FredLynn
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That’s YOUR definition of failure. You’re entitled to hold that opinion but I don’t agree with it. I’ll tell you what failure is in my mind: finishing in last place three of the past six years and third twice. This isn’t a small market team. We should be competing for a playoff spot nearly every year. Do that and you are successful.
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There have been a lot more failures than rings, and among them some epic collapses. I’ll wait and see how the season unfolds before I pin a medal on Breslow.
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If the M&Ms outperform expectations I’ll admit I was wrong about Breslows failure.
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There are a few players that should be off limits. Anthony is one them.
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Obviously the goal is to win a ring. But it’s difficult to rise from bad or mediocre to the top of the mountain. I’d be satisfied if the win the AL pennant this year with an eye towards better things soon. Breslows failure at the deadline impedes all that. And all the hoopla about how well they are playing now is fun-but they still haven’t accomplished anything yet.
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Thats nice. But the truth is that the team has ACCOMPLISHED nothing. Playing well is better than playing poorly. Winning the pennant is even better. I have been a fan of this team long enough to know that their history of summer collapses has tended to repeat itself over and over again. So before I pin a medal on Breslows lapel I'll wait to see how the season ends. As of now it certainly seems that he failed to significantly improve our chances. I think that is common knowledge.
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Yup. You have to overpay to go for it, don't you. The bottom line, as I keep writing, is that Breslow again FAILED miserably to address the needs of the club. Everyone knows what they are; they haven't gone away. Too late now to do anything about them other than hope the M&Ms perform.
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What I mean is, is the player in question good at his position or not. If you compare Duran to Yoshida alone (ie in a vacuum) for example, you could conclude Duran is a great outfielder. If the Yankee LFer sucks and you compare Duran to him alone, same conclusion. Does that mean that Duran is an outstanding LFer? Unknown-because you have to compare him to the other players who play that position at the same level. You certainly can compare two players at the same position and conclude that one is better than the other, but both may be excellent or both may suck. It’s much more useful to compare a player to all other players at that position. So when SS wrote that “you should check out the Yankee LFer” in reference to how good or bad Duran is there it’s not meaningful because both may be excellent or both may be horrible. If both suck you can look at the Yankee LFer but if Duran sucks (I don’t think he does) then he sucks.
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SS wasn’t comparing Duran to Little League players. He unsuccessfully tried to compare him to the Yankees LFer. If you compare Duran to all other LFers in ML ball that’s valid. It’s possible that both Duran AND the Yankee LF suck compared to all other LFers in the game-and I’m not saying his is bad. I’m saying that the comparison of two players in a vacuum is isn’t legitimate if you want to see how they are relative to the average in their position. They could both be great or they could both suck.
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Hey-it is what it is
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The defensive competence of other players has nothing to do with how good or bad our players are defensively.
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"Do or do not; there is no try"..................................................Yoda
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You haven't heard? These two are the new announcers! Kidding
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Game Go Rangers
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Alcala time? 😬
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I agree. Just saying the way it was in the old Talksox. The people who owned it sold it to its current owners and the policy may have changed. I don’t mind it because I have the option of ignoring that stuff.
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Probably not the right forum to talk politics. In the old talksox you get banned for it. Not sure how this one works.
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It was started after an apparently very turbulent flight to Minnesota. Some of the players couldn’t even play the next day
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I was an EXCELLENT baseball player! I learned the game at an early age, studied hard, and later in life I was labeled a genius at TalkSox.
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No. But a better defender would have had it.
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They WERE playing some good defense. Duran has to catch that.
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The Flops are playing some excellent defense so far tonight
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I doubt Chapman is available tonight.
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He doesn’t just get away with it-he looks GOOD in it.
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Same old Story!
