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I looked up Leyland's bio after I saw a700's post. He's only 68. Holy s***, if that's what smoking does to you, I'm quitting. The man looks like he's pushing the century mark. When my grandfather was 68 he looked about twenty years younger than Leyland.
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On the subject of missing work for seeing big playoff games on TV, I don't think it's weird for someone who works on different days each week to request that they don't work on a certain day if you tell them way ahead of time, especially if that week's schedule isn't made yet. All you have to do is say that it's not necessary you don't come in on that certain Monday, but if they haven't made the schedule yet, then maybe avoid Monday if it doesn't cause conflicts. If they ask why you're doing this, you could just say that the day would be an opportunity to hang out with your family (which is true if you watch the games with them). Or maybe you could use the time to get school work done. This isn't being selfish because you're not saying you need the day off, you're just throwing a scheduling suggestion out there. I wouldn't do this more than a couple times in October though, cause then you could seem picky.

 

More importantly, you guys do know that maybe half of people are picking St. Louis to win the WS right? I'm still going with my cocky prediction of Sox in 5. Sox have been through the most astounding things this year and yet they're somehow the only team that hasn't played an elimination game yet. St. Louis has survived two so far. On top of that, the Cards had a year-long division battle to avoid the wild-card game, longer than our fight for first. But we've still been through more than them because of the ALCS alone. We have all the championship character and talent, where they in comparison only have the talent (not saying you need to act like doofises to have character or anythin).

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I looked up Leyland's bio after I saw a700's post. He's only 68. Holy s***, if that's what smoking does to you, I'm quitting.

 

That's what smoking does to you...if it doesn't kill you first.

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http://network.yardbarker.com/author/article_external/14850623?widget=true

 

This blithering f***tard just can't help himself.

 

He is right in that he did not have the injury good fortune that Farrell has had. But that does not explain his inability/unwillingness to manage a coaching staff. If you want one serious difference between Farrell and Valentine that has been meaningful, aside from the renewed focus on on-base, it's simply that Farrell's coaching staff was on the same page and communicated with players and each other.

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Well that and as far as I can tell Farrell has yet to go out of his way to alienate his own players.

 

And ownership, fanbase, media, conditioning staff, family, friends, friends of friends etc.

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That V could not understand that you cannot talk to players like you are at some cocktail party showing off how erudite and witty you are is beyond my comprehension. That he was unwilling to give that up even in his interaction with players is beyond self-centered. I cannot even call it selfish because a selfish desire would be to give oneself every opportunity to stay in the job, not toss the job on the rocks just because of an insistence on having players walk away talking to themselves. Remember we had guys trying to figure out what the f*** that idiot just said instead of trying to figure out how to hit the slider! Worse than that, V would chide people and players for not being able to figure out how to use the V Decoder Ring. That tendency alone would have been enough to have earned V dismissal. Heap all the other V horse s*** stuff on top of it and you have a mountain of difference between Farrell and V and an advantage to Farrell that V at this stage of the game has no chance of denting as a manager.
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Well that and as far as I can tell Farrell has yet to go out of his way to alienate his own players.

 

I leave out alienating players - sports has been littered with players who disliked their coach, respect, fear whatever. I did not have sympathy for players complaining about their feefees getting hurt. But to not be able to get on the page with the coaching staff - that was just derelict. After all, as long as there is one or two guys on the coaching staff who can bridge a manager and the players, the players can consider the manager an ******* (as long as he is considered an ******* who knows a lot about the sport - like Belichick does with football) and deliver perfectly excellent results.

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I leave out alienating players - sports has been littered with players who disliked their coach, respect, fear whatever. I did not have sympathy for players complaining about their feefees getting hurt. But to not be able to get on the page with the coaching staff - that was just derelict. After all, as long as there is one or two guys on the coaching staff who can bridge a manager and the players, the players can consider the manager an ******* (as long as he is considered an ******* who knows a lot about the sport - like Belichick does with football) and deliver perfectly excellent results.

 

Yeah this doesn't make a lot of sense. "alienate" doesn't necessarily talk about liking/disliking the manager/coach. It's about respect. If the players don't respect the manager/coach, then no amount of "bridging" coaches will be able to stop chaos from spreading within the clubhouse. V alienated his players, and they didn't respect him. It cost him the clubhouse.

 

Belichick is also a terrible example because A) Most players actually like him. B ) All players respect him, and those who don't, get the boot.

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Tickets on stubhub starting at 420 for standing room for the first 2 games at Fenway . f***!!

 

I got two bleacher seats to G7 the other day for 650 apiece, on Stubhub. Cheapest ones on the site -- pretty crazy.

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y228's a high-roller.

 

Haha no, not at all.

 

But my Dad likes the Cards, and a World Series G7 is pretty much the only type of game I've never been to. Would be an incredible experience, especially at Fenway.

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Yeah this doesn't make a lot of sense. "alienate" doesn't necessarily talk about liking/disliking the manager/coach. It's about respect. If the players don't respect the manager/coach, then no amount of "bridging" coaches will be able to stop chaos from spreading within the clubhouse. V alienated his players, and they didn't respect him. It cost him the clubhouse.

 

Belichick is also a terrible example because A) Most players actually like him. B ) All players respect him, and those who don't, get the boot.

 

You underestimate Billy Martin in general or the 1972-74 A's of Dick Williams/Charlie Finley ... but it is all moot. We definitely have a good management team in, even if it took reaching back to the old management team to do it.

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Just bought 2 tickets to tomorrows game.

 

State Street Pavillion Club 1, Row 1. $552/seat.

 

All the seats around it are going for $900+/seat. And they are in rows 3-4.

 

I know it's expensive, but it's the World Series. I have no qualms with dropping 1K for a couple seats. None at all.

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Just bought 2 tickets to tomorrows game.

 

State Street Pavillion Club 1, Row 1. $552/seat.

 

All the seats around it are going for $900+/seat. And they are in rows 3-4.

 

I know it's expensive, but it's the World Series. I have no qualms with dropping 1K for a couple seats. None at all.

 

Your at the game mojo is awesome. You will have a blast. If it ends up in game 6 to win it all, would you go? I have my plane ticket covered for now, but I'm setting a 400 dollar limit with game tickets. It seems unlikely, but you never know. I also see you beating up on the Cardinals on MLB the show, good stuff.

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Just bought 2 tickets to tomorrows game.

 

State Street Pavillion Club 1, Row 1. $552/seat.

 

All the seats around it are going for $900+/seat. And they are in rows 3-4.

 

I know it's expensive, but it's the World Series. I have no qualms with dropping 1K for a couple seats. None at all.

 

Have a great time! Enjoy yourself. Should be a special day.

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Your at the game mojo is awesome. You will have a blast. If it ends up in game 6 to win it all, would you go? I have my plane ticket covered for now, but I'm setting a 400 dollar limit with game tickets. It seems unlikely, but you never know. I also see you beating up on the Cardinals on MLB the show, good stuff.

 

Haha. I've played the Cardinals like 8 times already.

 

Can't go to G6, I'll be in Hawaii. I hate that I'm not going to be in Boston but at the same time, I love that the games are on at 2 in the afternoon.

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Thanks wyo!

 

My at-the-game-mojo is undefeated during postseason play. Hopefully that continues.

 

Were you at game 2 of the LCS or am I just thinking of someone else?

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