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Great series. Bummed the Yankees lost but I’m used to them playing well in the regular season and their team comp falling against all the good teams. I’m ambivalent about Boone but wouldn’t be too bummed if game 2 and the Mike Ford pinch hit cost him his job. It’s hard to diagnose what the Yanks need beyond obviously a starter beyond Cole. I guess Severino will be back and Montgomery/Garcia seem promising but I’d love to see a legit #2 behind Cole. Lineup-wise, I think coaching/strategy is the problem. The situational hitting outside of LaMahieu and Gardner is generally terrible. Last night they shifted hard on Hicks late in the game. Rather than trying to sneak a bunt down an undefended third base line (while batting lefty no less) he flew out. I know he’s not paid to bunt but it was a tie game where neither team was hitting anything. They just seem incapable of shifting their approach to take advantage of what other teams give them. Let’s go Dodgers. Anxiously awaiting a Kershaw perfecto against the Astros to secure the sweep. Also whoever called for the Ford pinch hit when Frazier and Sanchez were both on the bench needs to get fired.
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This is better than the San Diego pre-series viral video https://twitter.com/KnockahomaNTN/status/1314666165524926465
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Oct 10, 2020 19:38
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Tampa exemplifies everything that's wrong with upper MLB management these days. run a low payroll and pay none of the good players you develop. they don't deserve to be as good as they are
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Oct 10, 2020 19:43
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Well Played Mauer posted:I’m ambivalent about Boone but wouldn’t be too bummed if game 2 and the Mike Ford pinch hit cost him his job. If they shitcanned him with Game 2 as the excuse it would be a Boston-esque scapegoating job by the FO.
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bawfuls posted:This is better than the San Diego pre-series viral video Fun fact, people in the south stopped doing that
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Oct 10, 2020 19:56
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Inspector_666 posted:If they shitcanned him with Game 2 as the excuse it would be a Boston-esque scapegoating job by the FO. Fair. Someone made that decision, though. It just feels like they’re due for a shake up, but that may just be due to my memories of George Steinbrenner.
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Well Played Mauer posted:Fair. Someone made that decision, though. It just feels like they’re due for a shake up, but that may just be due to my memories of George Steinbrenner. I think Boone did a fine job this year aside from the Mike Ford experience in the playoffs, but also that leaves 9 other guys who didn't get the job done with the bat so it still hardly seems fair to blame either of those two for the outcomes.
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Intruder posted:Fun fact, people in the south stopped doing that I love the idea that they have a process for making sure you're not related to someone you want to marry because it's such a problem.
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IcePhoenix posted:I love the idea that they have a process for making sure you're not related to someone you want to marry because it's such a problem. 23 and Me: Deep South Edition
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Intruder posted:23 and Me: Deep South Edition Iceland actually has an app to make sure people arent actually banging an unknown cousin
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The rays dropped the "devil" from their name to appeal to evangelicals so that's a legit reason to not like them.
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Oct 10, 2020 22:34
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It would be really funny if the Astros won. Nevertheless, I would prefer it if the Rays won. I also wish the best for Alex Anthopoulous, even if the team he GMs has somewhat racist branding.
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Oct 10, 2020 22:35
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The Braves have such a good mix of rising stars and chill veterans this year and they play generally fun and chaotic ball, everything bad about them is at the level above the GM.
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Oct 10, 2020 22:42
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I'm a big fan of any rationale where cheating to win a world series is not as bad as winning with guys on cheap contracts. Anyway go NL.
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chamois posted:I'm a big fan of any rationale where cheating to win a world series is not as bad as winning with guys on cheap contracts. Anyway go NL. At the time, the Astros cheated to win a World Series all with guys on cheap contracts except Verlander and Yuli Gurriel - best of both worlds!
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Inspector_666 posted:If they shitcanned him with Game 2 as the excuse it would be a Boston-esque scapegoating job by the FO. I would be completely shocked if they fire Boone. Salvor_Hardin posted:The rays dropped the "devil" from their name to appeal to evangelicals so that's a legit reason to not like them. And they still have zero fans.
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Sab0921 posted:At the time, the Astros cheated to win a World Series all with guys on cheap contracts except Verlander and Yuli Gurriel - best of both worlds! They still dont' really have anyone on huge contracts other than Altuve. Bregman's is definitely below market, and I'd argue Brantley's is as well The DBacks are paying a lot of Greinke's e: Well also other than Verlander who isn't ever going to play for them again
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Oct 10, 2020 23:40
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Carlosologist posted:Tampa exemplifies everything that's wrong with upper MLB management these days. run a low payroll and pay none of the good players you develop. they don't deserve to be as good as they are more of this
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Oct 11, 2020 00:26
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Lots of negative talk about the Trop. I've run the numbers and it turns out it's the greatest stadium in baseball.
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Oct 11, 2020 01:46
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:I hate every team left I can't believe how many people ITT have an opinion on the Rays, much less hate them
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I'll take being hated, most people generally have no opinion. I do have a deep hate of our owner though.
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Intruder posted:I can't believe how many people ITT have an opinion on the Rays, much less hate them I still have a grudge over how everyone was gaga over the Rays in the 08 WS buildup and didn't talk about the Phillies enough I'm petty
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How in the world would you hate the Rays There are no good MLB owners so I'm not sure why Sternberg is any different.
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GalacticAcid posted:Hate Every Team But Your Team But doctor, I hate my team more.
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The new take of actually the Yankees and Dodgers having huge payrolls is good is odd. Do they just pay their guys and not do service time shenanigans? Are Judge, Torres, Bellinger, Seager etc... on better contracts than the Rays young talent?
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Rays let their guys leave or trade them for slapdick prospects instead of paying them even though they're capable of paying them
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Right and as a fan would you rather be the team that would never, ever let a Jeter or Rivera walk for money or a team that if they developed one you knew for certain they'd be playing somewhere else just as soon as their cheap years ran out or sooner
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I'll be rooting them too in the WS but I'm trying to put myself in the mindset of not liking them because they cheap out Kind of like the other Florida team
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The Rays are consistently cheap in a scummy way that involves bickering with and shafting players over pennies, when the franchise most definitely actually has the money they claim they don't, all while trying to push the scrappy underdog just trying to survive idea. It's not enough to actually hate them, but it's annoying and is more of a symptom of a different problem I hate more
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fast cars loose anus posted:Right and as a fan would you rather be the team that would never, ever let a Jeter or Rivera walk for money or a team that if they developed one you knew for certain they'd be playing somewhere else just as soon as their cheap years ran out or sooner Part of if is that they're Tampa and players will bolt for bigger and better markets regardless of whether Tampa offered them the moon. For the Astros, it was the Beltran situation after 2004, they offered him an enormous contract, but nothing was going to stop him from going to NY. Did they make any sort of concerted effort to keep the 2008 WS team together? Evan Longoria played there forever, but I don't really know beyond that. Sab0921 fucked around with this message at 14:57 on Oct 11, 2020 |
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i know all of this intellectually but i am very sorry sports are stupid and irrational and i will never root for the loving yankees under any circumstances.
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Sab0921 posted:Part of if is that they're Tampa and players will bolt for bigger and better markets regardless of whether Tampa offered them the moon. For the Astros, it was the Beltran situation after 2004, they offered him an enormous contract, but nothing was going to stop him from going to NY. They kept most of the roster in tact except for veteran glue guys like Cliff Floyd and Eric Hinske, but the back bone of the team stayed in tact.
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Sab0921 posted:Part of if is that they're Tampa and players will bolt for bigger and better markets regardless of whether Tampa offered them the moon. For the Astros, it was the Beltran situation after 2004, they offered him an enormous contract, but nothing was going to stop him from going to NY. Tom Brady just went to play in Tampa Bay, a franchise that despite winning a Super Bowl once has been largely a dumpster fire forever and more or less the epitome of loserdome. Anything is possible when you actually will pay people
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Nodoze posted:Tom Brady just went to play in Tampa Bay, a franchise that despite winning a Super Bowl once has been largely a dumpster fire forever and more or less the epitome of loserdome. Anything is possible when you actually will pay people Yeah but Brady is bad now Can't even keep track of the downs
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Intruder posted:Yeah but Brady is bad now If someone with dementia can run for President then they can play quarterback!
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