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Legend_Of_Joey Hangout Grand Counsel

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1 minute ago, Sessh said:

I remember seeing someone mention that. Threads shouldn't be disappearing obviously, so I guess the OH tech guy (I forget his name, I don't spend nearly as much time here anymore) has a mystery to solve.

The game thread is a mystery.

The other thread you mentioned though was deleted by the original poster.

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Just now, Legend_Of_Joey said:

The game thread is a mystery.

The other thread you mentioned though was deleted by the original poster.

Okay, I'm glad that is known for sure. It would be odd if that thread just vanished for no reason. No mystery after all. :)

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3 minutes ago, Sessh said:

I remember seeing someone mention that. Threads shouldn't be disappearing obviously, so I guess the OH tech guy (I forget his name, I don't spend nearly as much time here anymore) has a mystery to solve.

The game thread disappeared.   Not sure why that happened.

The discussion about Tony's article was deleted by the guy who started it.   He was kind of getting ahead of himself, without having read the article which doesn't exist yet, he was tweeting media people about it, and it was just getting a bit out of hand.  When we have read the article that Tony writes, THEN we can get the pitchforks and torches out.   In the mean time, just keep them ready in a convenient location so you can grab them and quickly join the mob when the time is right.

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7 hours ago, wildbillhiccup said:

It really makes me wonder if this wasn't going on (to some extent) before the Toronto incident. Maybe that's why Duquette was open to the idea in the first place. Because he was being undermined by ownership, Buck and Brady. Just a thought...

What you are surmising is what I think probably happened too.  If you look at it, as Brady gained power, DD likely lost it, and the moves and signings worsened.  I don't think Brady is the guy to take over.  My gut feeling is he is an interloper that caught the ear of the Angeloses.  Nothing new here.  The Angeloses are notorious for rubbing shoulders with the players.  The only points that the club did anything noteworthy are when they kept their noses out of the baseball operations long enough to allow the baseball guys like McPhail and DD do what they know.  Once we hear an Angelos is taking on a different, more active role, disaster is near.  Ever since hearing that Brady was gaining the trust of the Angeloses, the needle has been down.  I don't think that is coincidence.

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3 minutes ago, SteveA said:

The game thread disappeared.   Not sure why that happened.

The discussion about Tony's article was deleted by the guy who started it.   He was kind of getting ahead of himself, without having read the article which doesn't exist yet, he was tweeting media people about it, and it was just getting a bit out of hand.  When we have read the article that Tony writes, THEN we can get the pitchforks and torches out.   In the mean time, just keep them ready in a convenient location so you can grab them and quickly join the mob when the time is right.

Yes, I erased the thread I started. It was getting out of hand, but 8-26 will do that to a guy. 

Tony said, "more to come tonight", when referencing his article.

I'm sure he is triple checking every thing before posting it.

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33 minutes ago, Flacco Machado said:

Yes, I erased the thread I started. It was getting out of hand, but 8-26 will do that to a guy. 

Tony said, "more to come tonight", when referencing his article.

I'm sure he is triple checking every thing before posting it.

We’d probably be reading it now. All the hype you gave it. The proofreading has to be intense. Haha. 

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1 hour ago, SteveA said:

The game thread disappeared.   Not sure why that happened.

The discussion about Tony's article was deleted by the guy who started it.   He was kind of getting ahead of himself, without having read the article which doesn't exist yet, he was tweeting media people about it, and it was just getting a bit out of hand.  When we have read the article that Tony writes, THEN we can get the pitchforks and torches out.   In the mean time, just keep them ready in a convenient location so you can grab them and quickly join the mob when the time is right.

Who we going to jab with the pitchfork? Peter? Buck, Brady or DD? 

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My view is this the worst roster a GM could build - and that has to fall on Duquette.   It's unbelievable how much they can preach the importance of defense and run a team like this out there.  Now I"m sure he had both hands tied behind his back, but still - he didn't get it done.  He'll have to go.

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