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[HinnyHoosier 4,336]

I’d love to. But that would be quite unfair. 

It’s ok. He kind of earned it since he said the Cardinals were a better organization as soon as he left the Cubs. Which, he’s not necessarily wrong, but that’s an unnecessary dagger to the Cubs faithful who backed him fiercely.

I might be bitter


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[Rico 2,911]

On 5/4/2023 at 7:58 PM, NashvilleHoosier said:

10-22 for the Cards. This is the first time in my lifetime *that I can actually remember* the Cards being a total non-contender. And honestly it’s overdue. Blow the whole thing up. All of it. They are absolute toast. Fire sale. Throw every single last hint of “the Cardinal way” in the garbage and move forward with something resembling the modern game. 

LOL...I remember the Cards of the 70s very well.  Never finished 1st in the their division.  I didn't mind them back then.

[LamarCheeks 16,812]

BTW, the A's are on pace to win roughly 29 games this season. 

That's not particularly good. 

Guess Moneyball went broke! 

[Rico 2,911]

Break up the Reds.

[bigrod 2,784]

13 hours ago, Rico said:

Break up the Reds.

Ha! I keep waiting to see how their management will screw this up.

[Rico 2,911]

3 minutes ago, bigrod said:

Ha! I keep waiting to see how their management will screw this up.

Nah.  Management has it all figured out.

[mamasa 14,818]

Reds en fuego! Streak at 11, longest since 1957

[LIHoosier 24,996]

Perfect! What's so amazing is that his last start was so freaking awful.

 

[Demo 17,322]

This is the funniest thing I’ve read in a minute.

[HinnyHoosier 4,336]

On 6/22/2023 at 8:12 AM, mamasa said:

Reds en fuego! Streak at 11, longest since 1957

Might be a fun finish for the NL Central. Now the Cubs are exploding. Tougher test starting a series with the Braves tonight though. 

[LamarCheeks 16,812]

Grew up about 45 minutes from Chicago, so am a Cubs fan. Always have been. Always will be. 

But these days, I live about 10 miles from Baltimore's Triple-A team, so have seen a lot of these youngsters come through here and am in the O's TV market, so get to watch them regularly. These Birds are a fun team -- and could be good for a few years. 

Besides, everybody knows that once Buck Showalter leaves a team, it goes to the World Series! 

 

[Rico 2,911]

On 8/4/2023 at 9:41 PM, LamarCheeks said:

Grew up about 45 minutes from Chicago, so am a Cubs fan. Always have been. Always will be. 

But these days, I live about 10 miles from Baltimore's Triple-A team, so have seen a lot of these youngsters come through here and am in the O's TV market, so get to watch them regularly. These Birds are a fun team -- and could be good for a few years. 

Besides, everybody knows that once Buck Showalter leaves a team, it goes to the World Series! 

 

I always will be a Earl Weaver fan.  Now Luke Weaver is a different story.

[Demo 17,322]

Genius 

[Naturalhoosier 15,353]

13 hours ago, Demo said:

Genius 

In my best Bob Ueker voice…Tried for the corner but missed. 

[JSHoosier 19,559]

Soto and Grisham to the Yankees for some pitching prospects (King, Thorp, Brito, Vasquez) and a backup catcher (Higashioka).

[LIHoosier 24,996]

14 hours ago, JSHoosier said:

Soto and Grisham to the Yankees for some pitching prospects (King, Thorp, Brito, Vasquez) and a backup catcher (Higashioka).

The one I'm gonna miss is Michael King. The only bright spot of the last two months was King progressing from being a 4-6 out reliever to a decent starter who was getting thru 6 innings by the end of the season.

[JSHoosier 19,559]

43 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

The one I'm gonna miss is Michael King. The only bright spot of the last two months was King progressing from being a 4-6 out reliever to a decent starter who was getting thru 6 innings by the end of the season.

He's a good story and now they need pitching help. I'm not worried about Thorpe since the attrition rate on young pitchers is pretty high and they churn out the likes of Brito and Vasquez regularly.  It's Juan Soto though, a top 10 player with a higher walk rate than k rate.

And now a guy with a .400 OBP can be slotted in front of Judge.

[LIHoosier 24,996]

Ohtani to the Dodgers, 10 years...

700 MILLION DOLLARS

[JSHoosier 19,559]

25 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

Ohtani to the Dodgers, 10 years...

700 MILLION DOLLARS

And he won't pitch this year. And on his 3rd UCL. After a 2nd Tommy John surgery.

[Brass Cannon 24,064]

That’s likely going to turn into the worst contract ever maybe it doesn’t but statistically it will