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08-15-2020, 05:28 PM | #1291 |
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Split a pair of 4-2 games with the Twins today!
9-12 on the season. |
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08-15-2020, 05:37 PM | #1292 |
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I’m liking the Man Bun-Rosie combo.
What’s up with Zimmer? |
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08-15-2020, 06:16 PM | #1293 |
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08-15-2020, 06:17 PM | #1294 |
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If Staumont/Rosenthal pitch like that, they can win baseball games. Even in today's league where there's a lot of hard throwers, there aren't many teams who can run two guys with 100 mph stuff at the end of games.
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08-15-2020, 07:10 PM | #1295 |
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08-16-2020, 11:43 AM | #1296 |
I’m a Mahomo!
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After Merrifield this team is bad.
When your 2 best hitters after Merrifield are O’Hearn & Lopez...your team sucks. Is there hope? Yes, but need a couple more great drafts to get guys like Witt Jr & Asa Lacy into the system. Rocker or Leiter would have been great additions. But I’m glad you guys are rooting for a 24-36 season. Just enough to miss the playoffs & the top talent. Way to go! |
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08-16-2020, 11:55 AM | #1297 | |
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That just doesn't compare to teams like the Pirates and Mariners. Credit to the Orioles though, they've stepped up so far. And what we didn't expect was that the bullpen was going to be super legit. That's probably the biggest thing. As we've learned over the last 10 years, that will win you games you otherwise wouldn't win. If those two guys keep pitching like they have, you have a better shot sneaking into an 8 seed than you do beating all the teams who are openly tanking with terrible rosters. |
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08-16-2020, 06:40 PM | #1298 |
Rabbi Goldmann
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Let’s talk David Cone.
Fri rain delay showed an interview with him by Fran Healy. Damn Cone is a cool cat. Among other things, he said went he was traded to NY in ‘95 he said “I was ready. I loved NYC. They knew it I knew it. I was never afraid of anything” Said “When I met with Mr K winter of 92 he said ‘You were the one who got away and I’m gonna make it right. And put down a $9M signing bonus on the table and I had to leave the room I was so amazed.” 1988 ASG. Gubie won 20 that year but those other 2 should’ve been in our rotation with Sabes and Leibrandt. That rotation would’ve given Oakland a serious run. Still pissed about that. |
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08-16-2020, 06:55 PM | #1299 |
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08-16-2020, 07:06 PM | #1300 |
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08-16-2020, 08:16 PM | #1301 |
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08-16-2020, 09:28 PM | #1302 |
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08-17-2020, 05:22 AM | #1304 | |
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Don’t forget Danny Jackson was the best pitcher in the National League that year, too. The shitty returns for trading Cone and Jackson and later Saberhagen single-handedly torpedoed that late 80s/early 90s squad, along with Bo’s injury. I mean, Kurt ****ing Stilwell and Ed Hearn? McReynolds? |
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08-17-2020, 06:56 AM | #1305 |
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Just think how much better the MLB playoffs are now. 1989 Royals had second best record in entire MLB. Yet they finished 7 games behind the Athletics. No playoffs.
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