ChiSox1917

From what i read it was .09 at the scene (update said he blew at the scene) and then the blood test actually came in higher at .095. Either way, its the equivalent to me of someone driving 15-20mph over the speed limit.

Was really surprised williams won the NL roy. Just such a small sample size for a reliever only playing 60 games

Hes 100% guillty. But at the same time he blew a 0.09. Shouldve got a cab, but i think some context matters here. imagine how many people leaving guaranteed rate after a game and driving home would blow a 0.09 if pulled over.

Shouldve gotten an uber. But the fanbases reaction (the vocal part of it at least) is overboard.

didnt really express an opinion one way or the other, just expressed the questions the situation creates. Did state that he likes to judge someones character through his own interactions and wasnt one to jump into the online lynch mobs. bauer is a very cerebral guy. Really hope he comes here. Hed be a fantastic mentor for some of the younger guys

Why? According to most posters here there wont be fans in the stands anyway.

How is ironic unless capital g is TLR??? keep grinding that axe

Lmao. No. ive always wondered who these people are that spend their free time contacting advertisers.

No hes racist. And old.

Tldr

The veiled racism and ageism in this post is pretty gross. the insinuation that TLR is racist and influenced by “the jim crow south” is at best ignorant of a guy who grew up in ybor of all places. The claim that hes mentally failing is absurd and is only being parroted by losers like you looking for excuses to be against the hire.

Walker is a good back end of the rotation guy to target as long as hes healthy

What?

Is he good?

Where's there any evidence he's cognitively declined?

Imagine a fan base being upset for hiring Bill Belicheck after he took a few years off. That's the equivalent of how this fan base has acted regarding TLR. Boo hoo, they didn't interview a bunch of scrub candidates in comparison to TLR, who is a top 3 manager of the last 50 years. Absolutely absurd. People are upset that we have a literal Hall of Fame manager.

lol yeah Robin was worse. But Rickey's teams were pretty damn sloppy too. neither of them had any business being MLB managers

Rickey Renteria

There are plenty of articles out there with quotes from Colorado execs who were thinking of moving him to Catcher prior to his defensive improvement in 2011, even quotes by Arenado admitting that he was slow and out of shape for an infielder. No one looked at Arenado as a prospect and thought that he would be as good defensively as he is today. Still wondering how he became so good? A little thing called....WORK.

Keith Law on Arenado: hmmm...specifically mentions that he might get there due to his WORK ethic.

Again, you're the one that brought up work ethic as justification for why a manager enforcing playing hard isn't needed, and that all they needed was to continue to look up to Abreu. It was a strange argument, but I gave a response to it. Eloy has been in the bigs for 2 years. He's had zero defensive improvement. Something isn't working. Other players do improve their defense, so either the coaching has sucked (honestly, this is pretty likely), or Eloy hasn't given enough effort (plausible - frankly no one knows - and a youtube video doesn't prove anything either way). Moncada regressed this year. Badly. I prefaced what I wrote saying that it could be due to covid fatigue, but it also could be lack of focus/effort. Neither of us know. You want to say people are working hard because some article says guys look up to Abreu. I think that's meaningless if results on the field don't reflect any improvement.

Is this a serious post? What does production have to do with how hard he works? Seriously? Re-read that question. Go look at Schwarber with the Cubs. You think his defensive improvement was due to his "skill" and not his effort in improving? What about Arenado at 3B? The guy was projected to be borderline to stay at 3B as a prospect. His WORK, not his skill, led to him becoming the best defensive third baseman in the league. On what planet do you live where you think a player's production doesn't have to do with how hard he works? This is easily the dumbest thing I've read on here. But what else can be expected from someone who doesn't even watch baseball games?

Haven't said anything about being a "disciplinarian". TLR's teams do not play sloppy. His Oakland teams didn't. His Cardinals teams didn't. Did you watch the games this year? I watched every single one. This team was not crisp. It was incredibly talented though, which overcame a lot of it. And part of the problem was that Rickey wasn't correcting it. TLR holds his players accountable, and makes them better by doing it. You were the one that brought up work ethic, and I gave a response to it. It's one thing to go out and practice a lot. It's another to practice the right way and improve. Eloy is the worst defensive outfielder I have ever seen. I have not seen any improvement in that aspect of his game. Moncada specifically has had questions about his work ethic since coming up in the minors. Yes he improved from 2018 - 2019, but is that his peak? Given his skill set, I hope not. What am I supposed to learn from that video? Wake me up when Eloy isn't a complete liability in left field.

wow. a youtube video. when will his defense improve?

Have Moncada and Eloy shown a hard work ethic at this point? I haven't seen it. I like Eloy but he has made zero improvement defensively. Moncada is harder to tell. It very well may be the case that he was really plagued this year by Covid fatigue, but he also has reports out about him eating 50 twinkies a week and concerns he can't play through minor bumps and bruises. I love Abreu, and he's shown a ton of personal work ethic (also Anderson). But I don't believe that it has necessarily inspired others. Not to mention that work ethic and personal improvement aren't all there is to it. Some of these guys need to be called out for loafing, and making mental errors in game. We had an insanely talented team last year (on the offensive end), but there was still a lot of sloppy play. TLR's teams don't play sloppy baseball.