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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/23/2014 9:50:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yep. I think we're winners either way this week. Either we lose out and get a higher draft pick, or we COULD knock the Tiggers out of the playoffs. Won't happen, but man it would be glorious.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/23/2014 10:38:23 AM   
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whoa whoa whoa

I watched it earlier this morning and felt pretty much nothing, except I thought it was pretty cool when the kids got so excited to meet a player that had a run of good years 10-15 years before they were born.

I've always liked him.
Dustin handled his hate with class
Matt and TGs, not so much.

Wait....what?

I didn't handle my hate with class?

Because I didn't tear up from a youtube video?

I respect the guy. Just don't make him all world.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/23/2014 12:11:46 PM   
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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/23/2014 12:18:08 PM   
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http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2014/09/22/new-york-mets-imametsfanbecause-twitter-hashtag


So David St Peter isn't the only idiot in MLB when it comes to unwise PR moves...

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/23/2014 3:31:38 PM   
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Yep. I think we're winners either way this week. Either we lose out and get a higher draft pick, or we COULD knock the Tiggers out of the playoffs. Won't happen, but man it would be glorious.


Is 2015 suppose to have a good class of draft picks?

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/23/2014 4:02:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		A good article on how the Pirates are using sabermetrics:

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/pittsburgh-pirates-mike-fitzgerald-mit-sabermetric-road-show/

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/23/2014 6:22:08 PM   
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Yep. I think we're winners either way this week. Either we lose out and get a higher draft pick, or we COULD knock the Tiggers out of the playoffs. Won't happen, but man it would be glorious.


Is 2015 suppose to have a good class of draft picks?


Decent. Brady Aiken, the stud lefty pitcher the Astros failed to sign, for one.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/23/2014 6:25:46 PM   
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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/23/2014 6:31:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		I think we have to get to at least the 3rd pick (2nd worst record) to get Aiken if we want him. Houston will surely pass on him at 2; if nothing else from pressure from MLB. And whoever's first probably won't take him there just because of the signing risk/backlash.

Of course, a lot can happen between now and next June. He could get hurt by then, other guys could emerge, etc. Will be interesting to see.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/23/2014 6:42:46 PM   
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A good article on how the Pirates are using sabermetrics:

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/pittsburgh-pirates-mike-fitzgerald-mit-sabermetric-road-show/


Good stuff. Our dinosaur organization needs to get a clue. All of the best organizations in baseball are using advanced stats to help get to where they are.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/23/2014 6:44:55 PM   
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A good article on how the Pirates are using sabermetrics:

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/pittsburgh-pirates-mike-fitzgerald-mit-sabermetric-road-show/


Good stuff. Our dinosaur organization needs to get a clue. All of the best organizations in baseball are using advanced stats to help get to where they are.

Ty Rex is all over it guys .... Nuttin to worry about
Weeeez all about da numbazzzzzzz

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/23/2014 7:08:13 PM   
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I think we have to get to at least the 3rd pick (2nd worst record) to get Aiken if we want him. Houston will surely pass on him at 2; if nothing else from pressure from MLB. And whoever's first probably won't take him there just because of the signing risk/backlash.

Of course, a lot can happen between now and next June. He could get hurt by then, other guys could emerge, etc. Will be interesting to see.



Twins get Aiken

Arm falls off after first warmups.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/24/2014 8:31:35 AM   
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So happy to be a part of this team. Great group of guys who play every game w/ a lot of heart and have the will to win. Here's to #BUCTOBER

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/24/2014 10:43:28 AM   
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Dickey v. King Felix in a must-win for the M's.

And it turned out a mismatch
In a way few expected
RA is a warrior, has been for awhile.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/24/2014 10:46:49 AM   
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Dickey v. King Felix in a must-win for the M's.

And it turned out a mismatch
In a way few expected
RA is a warrior, has been for awhile.


And the dude's not quite 40 yet and just "got it" a few years ago (RIGHT after he left us, coincidentally). He'll be pitching another 5-6 years probably.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/24/2014 12:19:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		Last October, despite some questions about his ability, Cuban slugger Jose Abreu signed a six-year, $68MM contract with the White Sox heading into his age-27 season. Abreu’s MLB debut exceeded the most optimistic expectations, and now another Cuban player known for huge power is about to burst on the scene: Yasmany Tomas. Tomas, just 24 in November, defected from Cuba in June and should be granted MLB free agency shortly. He’s a right-handed-hitting corner outfielder with five years in Cuba’s Serie Nacional under his belt, and that experience, paired with his age, makes him exempt from international spending limitations. Teams will be able to spend whatever they wish to sign him.



Tomas’ agent Jay Alou told Jorge Ebro of El Nuevo Herald in early September that he expects to top the record contract for a Cuban player, which is Rusney Castillo’s seven-year, $72.5MM deal with the Red Sox signed in August.

And of course, the Twins aren't mentioned. At all.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/25/2014 2:42:24 PM   
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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/25/2014 5:36:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		So the playoff races are basically all over but the seeding. Was really hoping for more dramatics this year.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/25/2014 5:40:07 PM   
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Good for him.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/25/2014 5:42:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Always was a fan. But I'm not sure I see it ending well, Ed. So little experience for the job. Still can't help but be better than ours, however. Sadly.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/25/2014 11:24:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		Figured no one else would talk about Jeters magical ending tonight.
Of course he just did that.
Just like he usually did.
Guy has been something else. Baseballs gonna miss him.
Eat it, Olbermann. And choke on it.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/26/2014 5:51:12 AM   
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Figured no one else would talk about Jeters magical ending tonight.
Of course he just did that.
Just like he usually did.
Guy has been something else. Baseballs gonna miss him.
Eat it, Olbermann. And choke on it.



And some, kiddingly, think Meek grooved a pitch for him. Adam Wainwright was mentioned.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/26/2014 5:56:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		He sure was lucky to always be matched up (in those big situations) ... against guys who grooved pitches to him.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/26/2014 7:20:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		If I read the story correctly, his first walk-off in 7 years at Yankee stadium. Mauer-esque

or is Mauer Jeter-esque?

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 9/26/2014 8:57:38 AM   
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