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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/26/2014 1:22:01 PM

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Orioles are now 21 games over .500
Impressive

And that's with losing two of their better players for the year.

Wieters and Machado.

Twins would make excuses...It's not Gardy's fault..it was the injuries.

GOOD managers like Buck Schowalter OVERCOME those adversities. They understand injuries are inevitable and survive them. TR grants Gardy an automatic free pass for sucking nuts for four straight years. Cake job. Easiest job in the biz. Never have to actually succeed, the GM will make excuses for you. Then give you two year extentions when the time comes.

GOD I WANT THIS FRONT OFFICE AND COACHING STAFF CHANGED SOON!!!

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/26/2014 1:23:10 PM

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Hardy was be of the back to back to backers last night as well for the O's.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/26/2014 2:12:19 PM

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Hardy was be of the back to back to backers last night as well for the O's.

I thought I would be pouring salt into the wound for you if I noted that in my post......

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/26/2014 2:29:58 PM

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Orioles are now 21 games over .500
Impressive

And that's with losing two of their better players for the year.

Wieters and Machado.

Twins would make excuses...It's not Gardy's fault..it was the injuries.

GOOD managers like Buck Schowalter OVERCOME those adversities. They understand injuries are inevitable and survive them. TR grants Gardy an automatic free pass for sucking nuts for four straight years. Cake job. Easiest job in the biz. Never have to actually succeed, the GM will make excuses for you. Then give you two year extentions when the time comes.

GOD I WANT THIS FRONT OFFICE AND COACHING STAFF CHANGED SOON!!!

You, and me too!
Hard to watch anymore....
Pitching is 80% of the game;
We have one legit starter....
Go figure!!

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/26/2014 2:31:04 PM

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Orioles are now 21 games over .500
Impressive

And that's with losing two of their better players for the year.

Wieters and Machado.

Twins would make excuses...It's not Gardy's fault..it was the injuries.

GOOD managers like Buck Schowalter OVERCOME those adversities. They understand injuries are inevitable and survive them. TR grants Gardy an automatic free pass for sucking nuts for four straight years. Cake job. Easiest job in the biz. Never have to actually succeed, the GM will make excuses for you. Then give you two year extentions when the time comes.

GOD I WANT THIS FRONT OFFICE AND COACHING STAFF CHANGED SOON!!!

You, and me too!
Hard to watch anymore....
Pitching is 80% of the game;
We have one legit starter....
Go figure!!

I'd say two, Hughes and Gibson.

But other than that...

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/26/2014 2:34:51 PM

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Orioles are now 21 games over .500
Impressive

And that's with losing two of their better players for the year.

Wieters and Machado.

Twins would make excuses...It's not Gardy's fault..it was the injuries.

GOOD managers like Buck Schowalter OVERCOME those adversities. They understand injuries are inevitable and survive them. TR grants Gardy an automatic free pass for sucking nuts for four straight years. Cake job. Easiest job in the biz. Never have to actually succeed, the GM will make excuses for you. Then give you two year extentions when the time comes.

GOD I WANT THIS FRONT OFFICE AND COACHING STAFF CHANGED SOON!!!

You, and me too!
Hard to watch anymore....
Pitching is 80% of the game;
We have one legit starter....
Go figure!!

I'd say two, Hughes and Gibson.

But other than that...

Gibson looks like he is pitching scared.
Throws way too many balls and too few strikes.
Gets into too many 2 on, none out situations.
Needs a better strike out pitch to be effective on a regular basis!

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/26/2014 3:00:50 PM

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A lot of bad luck for them this season; they'll be right back in the mix next season. Wouldn't shock me at all if they signed Lester back AND signed Scherzer.

And a few minutes later you predict the Cubs will sign at least one of them.

Hmmmmm

Not a few minutes later. But the two are not incompatible. I think the arms race this year is going to be mainly between the Cubs and Sox.

I agree; I have faith in Gibson. An ERA of around 4.00 and decent peripherals in his first full season. He'll only get better. He and Hughes should be solid parts of a rotation. Basically locking down the 4/5 spots. Nolasco/Milone can occupy 5th (for now). We still need a 1 and 2. I'm hopeful Meyer can be at least one of those. And maybe Berrios the other one.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/26/2014 3:57:11 PM

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Hardy was be of the back to back to backers last night as well for the O's.

I thought I would be pouring salt into the wound for you if I noted that in my post......

Ouch!
Ouch!
Ouch ouch!

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/26/2014 4:09:09 PM

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My boy TimmyTimTim Lincecum is heading back to the pen and out of the rotation.
Had a nice little bounce back at the start of the year, but the miles have caught up to my little friend.
Hope they keep him for spot duty tho, he can be awesome in the right spots. Saw it two years ago in the playoffs.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/28/2014 12:25:52 AM

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Yanks pound on the Tiggers and Price, in Detroit.
Get the feeling they are not going away.
Built a strong enough rotation, (which had been a weakness) and re-inforced it even thru the injuries ...
And Cashman is on the hot seat? Wow.
Just how bad does the Twins FO have to do their job before anyone holds their feet to the fire?
Whats it gonna take?
A freaking DECADE of 100-loss seasons? Sheesh.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/28/2014 1:08:22 AM

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Yanks pound on the Tiggers and Price, in Detroit.
Get the feeling they are not going away.
Built a strong enough rotation, (which had been a weakness) and re-inforced it even thru the injuries ...
And Cashman is on the hot seat? Wow.
Just how bad does the Twins FO have to do their job before anyone holds their feet to the fire?
Whats it gonna take?
A freaking DECADE of 100-loss seasons? Sheesh.

Couple of days ago I heard Roy Smalley praising Gardenhire. He was quick to point out that he has dealt with a wealth of injuries. He also said that he should have won 3 MOY's.

I don't give a shit if Girardi ever wins a MOY. I do know that he, or those above him never slide by with the injury excuse.
As a fan, I love that attitude from my team.

Brett freaking Gardner is the best slugger on this Yankee team, yet they are in the wildcard chase. No crazy-ass salary HR hitter guys on this team. No roided out A-Rod. Jeter most certainly is not feared. Brian McCann, like many before him that thought wearing the pinstripes is easy, can't seem to produce with the brightest lights shining. Teixeira has been awful. Somehow Girardi fields a competitive product every night.

This isn't all about payroll, it's about expecting to win, and preparing yourself to be the best. Get the absolute most out of your players.
Play the game the right way? Really, that's a Gardenhire thing?

For the first time in quite a while, there are numerous bats in the Yankee lineup that couldn't crack the Twins roster. Think about that one. Somehow they stay relevant.

There are some young Twins that are going to be good players. Unfortunately they are mismanaged from the top down. I'm sure they will see more success once they leave.

I like that Cashman is on the hot seat. The brand expects to win. Excuses don't work. Produce or you may lose your job. Some teams measure production by W's and L's. Crazy bastards.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/28/2014 1:39:55 AM

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Fantastic post. All true.
In a nutshell, WHY I enjoy the Yankees so much.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/28/2014 9:06:40 AM

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Can't disagree with a word, really, Pete. Amazing what Girardi has been able to do this year with that bunch. You start to get the feeling that there might be some "Jeter magic" brewing as they get to the playoff line too.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/28/2014 10:24:37 AM

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Great Post Pete.......all true.

Gardy gets pissy if anyone questions one move of his.....try that in NY.

Gardy should have been fired for his playoff failures.....not the 90+ loss seasons. He had talent yet managed like a deer in the headlights.....

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/28/2014 10:27:30 AM

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The way 2006 ended (with SOOOOOO much potential before that) will forever haunt my dreams. That was the year. Probably the most talented Twins team ever assembled. And I realize that's saying something.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/28/2014 10:31:15 AM

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The way 2006 ended (with SOOOOOO much potential before that) will forever haunt my dreams. That was the year. Probably the most talented Twins team ever assembled. And I realize that's saying something.

Another organization, with that talent, would have done anything to get a starter after Liriano went down.

And that was the season they moved Lohse because he had a poor attitude........guess that continues to plague him.

Gardy and RA......get rid of both.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/28/2014 10:33:13 AM

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The way 2006 ended (with SOOOOOO much potential before that) will forever haunt my dreams. That was the year. Probably the most talented Twins team ever assembled. And I realize that's saying something.

Another organization, with that talent, would have done anything to get a starter after Liriano went down.

And that was the season they moved Lohse because he had a poor attitude........guess that continues to plague him.

Gardy and RA......get rid of both.

Amen!!!! Read My Signature!!

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/28/2014 10:34:58 AM

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The Lohse thing isn't talked about enough. Rick always said he had the best stuff on the staff, even when they had Johan, and yet they ran him out of town. He's been one of the best starters in baseball (top 20-30?) for several years now.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/28/2014 5:35:22 PM

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The way 2006 ended (with SOOOOOO much potential before that) will forever haunt my dreams. That was the year. Probably the most talented Twins team ever assembled. And I realize that's saying something.

Another organization, with that talent, would have done anything to get a starter after Liriano went down.

And that was the season they moved Lohse because he had a poor attitude........guess that continues to plague him.

Gardy and RA......get rid of both.

The did get Phil Nevin, though

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/28/2014 5:51:53 PM

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The way 2006 ended (with SOOOOOO much potential before that) will forever haunt my dreams. That was the year. Probably the most talented Twins team ever assembled. And I realize that's saying something.

Another organization, with that talent, would have done anything to get a
starter after Liriano went down.
And that was the season they moved Lohse because he had a poor

attitude........guess that continues to plague him.

Gardy and RA......get rid of both.

The starting pitching cupboard was bare BEFORE Liriano went down. Radke's shoulder was hanging on by a thread. Bonser and Garza were young and couldn't be counted on. Ryan should have added a pitcher AND a hitter in July. Couldn't part with his precious pitch to contact prospects.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/28/2014 6:26:14 PM

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That 2006 season was a perfect example of a team that refused to go for it and I blame Ryan for being an idiot. When you have a young team surging like that you cannot be afraid to trade prospects.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/29/2014 12:06:43 AM

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That 2006 season was a perfect example of a team that refused to go for it and I blame Ryan for being an idiot. When you have a young team surging like that you cannot be afraid to trade prospects.

There were some of us in here saying that while it was happening ... then there were the sheep just living large and loving winning in the short term.
We called every window closing that's ever happened in this org.
They think they are so patient and so observant and so proactive when in reality they have long been the worst in the league at recognizing those things.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/29/2014 12:44:56 AM

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Great story in SF
Petit retires 46 in a row, a new record.
That's an incredible stat.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/29/2014 8:42:11 AM

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If you believe in the SI Cover Jinx,

LOOK OUT KC

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/30/2014 8:39:43 AM

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What happens when you suck vs the Twins

The Royals have designated veteran lefty Bruce Chen for assignment, according to a tweet from Chris Cotillo of MLBDailyDish.com. Chen, a 37-year-old native of Panama, is playing on a one-year, $4.25MM deal that includes a $5.5MM option for next season ($1MM buyout).

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