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Everything posted by notin
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Those exact words were engraved on a tin plate on the underside of the WAPM...
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As much as I like Riders on the Storm, Hargrove could also just use all of 2112 by Rush as a walkup song, too....
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But I do thank god they did not install Scioscia. And so does Brandon Workman, who would have seen his arm literally fall off of his body under the Closer Killer...
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Maybe. The one thing tht puzzles me is why it took so long to install Roenicke if tha wa the plan. I'm talking about the time it took just to make him interim manager. If they were going forward with 2020, as you say, they certainly took a long time just to come around to promoting the bench coach to temporary replacement. I can't say one way or the other on Cora, but I don't think his return is the slam dunk you are predicting. In fact, after this year, Cora is free to talk to any team about a managerial role. Had the Sox not fired him, they could have prevented that possibility...
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If Mike Hargove was still playing, his walkup song would be "Ina Gadda Da Vita". And we'd get through the whole thing. Possibly twice...
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It was a completely insufficient and irrelevant thing to bring up...
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HE is, but that doesm't mean Roenicke isn't and it doesn't mean Bloom wants him. The Red Sox did not have to fire him in the wake of the Houston scandal. But they did, and they did so immediately, not even waiting for an investigation. Doesn't that seem odd? (Beltran had the same fate, but unlike Cora, Beltran had zero track record and zero rings. Easier dismissal.)
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No he did not. But that doesn't mean it never happens. Had Farrell been suspended for a year at the beginning of Dombrowski's tenure, it might have been a different story about when Farrell left...
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Why? What reason should Bloom have to bring Cora back?
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While we all liked to hold Cora respnsible for restgate, I have no idea how Henry felt. And I do doubt he would have been let Cora go just for finishing third. But Bloom wanting his name on everything? I can see that happening. No team executive wants to lose based on a decision made by his predecessor...
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And really the whole "do I pinch hit for the guy throwing a 3-hitter in the seventh inning" argument has been dead ever since coaches started tracking pitch counts. It's the seventh. He's at his limit and you have pitchers assigned to the 8th and 9th inning anyway...
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Oh God no...
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I am 100% League-wide DH. I’d be against it if I thought pitchers took hitting seriously. But since it doesn’t look like they do, just get another bat in there for every team. The whole “changes the strategy” is actually a pretty dead argument, as it has been superseded by other strategies...
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Well, there are three negatives. 1) Restgate. No idea if Henry and Co. weigh this as heavily as many fans. 2) A dismal 2019 season. 3) New GM. Sometimes those new guys want their fingerprints on everything, just in case it works. Cora is clearly very popular, but that doesn’t mean Roenicke isn’t. Bloom might want his own guy. While a lot of Sox fans think Grady Little was fired solely due to game 7 of the ALCS, that’s pretty unlikely. The bigger factor was probably Theo wanting his own guy. It’s not like Grady had a bad track record in Boston. You can probably win some drinks by asking Sox fans in bars (whatever they are) which Sox manager had a higher winning percentage - Grady Little or Terry Francona? (Little’s .580 edges out Francona’s .574.) But Little was brought in by Mike Port. I’d be surprised if that wasn’t a factor...
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While we are admittedly in rarely navigated waters, have you EVER heard of any team doing something like that? In any sport? Fire the manager/head coach, then bring him back and demote his replacement? Cora isn’t the first manager to be suspended in any sport. But I can’t think of a precedent for your prediction. Or a reason...
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It depends how fair of a chance Roenicke gets. They did deal him a bad hand if he is to get judged on one season...
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I can’t see it as committed one way or the other. The Sox did fire Cora very quickly, and for something he did prior to coming to Boston. Is there more to that story?
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Assuming the front office is still enamored with Cora. Roenicke’s case can only be helped by less baseball. If he has to try to get 100 games in with that rotation in a ten team division, with no Chris Sale and a questionable bullpen, his head will be on the chopping block through no fault of his own...
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If Boston wants him, they also could have just let him serve his suspension rather than firing him prior to any investigation of their own team...
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If they take 4 from 3 divisions, that’s already 12 teams. Currently they only take 10. Taking 18 teams could take the postseason into January...
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Unless you count the 673 games he managed for the Brewers...
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I need more coffee...
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Well, the Sox came in third in a five team division last year, so finishing sixth in a ten team one seems roughly equal....
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So you like the Sox (without Sale) over the Mets (without Syndergaard)?
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Hey they removed the “Interim” from his title. There’s a chance he’s very good. Name one other manager who has had ZERO complaints from fans on April 29!
