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Uli2001 Hangout Grand Counsel

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I was talking to my father in law's fianc? yesterday about this. I am addicted to them. The only time I turned away in my life was the 4-32 stretch in 2002. Even then I would flip on to see the score. Deep down I didn't think we would make post mason but I didn't see us imploding.

This may be a blessing in disguise. If they were competitive until the end and just missed the playoffs, that would guarantee that no changes were made in the offseason. Business as usual.

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Each game, inning, or pitch I keep waiting for this team to turn it around. I mean just a few weeks ago we had the 2nd wild card spot.. It's a tough year.

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We are going to be losing some guys that were a big part of the turnaround here. I hate to see them go out like this. Not representive of how they fought at the end of 2010 and 2011 and the last 3 seasons. I have never seen this team play like this under Buck. In 2011 our pitching was just so horrible. Even that team fought.

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The team you will see next year may NOT even be THIS good. But it will be under construction.They have a lot of work to do.

Is it just me or does Buck more and more look like a guy who was just told his wife was crushed by a giant ACME anvil

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