tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post115587615313336153..comments2023-11-05T06:49:09.637-06:00Comments on Twins Geek: On First Looks and Budget BooksJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13907268840665045299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-1156520320017793932006-08-25T10:38:00.001-05:002006-08-25T10:38:00.001-05:00Sure this is trivial, but...Bartlett actually can ...Sure this is trivial, but...<BR/><BR/>Bartlett actually can challenge for the batting title. He'd have to get about two hits for every game remaining. A player needn't actually have 502 PAs -- but any shortage is calculated as hitless ABs. If Bartlett can get to 145 hits or so, he'd be in the running assuming Mauer is in the neighborhood of .350. Highly unlikely, but possible even without gettingMosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459953083899298059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-1156520298588202862006-08-25T10:38:00.000-05:002006-08-25T10:38:00.000-05:00Sure this is trivial, but...Bartlett actually can ...Sure this is trivial, but...<BR/><BR/>Bartlett actually can challenge for the batting title. He'd have to get about two hits for every game remaining. A player needn't actually have 502 PAs -- but any shortage is calculated as hitless ABs. If Bartlett can get to 145 hits or so, he'd be in the running assuming Mauer is in the neighborhood of .350. Highly unlikely, but possible even without gettingMosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459953083899298059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394137.post-1155914345097171222006-08-18T10:19:00.000-05:002006-08-18T10:19:00.000-05:00Like you said, the decisions on Bartlett have cost...Like you said, the decisions on Bartlett have cost this team plenty.<BR/><BR/>If the Twins would make the playoffs in 2006, let’s assume for the sake of argument that they win one playoff game. That’s two home games in the playoffs at let’s say $50 a head. 55,000 people at $50 times 2, that’s $5.5 million. That's in the pocket now, as opposed to saved at some point in the future.<BR/><BR/>SBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01163925336991434440noreply@blogger.com