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  • Baseman
    Baseman Member Posts: 12,379
    Should concern Ms fans the lack of sour grapes from the players and coaching staff. No gut punch. No heartache. No mention of sleeping in the office, new training regimen, new attitude.

    "Fun. Going to be fun next year!" Heard that in 95. Clemson like trajectory? Here you are.
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  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,812 Swaye's Wigwam
    Baseman said:

    Should concern Ms fans the lack of sour grapes from the players and coaching staff. No gut punch. No heartache. No mention of sleeping in the office, new training regimen, new attitude.

    "Fun. Going to be fun next year!" Heard that in 95. Clemson like trajectory? Here you are.

    No time for that shit. Hot stove league is just around the corner. Time to refocus.

    But yeah, the endless positivity is irritating, even as I catch myself indulging in it. I dont think it means fuckall in terms of what happens on the field, but it's still irritating.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,714 Founders Club
    #MyPadres looking strong.

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  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,812 Swaye's Wigwam
    YellowSnow said:

    #MyPadres looking strong.

    They are tough. They can pitch and hit home runs.

    It's crazy to see the Dodgers and Braves both out of the NLCS.

    I think anyone other than NY/Cleveland can win it. That probably means it will be the yanks.
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  • Fishpo31
    Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,676
    Baseman said:

    Should concern Ms fans the lack of sour grapes from the players and coaching staff. No gut punch. No heartache. No mention of sleeping in the office, new training regimen, new attitude.

    "Fun. Going to be fun next year!" Heard that in 95. Clemson like trajectory? Here you are.

    Clemson won it all, and maybe they conflated "Fun" with "Easy"...It's why it is so hard to repeat. The M's played the Astros pretty even, and couldn't come through when it counted. IMO, the Astros are the best club in the game, and the M's went toe-to-toe with them.

    There are plenty of sour grapes, but "Not in the middle of the store"...Don't think it doesn't impact potential free-agents, it does. Culture is important, now more than ever. Winning creates it. They need a couple more pieces, obviously, but the young core now has experienced it, and that is a big step.

    Baseball players know when they suck, more than anyone else, every day. It's part of the game. Playoffs are about who's hot and who's not, players and teams. They were close, didn't finish, and they know that. (Sark "We just ran out of tim" POTD)...

    Now, on to the "All we need to do is to sign Judge, Ohtani, Trea Turner, Joe Morgan, and Ted Williams' cryogenically frozen head" off-season...

    ATBS, I can't recall a game where, for 18 innings, that I have seen that much dominant pitching, execution-wise, on both sides. I was entertained, and I fucking loved it...

    My 2 cents...

    "Baseball has got to be fun. If it's not fun, it's a long time to be in agony"... -Tom Trebelhorn
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  • Fishpo31
    Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,676
    Looks like Divish just spilled the beans on Winker...no work ethic, on his own program. I liked the acquisition at the time, and assumed he was hurt most of the year...that's what I get for assuming...He gone
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  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,812 Swaye's Wigwam
    Fishpo31 said:

    Looks like Divish just spilled the beans on Winker...no work ethic, on his own program. I liked the acquisition at the time, and assumed he was hurt most of the year...that's what I get for assuming...He gone

    It's what I figured. He's extremely talented but not serious enough. I saw it early on but hoped he'd get his head on straight. Too bad. I watched his highlights about 10 times and he is fun to watch hit when he's on.
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  • Fishpo31
    Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,676
    edited October 2022
    They have a Haggerty-Kelenic platoon (the playoff plan before Hag got hurt), and ship Winker somewhere for a bag of BP balls...He has ability, but I can remember early on thinking that he looked different than a typical big leaguer, as in under-developed physically. Red flag, I should have trusted my gut.

    Edit: I just realized something: I literally had no idea who Eugenio Suarez was before this year...We are Salary-Dump Champions!
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  • Fishpo31
    Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,676
    YellowSnow said:

    #MyPadres looking strong.

    I think the Friars (ILTCTTF, IWILTD) may be the only club that could give the Astros a run for the money…
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,714 Founders Club
    Fishpo31 said:

    YellowSnow said:

    #MyPadres looking strong.

    I think the Friars (ILTCTTF, IWILTD) may be the only club that could give the Astros a run for the money…
    I went to Game 1 of the World Series in 1984 and went to middle school with Tony Gwynn's kid so I get to say we? are gonna win!
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