Those words were on my screen when I typed this, and I didn't feel like putting in more effort.
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I signed up for Spot The Station updates a little bit ago, and for the first time it's not around 4am. 7:51pm is much more manageable. Now to actually remember to look.
I just happened to be in the right place at the right time and saw it one night, without knowing what I was seeing at first. That was cool.
I was camping in Maryland about this time two years ago. I was talking to the other guy at the campsite and one of us just happened to look up and lo and behold there was the ISS.
I halted evening activities at Runner daughter's band camp one summer to point out that it was going to pass overhead*, and ~30 seconds later, there it was.
* It isn't really visible passing overhead as such, since the Earth's shadow cuts it off before getting all that far from the horizon/sun.
We have nineteen entries for the prediction contest. If you want in, make sure to email me or spoiler your picks here before HOU/NYY starts tonight.
Blue Jays over Rangers in four
Royals over Astros in five
Dodgers over Mets in four
Cards over Pirates in five
Blue Jays over Royals in seven
Dodgers over Cards in six
Blue Jays over Dodgers in five
I'm trying to figure out why, if Houston wins tonight, the Texas-Toronto game Thursday will start at 2:30 and the Houston-Kansas City game at 6:30, but if New York wins tonight, the Texas-Toronto game will be at 3:00 and the New York-Kansas City game will be at 7:00 (all times Central).
New York always gets the prime time slot. They did in 2006 when the Twins won the division and got to face the Athletics. I missed every game because they were day games.
Oh, I get that. I just don't understand the half-hour difference.
Maybe New York fans prefer 8:00 o'clock start times and Houston fans prefer 6:30 start times?
Does the network televising the games change?
No. It looks like both games are on Fox Sports 1 regardless.
Depressing Stats:
Last year in the AVG/OBP/SLG department, the Twins ranked 7th, 2nd, and 6th and were 5th in the league in runs.
This year the Twins ranked 14th, 15th, and 12th and finished 8th in the league in runs.
More Sano and less Santana will help those numbers, but yeesh. The Twins could have easily been 14th in runs this year and finished with 15 fewer wins had their cluster luck not been as good.
"Cluster luck."
I like that. The Twins' season was a complete cluster luck.
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Ryan: "All the question marks about Torii and sabermetrics, I think we answered those this year. I think he was more than an adequate RF."
Apparently "more than adequate" works out to be "below replacement level"
I wouldn't read too much into that. What's he going to say? He's not going to say, "I sure hope Torii hangs 'em up this year, because he stunk." Maybe he means it, maybe he doesn't, but he's going to say something like that regardless.
He also used the word "adequate." It's not a word you often use when you love somebody, even if you add the qualifier "more than"
Good point -- no pablum about "he was our heart and soul" or "MVP" or other thoughtless hyperbole
"inadequate" is more than "adequate", at least in terms of letter count.
With the season finished, Ryan now heads into an off-season that he hinted might be busier than fans expect. The Twins may have narrowly missed making the playoffs, he said, “but we’ve got a lot of areas we’d like to upgrade.”
There’s not one specific position the Twins will target like they did the past two winters, when they made starting pitching a priority, the GM said. But he’s not satisfied with merely contending for a playoff spot, Ryan said, nor is he willing to simply wait for young prospects to develop.
I'm not sure whether I'm happy about that or not. I like seeing young prospects develop, and we don't need more mediocre veterans. On the other hand, I like that he's indicating that he doesn't just want to stand pat. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what the moves actually are.
Sorry to step on any toes, but something came up this morning and I felt compelled to write. It started as a LTE, but quickly went beyond that. I didn't see a FKB assigned for Sept/Oct, so I put it up under that header...unfortunately, it's also probably a bit Forbidden Zoney, even though a frank discussion probably shouldn't be. Guns
Ichiro needs 65 hits for 3K. The Mariners are in Minneapolis on 9/23-25, which is roughly games #152-54. So as long as Ichiro averages a hit every 21 innings or so, he'll do it in Minnesota.
/rooouuuugh math alert
Actually, the Twins are in Seattle on May 27-29, games approx. 45-47, which would mean a hit roughly every 6 innings. If Ichiro can average (roughly!) going 1-3 every day until the end of May, he could do it against the Twins at home.
Seattle? Mariners?
Shit! I read Marlins as Mariners.
Actually....the Marlins come to town June 7, 8, 9.
Well, the Twins have seen 5 players reach 3,000 hits, the most for any team, so it is our destiny
Doesn't look good. Ichiro had 35 hits after June 9 this year. It looks like he might have had more consistent playing time as the year went on, but he'd probably have to be an everyday starter to get close to 65 hits by the time he gets to Minneapolis.
The article seemed to figure that he was going to see significantly less playing this in the coming year (or two! there's an option for 2017 - I would assume it was put there in case he doesn't quite get to 3000 in 2016), so I would imagine that he won't be particularly close by early June.
I signed up for Spot The Station updates a little bit ago, and for the first time it's not around 4am. 7:51pm is much more manageable. Now to actually remember to look.
Why limit yourself to ISS? I prefer Heaven's Above.
I just happened to be in the right place at the right time and saw it one night, without knowing what I was seeing at first. That was cool.
I was camping in Maryland about this time two years ago. I was talking to the other guy at the campsite and one of us just happened to look up and lo and behold there was the ISS.
I halted evening activities at Runner daughter's band camp one summer to point out that it was going to pass overhead*, and ~30 seconds later, there it was.
* It isn't really visible passing overhead as such, since the Earth's shadow cuts it off before getting all that far from the horizon/sun.
We have nineteen entries for the prediction contest. If you want in, make sure to email me or spoiler your picks here before HOU/NYY starts tonight.
Uhhh
I'm trying to figure out why, if Houston wins tonight, the Texas-Toronto game Thursday will start at 2:30 and the Houston-Kansas City game at 6:30, but if New York wins tonight, the Texas-Toronto game will be at 3:00 and the New York-Kansas City game will be at 7:00 (all times Central).
New York always gets the prime time slot. They did in 2006 when the Twins won the division and got to face the Athletics. I missed every game because they were day games.
Oh, I get that. I just don't understand the half-hour difference.
Maybe New York fans prefer 8:00 o'clock start times and Houston fans prefer 6:30 start times?
Does the network televising the games change?
No. It looks like both games are on Fox Sports 1 regardless.
Depressing Stats:
Last year in the AVG/OBP/SLG department, the Twins ranked 7th, 2nd, and 6th and were 5th in the league in runs.
This year the Twins ranked 14th, 15th, and 12th and finished 8th in the league in runs.
More Sano and less Santana will help those numbers, but yeesh. The Twins could have easily been 14th in runs this year and finished with 15 fewer wins had their cluster luck not been as good.
"Cluster luck."
I like that. The Twins' season was a complete cluster luck.
Posted without commentary.
Apparently "more than adequate" works out to be "below replacement level"
I wouldn't read too much into that. What's he going to say? He's not going to say, "I sure hope Torii hangs 'em up this year, because he stunk." Maybe he means it, maybe he doesn't, but he's going to say something like that regardless.
He also used the word "adequate." It's not a word you often use when you love somebody, even if you add the qualifier "more than"
Good point -- no pablum about "he was our heart and soul" or "MVP" or other thoughtless hyperbole
"inadequate" is more than "adequate", at least in terms of letter count.
I'm not sure whether I'm happy about that or not. I like seeing young prospects develop, and we don't need more mediocre veterans. On the other hand, I like that he's indicating that he doesn't just want to stand pat. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what the moves actually are.
Sorry to step on any toes, but something came up this morning and I felt compelled to write. It started as a LTE, but quickly went beyond that. I didn't see a FKB assigned for Sept/Oct, so I put it up under that header...unfortunately, it's also probably a bit Forbidden Zoney, even though a frank discussion probably shouldn't be.
Guns
I'm working on a FKB for this month.
Once they saw his slider, there was no stopping them.
Ichiro needs 65 hits for 3K. The Mariners are in Minneapolis on 9/23-25, which is roughly games #152-54. So as long as Ichiro averages a hit every 21 innings or so, he'll do it in Minnesota.
/rooouuuugh math alert
Actually, the Twins are in Seattle on May 27-29, games approx. 45-47, which would mean a hit roughly every 6 innings. If Ichiro can average (roughly!) going 1-3 every day until the end of May, he could do it against the Twins at home.
Seattle? Mariners?
Shit! I read Marlins as Mariners.
Actually....the Marlins come to town June 7, 8, 9.
Well, the Twins have seen 5 players reach 3,000 hits, the most for any team, so it is our destiny
Doesn't look good. Ichiro had 35 hits after June 9 this year. It looks like he might have had more consistent playing time as the year went on, but he'd probably have to be an everyday starter to get close to 65 hits by the time he gets to Minneapolis.
The article seemed to figure that he was going to see significantly less playing this in the coming year (or two! there's an option for 2017 - I would assume it was put there in case he doesn't quite get to 3000 in 2016), so I would imagine that he won't be particularly close by early June.
Selfies don't kill people. Stupidity kills people.
If selfies were illegal, only criminals would take selfies.