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  1. USAFChief
    If the goal posts are going to keep moving, there's no point continuing this.
  2. USAFChief
    Like the offense in Detroit. edit: ninja'd.
  3. USAFChief
    And that time is not here yet, Van.
  4. USAFChief
    Sanozie dropped waaaay down in the batting order? also: gracias for posting!
  5. USAFChief
    I imagine he put it in across the throat axis, instead of parallel. Rookie mistake.
  6. USAFChief
    "How did Cleveland build their team that has been elite for the past few seasons? Someone please show me their mega free agents. Show me where they traded top prospects." Cleveland's top four starters: Kluber, Bauer, Clevenger, and Carrasco. None are products of the Cleveland farm system, all were acquired from other teams. Starting lineup: Lindor and Ramirez are products of the Cleveland farm system. Pending tonight's starting lineup, none of the others will be. DH Edwin Encarnacion signed for $20M/year as a FA.
  7. USAFChief
    No, but I am. ba-dum-tschhh
  8. USAFChief
    Well, you have to logic your way out of these things, Platoon. "But Mrs Chief I didn't put the laundry in the washing machine."* *pro tip: this works better if you never put the laundry in the washing machine
  9. USAFChief
    No. The hamster is missing.
  10. USAFChief
    False! It's bed time.
  11. USAFChief
    yes.
  12. USAFChief
    "Okay, okay, okay, listen up. This Kulber guy? He's going to throw fastballs, breaking balls, and change ups. Down in the zone, and up in the zone. He's going to try to strike you out, and limit the number of baserunners we get. Don't fall for it. Questions?"
  13. USAFChief
    no.
  14. USAFChief
    Well, this is it. The final showdown. The biggest sporting event in the world! If not the “Thrillah in Manilla”, then “Our Offense May Be Bland, But Watch Out Cleve-land!” The entire season boils down to this one, three game slug(less)fest at the Jake. Sweep, and the ALC is ours! Get swept…Season. Over. Wait. It’s only June. Never mind. Still, a big series if you’re like me…still clinging to the ridiculous notion that this season isn’t over yet. Buxton will come back and dominate, Dozier will SLG .700 from here on out, the bullpen won’t cough up another lead all season, Rosario and Escobar will maintain .900 OPSs respectively, Mauer will pull a ball into the RF corner, and Sano will cut his K rate down to 50% (in the FSL). Kyle Gibson vs something called Klubey, or Klubbery or something. A nobody I’ve never heard of. We win easily. Get ‘er done! Lineups to follow, by someone please. I won’t have time this afternoon to post them. I’ve got to fix my washing machine, it stopped draining. Once I fix that, I have to find my pet hamster, he’s gone missing.
  15. USAFChief
    Please explain how that has made the difference for the Yankees--rescued them from failure--which was the point the original poster was trying to make. Again...the poster stated that the Yankees only recently had success, once they stopped buying players.
  16. USAFChief
    The poster originally stated it only started working out for the Yankees (and Dodgers) once they stopped buying players. That's ... incorrect, to be politically correct. For one thing, they have never been "down." For another, they haven't stopped buying players. And if you really want to consider missing the playoffs in three of the last four seasons as "down," then that completely invalidates the poster's position that they've only gotten good in recent years once they stopped buying players. Your point seems to be they should go back to buying players, shouldn't it?
  17. USAFChief
    What "down" time? The last sub-.500 season for the Yankees was 1992. The data I provided above was for the period 1997-2017.
  18. USAFChief
    Since 1997 (not counting 2018 to date), the Yankees have gone a collective 1881-1341, with zero seasons below .500. They've won at least 90 games 14 times, 4 of which were over 100. They've made the post season 17 times, and gone 4-2 in 6 World Series appearances. I'd say it worked out pretty well, but maybe that's just me.
  19. USAFChief
    So not just "mechanical." Just one man's opinion, but I find the idea this is purely about his swing to be...doubtful.
  20. USAFChief
    The difference is...a manager can't just decide to have the team score more runs. But a manager absolutely can, and does, make the decision about when to remove a pitcher. The good ones rarely have a starter lose a lead late. The bad ones wait until the train has left the station to buy a ticket, and then lament the schedule.
  21. USAFChief
    I asked this in the game thread, I'll ask again here. I wonder how many times Molitor has removed a starter, after the 5th inning, immediately after the starter gives up a tieing or go ahead run. He's possibly the worst manager I've ever seen at waiting until the damage has been done before the grim faced trudge out to the mound to take the ball.
  22. USAFChief
    Nothing. But I can add 2 and 2 and get 4. Buxton has always appeared to me, and has been reported as, earnest and hard working. Sano has...not. For one thing--and I know this is unpopular around here among some--he is overweight.
  23. USAFChief
    I'm going to guess Buxton's issues are entirely performance related. And Sano's aren't. So no, I'm betting they don't.
  24. USAFChief
    Good. It's pretty difficult for me to understand how anyone could question this.
  25. USAFChief
    I wonder what the count is of Molitor removing a starter immediately after the starter gives up a go-ahead hit.
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