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[Frobby]

1 hour ago, Beef Supreme said:

Actually. they were a .000 team, not a .500 team.

Buck's achievements were infinitely incalculable.

I believe 0-0 is the null set, not expressable as a decimal.

[esmd]

Never liked Gibbons.  Hard pass.

[esmd]

It seems to me it'll either be Showalter returning or a no-name, "I'm just happy to be a MLB manager" type.  No one with any positive credentials would want the job, IMO, at least not for next year or probably the year after.  Maybe in 2-3 years if the prospects work out and they being ascending.

[eddie83]

Eric Wedge.  

[Tx Oriole]

2 hours ago, Redskins Rick said:

and some of the younger posters here, dont remember the crap before Buck.

 

I know I give Buck a hard time. But like you I remember those before Buck. I mean I like Buck. But his using CD so much drives me nutty. 

[JR Oriole]

1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:

I'll refrain to my original post here.  Gotta have the horses.  Hargrove had em in Cleveland, didn't have em here.  Did Hargrove just all of a sudden lose his managing skills?

Speaking of horses, boy does Alex Cora have them.  I watched the Braves-Red Sox series.  I cannot believe how good the Sox are....zero weaknesses.  They dusted off Brandon Phillips yesterday and he hit a home run with two out in the 9th that is still going.  Going to be tough as hell for any team to win a series against them.  I am not sure that you even need a good manager when every player in your lineup is a really good hitter.  The only question mark is Price in the playoffs, but that offense could make it a moot point.

[weams]

1 minute ago, JR Oriole said:

Speaking of horses, boy does Alex Cora have them.  I watched the Braves-Red Sox series.  I cannot believe how good the Sox are....zero weaknesses.  They dusted off Brandon Phillips yesterday and he hit a home run with two out in the 9th that is still going.  Going to be tough as hell for any team to win a series against them.  I am not sure that you even need a good manager when every player in your lineup is a really good hitter.  The only question mark is Price in the playoffs, but that offense could make it a moot point.

They might be out after one series. Luck. Baseball gods. 

[Can_of_corn]

5 minutes ago, weams said:

They might be out after one series. Luck. Baseball gods. 

2001 Mariners.

[Ruzious]

7 minutes ago, JR Oriole said:

Speaking of horses, boy does Alex Cora have them.  I watched the Braves-Red Sox series.  I cannot believe how good the Sox are....zero weaknesses.  They dusted off Brandon Phillips yesterday and he hit a home run with two out in the 9th that is still going.  Going to be tough as hell for any team to win a series against them.  I am not sure that you even need a good manager when every player in your lineup is a really good hitter.  The only question mark is Price in the playoffs, but that offense could make it a moot point.

As a Braves fan, that was so hard to watch - total bullpen implosion - especially with former Brave Phillips getting the game-winning hit and former Brave getting the save.  But yeah, Boston is an absurdly good offensive team.  

[JR Oriole]

2 minutes ago, weams said:

They might be out after one series. Luck. Baseball gods. 

I would absolutely love it.  But it will be very tough.  Last three world series champs have been extremely good teams....even the damn Royals.  Boston will have home field in every series and they are the best team in baseball.  Obviously that didn't help the Dodgers last year but it definitely helped Houston against the Yankees. 

Been awhile since I saw a lucky champion.  Giants were never great teams but they had Madbum.  And also a lot of role players like Scutaro and Vogelsong who picked the perfect time to be really good.  Maybe the 2011 Cardinals were lucky.....because Cruz' misplay absolutely cost Texas the championship. 

2001 Mariners had a great record for sure.  But I never understood how they were that good.  And the Yankees were always there to stop them.  Like Oakland, they could never handle New York when it counted.

[JR Oriole]

Just now, Ruzious said:

As a Braves fan, that was so hard to watch - total bullpen implosion - especially with former Brave Phillips getting the game-winning hit and former Brave getting the save.  But yeah, Boston is an absurdly good offensive team.  

It was horrible.  I live in Atlanta and the Braves are my second team.  I was furious yesterday.  Worse regular season loss I saw in a long time.  Reminded me of that classic game in 2012 that we won against the Yankees after we had the big lead and they came back.  Difference was we won that game, which I thought for sure the Braves would do after Freeman homered. 

They better win 3 of 4 in Arizona to erase the stench of that collapse. 

[Ruzious]

8 minutes ago, JR Oriole said:

It was horrible.  I live in Atlanta and the Braves are my second team.  I was furious yesterday.  Worse regular season loss I saw in a long time.  Reminded me of that classic game in 2012 that we won against the Yankees after we had the big lead and they came back.  Difference was we won that game, which I thought for sure the Braves would do after Freeman homered. 

They better win 3 of 4 in Arizona to erase the stench of that collapse. 

I feel ya.  I can't say I'm surprised that both Philly and Atlanta have failed to keep up their paces - both teams being green.  What's surprised me is Washington not taking advantage - and actually selling.  Atlanta's schedule is not easy for the rest of the season, but it is nice to still have a 3 game lead.  Ya know what might be the key for Atlanta down the stretch - Use their rookie pitchers in the back end of the bullpen!  

[weams]

18 minutes ago, JR Oriole said:

It was horrible.  I live in Atlanta and the Braves are my second team.  I was furious yesterday.  Worse regular season loss I saw in a long time.  Reminded me of that classic game in 2012 that we won against the Yankees after we had the big lead and they came back.  Difference was we won that game, which I thought for sure the Braves would do after Freeman homered. 

They better win 3 of 4 in Arizona to erase the stench of that collapse. 

And yet I suppose a case could be made for the Braves losing that one and not the Red Sox winning it. 

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, JR Oriole said:

It was horrible.  I live in Atlanta and the Braves are my second team.  I was furious yesterday.  Worse regular season loss I saw in a long time.  Reminded me of that classic game in 2012 that we won against the Yankees after we had the big lead and they came back.  

To be fair, the Braves did win some ridiculous game earlier this year where they scored six runs in the bottom of the ninth, five of which were with two outs as six consecutive hitters reached base.

[JR Oriole]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

To be fair, the Braves did win some ridiculous game earlier this year where they scored six runs in the bottom of the ninth, five of which were with two outs as six consecutive hitters reached base.

They also lost a ridiculous game to the Cubs in Chicago very early on.  But I think the issue is that even though a loss is always just a loss mathematically, some are worse than others....especially a loss in September when you have a 7-1 lead in the 8th at home, followed by an 8-7 lead with 2 outs at home, trying to avoid getting swept.  I would rather lose painfully in April than in September.  A veteran team is usually okay, but it is harder for a young team.  The great thing about baseball though is pain is always short-lived.  It isn't like football where you have to sit on an awful loss for a week. 

I think the AL Playoffs will be very entertaining.  I expect Oakland to go the way of Minnesota and get rolled out of New York.  So I think the four teams we will have left will all be really solid.  In the NL, I think it's a Chicago-Colorado NLCS.  I did not see the Rockies coming but man that team is deep.  And seeing Wade Davis just gives me 2014 nightmares again.