ron883 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Goodness, the Cards have to be feeling bad about trading away Arozarena Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 6 hours ago, Yearnin' for Yermin said: Goodness, the Cards have to be feeling bad about trading away Arozarena They also traded Voit away for Gallegos. They've given away quite a bit of offensive talent for a team that has trouble scoring runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 That steal of home last night was fun, shame it didn't work. Had the runner on first deaked I think kershaw gets just enough confused he gets home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 23 hours ago, Yearnin' for Yermin said: Goodness, the Cards have to be feeling bad about trading away Arozarena Crazy that it was looked as a bad deal at the time trading away Liberatore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Hit Men Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 On 10/25/2020 at 9:57 AM, NWINFan said: Your analysis here is excellent. People tend to ignore history. That is short-sighted. Not to mention the fact that some try to compare a league which is pro player run by media savvy professionals like the NBA, vs. a league which where JR staged a coup of any semblance of independent leadership by installing his puppet used car salesman boob commissioner after Bart died and JR eliminated Fay Vincent. JR and his puppet "brain trust" proceeded to cancel the 1994 season and destroy interest in the sport which has never recovered. Interest continues to decrease each season, dwindling like horse racing, boxing, cockfighting and bullfighting. MLB is also anti-labor/player, and JR is among the firmest hardliners. JR was happy to cancel 1994, and will be just as happy to cancel 2022 and beyond if it means a few dollars more. Compare and contrast to the NBA, where there are enough forward looking professional owners (i.e. not Jerry Reinsdorfs and the Knick's "brain trust") backing progressive leadership to work and seek a healthy relationship with their players, the only reason anyone flips a switch to watch the product. You don't see endless acrimony, cancelled seasons, or dwindling interest with the NBA. Leadership matters. Failed leadership, largely the result of JR successful coup against Fay Vincent and installation of his puppet commissioner, is why MLB has dropped over 75% in television ratings during JR's 40 years as owner. Compare and contrast to sports run by competent professionals like the NFL (Pete Rozelle) and NBA (David Stern), who ate their lunch, and then some, over the same period. JR sabotaged the NHL by recommending Count Dracula as Commissioner to $ Bill Wirtz, an older version of Jerry, who held power in the NHL to install him three decades ago. Once Bettman is gone, the league may also pass the MLB in fan interest. One league embraces intelligent independent media savvy owners like Mark Cuban, whereas Reinsdorf and MLB will fight to the death to prevent owners like Mark Cuban from purchasing a MLB team. JR voted against Cohen with the Mets not because of any concern with his business ethics, he is JR after all, but because he wanted the more malleable / controllable ownership group lead by JLo and ARod. JR is the reason the Bulls Gar/Pax era lasted as long as it did, and why White Sox fans are stuck Hahn/Williams until JR is gone. Hahn thought Renteria was such a great manager he extended his contracted less than one year ago, and then like a 13 year old girl, dumped him after two bad months. This is what happens when you have lackeys at the controls, who take less due diligence to hire a manager in 2016 than your local Dairy Queen does to hire an ice cream server. The Friends of Jerry Program is the only "thought" process with the White Sox, it's why we are reading about Tony LaRussa being a "leading candidate" by the "South Side Brain Trust". Even the pathetic Bears ownership wouldn't consider bringing Mike Ditka back, who unlike Tony LaRussa, actually won a championship in Chicago. "Baseball is a mess right now and they have zero vision to see them out of it. I’m thankful they didn’t let me buy a team." https://t.co/W6lIF7mlws — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) February 18, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Been offline for a couple days...this series is great and game 4 was the best baseball I recall even before B9...Sox playoffs excluded of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 2 hours ago, South Side Hit Men said: Not to mention the fact that some try to compare a league which is pro player run by media savvy professionals like the NBA, vs. a league which where JR staged a coup of any semblance of independent leadership by installing his puppet used car salesman boob commissioner after Bart died and JR eliminated Fay Vincent. JR and his puppet "brain trust" proceeded to cancel the 1994 season and destroy interest in the sport which has never recovered. Interest continues to decrease each season, dwindling like horse racing, boxing, cockfighting and bullfighting. MLB is also anti-labor/player, and JR is among the firmest hardliners. JR was happy to cancel 1994, and will be just as happy to cancel 2022 and beyond if it means a few dollars more. Compare and contrast to the NBA, where there are enough forward looking professional owners (i.e. not Jerry Reinsdorfs and the Knick's "brain trust") backing progressive leadership to work and seek a healthy relationship with their players, the only reason anyone flips a switch to watch the product. You don't see endless acrimony, cancelled seasons, or dwindling interest with the NBA. Leadership matters. Failed leadership, largely the result of JR successful coup against Fay Vincent and installation of his puppet commissioner, is why MLB has dropped over 75% in television ratings during JR's 40 years as owner. Compare and contrast to sports run by competent professionals like the NFL (Pete Rozelle) and NBA (David Stern), who ate their lunch, and then some, over the same period. JR sabotaged the NHL by recommending Count Dracula as Commissioner to $ Bill Wirtz, an older version of Jerry, who held power in the NHL to install him three decades ago. Once Bettman is gone, the league may also pass the MLB in fan interest. One league embraces intelligent independent media savvy owners like Mark Cuban, whereas Reinsdorf and MLB will fight to the death to prevent owners like Mark Cuban from purchasing a MLB team. JR voted against Cohen with the Mets not because of any concern with his business ethics, he is JR after all, but because he wanted the more malleable / controllable ownership group lead by JLo and ARod. JR is the reason the Bulls Gar/Pax era lasted as long as it did, and why White Sox fans are stuck Hahn/Williams until JR is gone. Hahn thought Renteria was such a great manager he extended his contracted less than one year ago, and then like a 13 year old girl, dumped him after two bad months. This is what happens when you have lackeys at the controls, who take less due diligence to hire a manager in 2016 than your local Dairy Queen does to hire an ice cream server. The Friends of Jerry Program is the only "thought" process with the White Sox, it's why we are reading about Tony LaRussa being a "leading candidate" by the "South Side Brain Trust". Even the pathetic Bears ownership wouldn't consider bringing Mike Ditka back, who unlike Tony LaRussa, actually won a championship in Chicago. "Baseball is a mess right now and they have zero vision to see them out of it. I’m thankful they didn’t let me buy a team." https://t.co/W6lIF7mlws — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) February 18, 2020 1991 NBA finals rating 15.8 2020 NBA finals ratings 4.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 The “piece of metal” references should be plentiful tonight or tomorrow. Go Rays, but I think the Dodgers finish it off tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R U Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 22 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: 1991 NBA finals rating 15.8 2020 NBA finals ratings 4.0 Ratings tanked because the NBA insisted on being at the forefront of protesting and pissing off a majority of their fanbase, hence the awful ratings 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, T R U said: Ratings tanked because the NBA insisted on being at the forefront of protesting and pissing off a majority of their fanbase, hence the awful ratings Everyone's ratings were down this much this fall. It was the pandemic. The guy I am responding to seems to believe... Compare and contrast to sports run by competent professionals like the NFL (Pete Rozelle) and NBA (David Stern), who ate their lunch, and then some, over the same period. And NBA ratings for the finals were down just as much as the MLB's were. NHL was down 67% YoY. Pretty sure JR didn't ruin MLB, NHL, and MLB all the same amounts. Dude needs to quit letting JR live in his head rent free. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 That was quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hi8is Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, Balta1701 said: That was quick. Dude is off the charts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Anderson has not been the guy he was in the regular season....Cash should definitely get roasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 17 minutes ago, Tony said: Kevin Cash is going to get destroyed, and rightfully so... Everything pointed to it being the wrong choice. Betts is horrible against LHP and Anderson has been a pitching machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35thstreetswarm Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Unreal. That was some Ricky ish right there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Cash is to Anderson as....Renteria is to Cordero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 boy mookie betts sure is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 I have always been of the belief the more pitchers you use the greater the chance a person just doesn't have it and it can cost you. Snell was filthy. I know that's the TB MO but I dont like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 When they took out Snell, my feeling at the time was they deserve to lose. Happy for Kershaw. He doesn't have to worry about his legacy in any way now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Jfc Turner caught COVID in the World Series bubble which probably means someone else in this celebration has it right now unless it’s a false positive quick test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Just reported that Justin Turner was taken out of the game tonight for a positive Covid test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 25 minutes ago, Harry Chappas said: I have always been of the belief the more pitchers you use the greater the chance a person just doesn't have it and it can cost you. Snell was filthy. I know that's the TB MO but I dont like it. The Dodgers used 7 pitchers you know and it didn't cost them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 11 minutes ago, Balta1701 said: Jfc Turner caught COVID in the World Series bubble which probably means someone else in this celebration has it right now unless it’s a false positive quick test. This opens up so many questions. 2020 continues to be such a villain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 50 minutes ago, bmags said: boy mookie betts sure is good. Yes he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 5 hours ago, Tony said: Kevin Cash is going to get destroyed, and rightfully so... But I thought managers don't matter according to a certain poster.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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