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06-17-2020, 07:04 PM | #661 |
"You like to drink?"
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06-17-2020, 09:31 PM | #662 |
Gonna go back in time....
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Not saying we will tank although the ideas got merit, especially if the first 15 games go poorly. I think Dayton isn't going to go that route unless were sitting at 1-14, then he and Mike might decide to get the young guys up that are close to ready and I don't know what the trade rules are. They might move guys if that's allowed which it should be.
I actually think we might have a shot at the playoffs because it's such a weird season, it's not going to be good baseball, a lot of sloppy defense I bet and poor hitting to start. Some top guys may sit it out for various reasons, virus, getting injured in a bullshit season etc. We have a young team and young people are more physically resilient, prone to optimism that flies in the face of logic as well as bright flashes of brilliance. a .500 team might win the division and once you're in you just got to get hot. Do I think this will happen, no but I'd take a playoff game or series with a few prospects on the roster than the 1.1 next year. |
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06-17-2020, 10:36 PM | #663 |
MVP
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06-18-2020, 05:30 AM | #664 | |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
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Kumar Rocker is good enough to be a damn nice consolation prize if the Royals end up being awful, though it’s going to be awfully hard to be worse than the Orioles who 1) will actively try to tank; 2) are in a much stronger division. |
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06-18-2020, 06:15 AM | #665 |
I’m a Mahomo!
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I’m all for tanking this season. It’s a lost season anyway & the reward is greatness.
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06-18-2020, 06:17 AM | #666 | |
I’m a Mahomo!
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About time the NL join the rest of the world. |
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06-18-2020, 06:33 AM | #667 |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
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I mean, now all we have to watch Mike Matheny **** up is everything not related to pinch hitting for the pitcher.
So, that’s not much, just: Player management When to pull a starter Bullpen usage Lineup construction Letting players be relaxed Ah, shit... I had almost forgotten they hired that dumb****, until I saw someone talk about “Dayton and Mike.” Took me a few minutes to remember who “Mike” was. |
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06-18-2020, 08:05 AM | #668 | |
Hockey Town
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06-18-2020, 08:30 AM | #669 |
I'm with the Banned
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Thanks... thanks for ruining the possibility of baseball for me.
****ing Mike Matheny. |
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06-18-2020, 09:24 AM | #670 | |
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Tell us how you really feel. |
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06-18-2020, 09:28 AM | #671 | |
I’m a Mahomo!
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06-18-2020, 09:29 AM | #672 |
I’m a Mahomo!
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06-18-2020, 09:35 AM | #673 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
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I still cannot ****ing believe how much talent he squandered here. And remember - if that POS doesn't butcher the 2014 NLCS as badly as he does, Oscar Taveras isn't dead in the Dominican a week later. So hey - if you're lucky he won't KILL the best position prospect your system produced in the last 20 years... (Yes, I know this is irrational, but I still blame Jon Baker for Derrick Thomas's death so I can damn sure blame Matheny for Oscar. KEEP THE KICKOFF INBOUND BAKER, YOU STUPID ASS!!!) |
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06-18-2020, 10:26 AM | #674 |
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I get it.
I’m to blame for Taveras, though. I had him. And Jose Fernandez. And Nick Adenhart. All on the same dynasty team. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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06-18-2020, 10:38 AM | #675 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
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That one hurt far more than Taveras, even as a Cardinals fan. Cocaine is a hell of a drug... |
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