Minda Haas

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Name: Minda Haas
Date registered: July 21, 2010

Biography

Lifelong Royals fan, for some reason.

Latest posts

  1. Work in progress: the smoky apartment — November 15, 2021
  2. Revisiting my post-concussion story — December 28, 2015
  3. PHOTOS: Every Omaha Storm Chasers pitcher (2015) — September 27, 2015
  4. PHOTOS: Every Omaha Storm Chasers position player (2015) — September 27, 2015
  5. Francisco Pena on how to make friends in the dugout — July 1, 2015

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Feb 18

Opening Day Countdown: 41

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Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 41 days left until Opening Day on April 1. 41 was Jeremy Jeffress’ jersey number when he was a Royal, and before that, when he was in Milwaukee. Jeffress was acquired as part of …

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Feb 16

Opening Day Countdown: 42

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Opening Day Countdown

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Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 42 days left until Opening Day on April 1. 42 is the number, in millions, of dollars that Ervin Santana will make over the next 5 seasons. Dave Cameron of FanGraphs picked the acquisition …

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Feb 15

Opening Day Countdown: 43

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Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 43 days left until Opening Day on April 1. I wanted to start this countdown at 50, but time did a strange thing and went by too quickly. That has never happened in the …

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Dec 14

In which 2 MiLB insiders thoroughly dismantle my idea

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Featured Posts, Minor Leagues-Major Problems

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Though lots of people had nice things to say about last night’s post, two Minor League Baseball employees brought up some really valid concerns and counterpoints. I recognize that while I made it out to sound so easy to overhaul nutrition throughout a minor league farm system, of course there would be logistical hurdles every …

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Dec 13

Are healthy diets the next MLB market inefficiency?

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Somewhere in Major League Baseball, there has to be a smart owner who will quit ignoring the next great, and cheap, competitive advantage. Compared to the price of one free agent, this thing would cost very little and would strengthen the chances that each minor leaguer can contribute more at the MLB level.The thing is …

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Dec 10

The departed.

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Trust The Process

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I’m too flummoxed right now to formally talk about this thing. My on-the-record prediction from the Meetings was right on, but I wish it was not. I Tweeted the following, after saying the same in the comments at Royals Review: “GMDM has left the building. My prediction on [Royals Review] was that he would be …

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Nov 15

A girl and her camera. Or a camera and its girl?

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This post borders on navel-gazing with a pinch of #humblebrag and you’re more than welcome to skip it. In middle school, I caught the photography bug, sort of. All I had was a Kodak disposable camera at a high school basketball game, but I realized that I could capture a couple of dramatic basketball moments …

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Oct 04

The last lineup of the 2012 season: In pictures

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Quickies, Trust The Process

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For an eternity leading up to this spring, 2012 was supposed to be the year The Process came to a head. “Mission 2012” was officially a Thing in the newspaper. But, here we are, for lots of reasons. Injuries happened. I’m tempted – and as the offseason wears on I might give in to this …

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Sep 28

Dancing With the Stars and the second wild card

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If you don’t watch ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ 1) you should, but 2) here’s some background: This season, for the first time, the cast of celebrity dancers is made up of stars who have already been on the show. Many of them are champions from past seasons. (And then there’s Pamela Anderson, not sure why. …

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Sep 18

Update from the Family Resource Center

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Family Resource Center

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Back in April, all proceeds from my Amazon Affiliate link were given to the Family Resource Center in my hometown. The Center helps families of all types, whether they’re established families with tons of kids or new parents figuring things out for the first time. One of the most brilliant, yet totally sensible, services provided …

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