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MLB 2019: Mad Max Beyond Astrodome

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Fun fact: The last time a World Series was played in Washington, D.C., Mel Ott hit two dingers. (Well, he hit one in New York and one in D.C.)

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Ar-Pharazon said:
That should be good for the Phils, except maybe Harper. Not sure how he'll handle a manager like Giradi. At the least, it shows the Phils really want to win.
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I don't know. There were way too many stories about how Girardi in New York absolutely ignored the analytics guys. And red-ass managers like him tend to burn out a clubhouse relatively quickly.
 
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Timby said:
Fun fact: The last time a World Series was played in Washington, D.C., Mel Ott hit two dingers. (Well, he hit one in New York and one in D.C.)

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I don't know. There were way too many stories about how Girardi in New York absolutely ignored the analytics guys. And red-ass managers like him tend to burn out a clubhouse relatively quickly.
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Don't you think "all metrics all the time" managers have the same problem? Our guys seemed to tune out Maddon more and more the last 2 years and he certainly wasn't riding anybody's ass.
 
Ar-Pharazon said:
Don't you think "all metrics all the time" managers have the same problem? Our guys seemed to tune out Maddon more and more the last 2 years and he certainly wasn't riding anybody's ass.
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I think there's a happy medium somewhere, like the Bruce Bochys and the Kevin Cashes and the Craig Counsells of the world. Red-ass managers--think of Lou Piniella, for example--inevitably wear out the clubhouse sooner rather than later.

Edit: And I know you wanted Girardi, but remember, he's the only manager to get fired immediately after winning Manager of the Year ... twice. That suggests significant personality issues.
 
Timby said:
I think there's a happy medium somewhere, like the Bruce Bochys and the Kevin Cashes and the Craig Counsells of the world. Red-ass managers--think of Lou Piniella, for example--inevitably wear out the clubhouse sooner rather than later.

Edit: And I know you wanted Girardi, but remember, he's the only manager to get fired immediately after winning Manager of the Year ... twice. That suggests significant personality issues.
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It could turn out Girardi has learned to tone things down. If he has, the Phillies will be a team to worry about.

And you 're right, the Cubs went with a guy that will toe the company line. I just hope he has enough respect from the players to get off to a good start. Of course, like you said, we need a lot of help.

Has there been any indication of the Cubs going out and getting new hitting & pitching coached? I really feel like those two need to go as well.
 
Ar-Pharazon said:
Has there been any indication of the Cubs going out and getting new hitting & pitching coached?
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The team hasn't announced anything yet. Generally, Epstein has had more control over the hiring and firing of the coaching staff than the manager has, so it's hard to say what, if any, input Ross will have there. I wouldn't object to them retaining Hottovy, because he got Darvish un-fucked, and Mark Loretta can stay as bench coach because I always loved him during his playing days, but Iapoce probably has to go, because Bryant is regressing badly and pitchers have caught up to Baez.
 
Stephanie Apstein met with Jeff Luhnow in the dugout just now. She asked for a retraction to the team’s first statement suggesting she fabricated her story. He didn’t commit to issuing one.
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HOW ARE THEY SO BAD AT THIS

Edit: Like, seriously, Rob Manfred has to be calling Jim Crane every fifteen minutes and screaming "What the fuck is wrong with you people" or something, because HOLY SHIT.
 
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Timby said:
Fun fact: The last time a World Series was played in Washington, D.C., Mel Ott hit two dingers. (Well, he hit one in New York and one in D.C.)
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That's a great fun fact and not just because his full name is so close to my own. :D

Timby said:
HOW ARE THEY SO BAD AT THIS

Edit: Like, seriously, Rob Manfred has to be calling Jim Crane every fifteen minutes and screaming "What the fuck is wrong with you people" or something, because HOLY SHIT.
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Wow. Fucking fuck.

I keep hoping this story is brought up during the broadcast but of course it won't.
 
cardinal biggles said:
Maybe if they put a tray full of Big Macs up on the mound...
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The Nationals have already said that Trump has not been, and will not be, invited to throw out a first pitch.

Instead, chef José Andrés, who pulled out of an agreement to have a restaurant in Trump's D.C. hotel following Trump's ranting about Mexican immigrants on the campaign trail, is throwing out tomorrow's first pitch.
 
Your NL and AL relievers of the year ... racist Josh Hader and domestic abuser Aroldis Chapman.
 
Ar-Pharazon said:
That should be good for the Phils, except maybe Harper. Not sure how he'll handle a manager like Giradi. At the least, it shows the Phils really want to win.
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I was really hoping the Phillies would hire Dusty Baker. First, I love Dusty, I want him to win, I want him to get a ring, and I want him in Cooperstown. Second, Bryce Harper absolutely loved Dusty (though Harper says Dave Martinez was his best manager overall in DC), and I think their good rapport would continue. I really thought, as recently as ten days ago, that Girardi would get the Cubs job and Dusty would get the Phillies job, and all would be good with the world.

I want the David Ross hiring to work in Chicago, but I'm uncomfortable with it. The Cubs have put themselves in a position that they refused to take with Ryne Sandberg -- they've hired a fan-favorite player as a manager, and there's going to come a point where they're going to have to fire (or not extend) that person as a manager. They didn't do that with Sandberg (which, as his track record in Philly showed, was for the best), but they did with Ross. Maybe the difference is that Ross won a ring in Chicago, and the ring is forever; even if he sucks as a manager, the thinking is Ross will always have Chicagoans' affection for 2016. Fans are fickle, though, and "what have you done for me lately?" recency has a way of eclipsing the memories of the good times.
 
Timby said:
The Nationals have already said that Trump has not been, and will not be, invited to throw out a first pitch.

Instead, chef José Andrés, who pulled out of an agreement to have a restaurant in Trump's D.C. hotel following Trump's ranting about Mexican immigrants on the campaign trail, is throwing out tomorrow's first pitch.
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That just means Trump won't show up until after the first pitch, making the night a living Hell for everyone who paid for tickets to go.
 
Allyn Gibson said:
I was really hoping the Phillies would hire Dusty Baker. First, I love Dusty, I want him to win, I want him to get a ring, and I want him in Cooperstown. Second, Bryce Harper absolutely loved Dusty (though Harper says Dave Martinez was his best manager overall in DC), and I think their good rapport would continue. I really thought, as recently as ten days ago, that Girardi would get the Cubs job and Dusty would get the Phillies job, and all would be good with the world.

I want the David Ross hiring to work in Chicago, but I'm uncomfortable with it. The Cubs have put themselves in a position that they refused to take with Ryne Sandberg -- they've hired a fan-favorite player as a manager, and there's going to come a point where they're going to have to fire (or not extend) that person as a manager. They didn't do that with Sandberg (which, as his track record in Philly showed, was for the best), but they did with Ross. Maybe the difference is that Ross won a ring in Chicago, and the ring is forever; even if he sucks as a manager, the thinking is Ross will always have Chicagoans' affection for 2016. Fans are fickle, though, and "what have you done for me lately?" recency has a way of eclipsing the memories of the good times.
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I genuinely think the entire thinking behind the Ross hiring for Chicago is that Epstein is following the popular trend of the front office having more and more control over in-game decisions. Billy Beane has been doing it in Oakland for years, as has Brian Cashman in New York (reportedly a reason he sacked Girardi, because Girardi told him to fuck off), Brodie Van Wagenen was calling down to the dugout during Mets games to tell Callaway what to do with pitching changes this past season, and Friedman has been doing it with the Dodgers. Epstein has two huge blind spots: First, nepotism (as I explained in an earlier post). Second, he has a semi-pathological obsession with being able to say, "Look how fucking smart I am."
 
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