't be quiet for more than 5 minutes at a time. Customer service recommended that we buy standing-room tickets next time. Come 2015, when we brought our next infant, we walked up to the gate expecting to buy standing-room tickets, and they didn't sell those anymore. Bought seats in the nosebleeds and still only spent about 30 total minutes in our seats. Overall, I agree with others that this is a good idea, if nothing else to boost attendance numbers and vending sales following a horrendous season. If the Twins find themselves in playoff contention half way through the season, then they might be back to normal ticket sales and probably prefer not to sell the standing-room tickets at that point.
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