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  1. Green Bay week. Will they play Love? Obviously this is a big game for them, but if they put him in there, they'll be sweating it out all game. They've seen what the Vikings pass rush has done to the other QBs and if Love is even a bit hobbled....
  2. Moderator Note: Stay on topic and stay away from the personal attacks.
  3. Agreed. What happened tonight should have been done in private.
  4. Good advice. Whether alone, or with friends, always close the door when you take a dump, it's the polite thing to do.
  5. Checking their roster now....... Undetermined. Their roster has no players that can be identified with a Google search.
  6. Can they swing a bat with nine fingers?!?!?
  7. At this point, he might be saying, "If I'm going down, I'm taking everyone with me."
  8. Sounds like good bullpen material.
  9. I still couldn't do it. And reading most of the posts on this site, hardly anyone here could.
  10. Honestly, I have to hand it to the broadcasters at the end of seasons like this. They're certainly as frustrated as the fans, yet have way more self control to bite their tongues and try to throw sugar on the spoonful of horse crap they're forced to feed everyone. I couldn't do it, even for a paycheck.
  11. Pretty sure the Giants are paying half of his salary and the Mariners the other half. https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/news/mlb-offseason-mariners-trade-former-sf-giants-anthony-desclafani-twins-jorge-polanco
  12. They also signed Correa and extended Lopez. Gallo and those other mid level and lower free agents are the problem. They could have kept Sonny Gray or acquired a similar pitcher and basically kept the same payroll as last year; far less than 200M. I agree that the front office is being inefficient though, specifically with platooning. Two players to do one job? That's a bad use of roster space. One player to do one job and then you can build your bench to be more flexible and more productive.
  13. I don't disagree. I put most of the blame on ownership. Pulling the plug on spending on good MLB players is the biggest factor here. They took their foot off of the gas when it looked like this team had a shot at winning the race if they only floored it instead. But I am tired of Baldelli continually throwing the same things against the wall that he has already seen don't stick, instead of seeing if something new will. I mean, Wallner only has seven hits against left handers this year, but that is still incalculably a higher percentage than Margot has hits as a pinch hitter.
  14. I'd actually say Gardy was the different manager. Everyone's favorite manager Tom Kelly was more similar to Baldelli at least in terms of unabashedly deferring to the less talented veteran players. He didn't seem to trust or even like young players. Gardy took over when the team was at it's payroll nadir but prospect peak and did well both trusting the young guys and getting the most from them. If this team is slashing payroll again, they're going to need another Ron Gardenhire, because someone is going to have to get the most out of these young players or else we'll be stuck praying that more bargain bin free agents are going to somehow save the day.
  15. They fired Gardenhire after things got stale, and then did the same with Molitor even just one year removed from a playoff appearance. In both cases I was in favor of the moves, not necessarily because the managers did anything wrong, but because firing the manager tends to be one of the most effective moves when it comes to motivating under-performing players. The situation is similar now and it's easier and cheaper to replace the manager than a dozen players. However I agree, Baldelli likely isn't going anywhere for the simple reason that he's still under contract and with ownership crying poor, I don't see them paying two managers next year.
  16. Sorry, but I can't get behind the unconditional trust angle, because for every instance he trusts a player, he also distrusts another. His trust in Margot to pinch hit is offset by his distrust in Wallner to stay in the lineup. His trust in Cole Irvin or Caleb Theilbar or Ronny Hernandez is offset by his distrust of the starting pitcher.
  17. Announcer: Trevor Lawrence's problem is that he's always trying to be perfect. Sure? I can't quite wrap my mind around that logic, but you're the expert.
  18. Maybe they were saying Booooo-rrow?
  19. I thought he was going to be the best of the rookie QBs since he could improvise with his legs, yet he hasn't run all that much this year. I'm not a Kliff Kingsbury fan (geez, what's up with me and all the coach hate today?), but Daniels could be special.
  20. Admittedly, I never liked Pederson, I thought he lucked his way into a one in a million situation. I thought Frank Reich was the secret mastermind on that team. So, I obviously didn't nail that half of the take!
  21. As a team they seemed to give up as soon as the Bills scored. Kind of like another team I know.........
  22. I was just going to come here to ask who had the Jaguars as the worst team in the league? I'd say Lawrence is overrated but not a bottom of the barrel QB. Doug Pederson? Very likely a terrible coach though.
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