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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    Go Huskies!
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    There are opposing team’s fans here all the time
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    I hope to never fall off the Human Being Bandwagon.
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    criteria copied from the article: Always drunk fan Always negative fan The fan who never stops yelling Bandwagon fan The know-it-all fan The condescending fan The fan who never sits down Obsessed with fantasy fan The fan who pretends to like sports but doesn’t The fan stuck living in the glory years Are we sure that Twins fans should be ranked as sparkly as they are…. I think we all do these very frequently :)
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    I love your optimism. I don’t share it on Gallo, but hope you are right. I think we’ll be cursing his futile whiffs and .199 batting average, 15 home runs…. But as I said, I hope you are right.
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    Predictions for an entire team formulated from one inning each by two different pitchers from a very early spring training game? Confirmation of what?
  7. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, best of luck to Martin that it is a mild sprain and he rests/recovers his way back to the diamond quickly!
  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    There are so many bullets left in the magazine for all/any of us. Especially with athletes, their prime only lasts so long. Every pitch could be the last for any pitcher. Every swing of the bat could be the last for any hitter. No guarantees in life
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    Indeed, injury bug has already set in. Hopefully just getting that out of the way
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    I appreciate your thoughtful response. I believe the HOF discussion should be reflected against peers/era. Chuck Knoblauch v. Tony Oliva isn’t an apples to apples comp. That being said, your question has merit if Knobby might be under rated a bit. good discussion topic. I always enjoy the stat debates. It’s fun to learn about the context of the calculations
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    @Flyover Steve are you trying to poke holes in WAR as a stat to judge players? If so, why? What’s wrong with the stat? Which WAR? Is it being used incorrectly, or are you applying value to it, not commonly used? as I know it, WAR isn’t a criteria to win a batting title, batting average is. WAR might be used by the BWAA voters, but it’s in context of full career or season-long achievements (depending on which accolade we’re talking about) us rubes throw WAR around a lot. It’s one of the most comprehensive and accessible stats. Accessibility is key, because we don’t have the resources that websites, publications and MLB FOs have to crunch the numbers and educate other rubes why our stat is better than the ones they have access to.
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    Byron Buxton, Alex Kirilloff, Jose Miranda and Jorge Polanco have never played their positions before? I think a little more research might help assuage your fear.
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    I think your observations are astute, but maybe weighed a bit too heavily against Baldelli. Keep in mind that Baldelli and his coaching staff have them to mold and sculpt for a couple seasons. Most of these players have played professionally for 4-6 years before getting to the bigs, many of them for several years in the bigs before Baldelli coaches them, and all of them for 8-10 years before becoming professionals. it takes more than a season or two, to undo 15 years of coaching. also, the FO has acquired a crap-ton of lumbering three-true-outcomes hitters. You can’t make Willie-Mays-Hayes out of Trevor Larnach. They apparently have identified the gap and are addressing it, but again, it’ll take more than an off-season to make that transition
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    as Fort Myers was heavily impacted by the hurricane last year and @se7799@Squirrel discusses in the other thread, I thought it might be good to discuss on it’s own thread how TDers are navigating the very challenging Spring Training Accommodations. I can’t make it this year, but my usual air BnB is gone :(
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    Might wait until they need the 40 man spot to add him to the 60 day? edit: after rereading @Rosterman’s post, they have to fill the vacancy with the 60 day transaction definitionally, so yes…. they can’t reduce to 39 players on the 40 via 60 day il, answering my own question.
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    Life is a best ball scramble, keeping score is optional
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    Golf cart with a couch, and winery so you can wine/golf/couch/drunk/best shape of your multi-tasking-life
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    this goat doesn’t hibernate, and like the Bally pitch clock is very subtle.
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed I think Polanco and Gordon will get the most lead off plate appearances, but it’ll change a lot.
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    I picked 80-85. Starting pitching looks much better, but still look like they’ll struggle to score runs. The floor is raised, not the ceiling.
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    Over-under on number of days until he is waived again: 2.5?
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    Concur!
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  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    Umpiring the new rules Will they convert another marginal SP minor leaguer into a reliever and go north with him?
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    So many choices! My guess is Bert’s Blues, for…. reasons…..
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