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Post by roonectar on Sept 30, 2011 23:33:42 GMT -5
tito leaving boston is the end of an era, he got us the rings but you can't deny there getting a little dusty. when your only post season in the last three years ends with a sweep from the angels any ownership would be thinking about a change. i'll miss him but you need to win in this town, period
IMO having a good manager is probably more important than having a good bullpen. Once you have a shitty manager you start to understand. As a dedicated baseball (not just NYY) fan getting rid of Tito (even though he left on his own) is stupid. It seems easier than firing the players but Boston will miss him. He's one of the best managers in MLB.
Post by nodepression on Oct 1, 2011 0:09:40 GMT -5
Yea, the move to get rid of one of the most even keeled managers of the game, when he's given you your first 2 WS titles in the past 80 something years is a jamoke move.
When you're upper management, not renewing a contract with the manager is much easier than telling one of your own (Theo) to get the hell out.
A bunch of bad signings and then trying to cheap out on the bullpen to make up for it ... doesn't work. Crawford, Dice-K, Lackey, and Drew didn't deserve half of the contracts they got.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
If anyone but Gibson wins Manager of the year all the voters should be shot.
Not sure what he was like in the regular season, but he's been severely outmanaged in the first two NLDS games. And that's saying something when it's Ron Roenicke on the other side.
Post by ziggyandthemonkeys on Oct 5, 2011 0:22:38 GMT -5
The way Verlander was dealing last night I am pretty alright not seeing him again in this series. I'd heard the hype all year, but that was the first full game of his I watched. That man is filthy.
Edit: The scariest part is that I don't think he even had his best stuff in game 3.
Post by Longtime and Frequent Poster on Oct 5, 2011 18:02:02 GMT -5
I'm going to estimate I've heard parts of that "WRITTEN IN THE STARS!" song at least 50 times since Saturday, and Sunday's and last night's Brewers games are the only ones I've watched all the way through. Assuming I at least casually follow the rest of the month, I figure I'll hear it over 500 times. Definitely more if the Brewers advance. Fucking ridiculous.
Good luck Tigers. You're going to need it. Velverde is cheeze whiz. Yanks couldn't get the big hit when they needed it but the Tigers bullpen is mostly bullshit. Rangers advance regardless of Verlander being rested.
Awesome day of baseball for the NL with two game-5's tomorrow.
Starting pitching finally gave out on the Yankees.
Post by nodepression on Oct 7, 2011 1:20:49 GMT -5
Isn't Valverde 49 for 49 right now in save opportunities?
Nova looked like crap to start the game, he was lucky to only let up the two. I don't think I've ever seen a playoff starting pitcher miss spots like that.
Post by ziggyandthemonkeys on Oct 7, 2011 1:43:54 GMT -5
Said he left with forearm stiffness. Who knows, though. It wouldn't have mattered if they Yankees could have gotten some damn hits with risp. Perfectly fitting it was A-Rod who whiffed for the last out. They definitely need to go out and get a real #2 for their rotation this off season.
Said he left with forearm stiffness. Who knows, though. It wouldn't have mattered if they Yankees could have gotten some damn hits with risp. Perfectly fitting it was A-Rod who whiffed for the last out. They definitely need to go out and get a real #2 for their rotation this off season.
Forearm stiffness = Tommy John a lot of times.
He's a young pitcher so they probably didn't want to risk a devastating injury if he pitched through it.
Post by Longtime and Frequent Poster on Oct 7, 2011 9:32:51 GMT -5
Valverde's not as good as his 49/49 or whatever he is. Ivan Nova wasn't as good as some of his regular season numbers suggested. Whether or not he was injured, it wasn't a bad idea to take him out that early. In response to NoD talking about a playoff pitcher missing his spots by that much, I'm guessing you didn't watch Randy Wolf Wednesday night.
I don't know if it's possible for a relatively healthy 23 year old to have a heart attack, but I'll probably find out sometime in the next 7-10 hours.
Valverde's not as good as his 49/49 or whatever he is. Ivan Nova wasn't as good as some of his regular season numbers suggested. Whether or not he was injured, it wasn't a bad idea to take him out that early. In response to NoD talking about a playoff pitcher missing his spots by that much, I'm guessing you didn't watch Randy Wolf Wednesday night.
I don't know if it's possible for a relatively healthy 23 year old to have a heart attack, but I'll probably find out sometime in the next 7-10 hours.