Comments on: Monday afternoon musings

By: viper275

viper275 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:13:54 +0000

Santana is gone! And with all the problems he had here and now it looks like he is having them there. Just be glad the Mets will find out soon enough as well. And remember you people, its the Mets that have to pay him regardless of how he pitches for the rest of his career….

By: Carlos G

Carlos G — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:16:04 +0000

Player A put you in position to win.

Player B put you in position to lose.

Player A’s team didn’t get to the playoffs. Player B’s team did.

I like watching my team in the playoffs.

Tough call, but if it meant the difference between playoffs or not…I gotta go with a team full of player B’s and every year in the playoffs versus a team full of player A’s and not making any playoffs.

(Again. I like player A better, but even more, I like players getting us to playoffs).

By: johnnyonthespot

johnnyonthespot — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:44:35 +0000

Check out some more Twins talk and extended interviews from Buscher, Bass and Bonser during their day off at Kent Hrbek’s Bass Fishing Classic. It’s all on “Sports on Demand” on myfox9.com:

http://media.myfoxtwincities.com/livestream/webcast/archive.htm

By: snepp

snepp — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:01:18 +0000

Hitter A has a .400 BA, 80 HRs, 150 RBI’s, and zero GWRBIs in 100 chances for the year. His team misses the playoffs by one game.

Hitter B has a .250 BA, 2 HRs, 50 RBI’s, and 50 GWRBIs in 100 chances for the year (the only runs he knocked in were game winners). His team makes the playoffs by one game.

Clearly Hitter A is the better player. But, Hitter B was much more successful at helping his team get to the playoffs and thus “more valuable” to the team.

Who do you want on your team next year? Hitter A, of course, cause we think this year was an anomaly. But, makes you wonder a little bit.

Hitter A is easily more valuable. If player B didn’t stink to high hell in 90% of his at-bats the team wouldn’t need him in “game winning” situations, they would already be ahead. You can’t punish Player A for being on a team full of little leaguers who suck.

Player A put you in position to win.

Player B put you in position to lose.

By: BC of ND

BC of ND — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:25:46 +0000

Lol Me Too
Now your getting it i’m going to add one of those to all my posts from now on as well.

By: Me Too

Me Too — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:21:09 +0000

Bison, you know what, you may be on to something. Livan is the only pitcher that I can remember that seems to prefer the vests. Maybe, just maybe it allows the players to be free swingers

Disclaimer, I am not in any way insinuating that a uniform has any effect whatsoever on a teams performance. This was only said in jest.