Look at Ray Ray Run

To be fair, you said nothing was as grueling, not simply that it was. You couldn't pay me a million a year to be a mover or to wash dishes for 10 hours in a dish room with no ac.

I just want to clarify, we're not talking about pitchers when discussing grueling are we? These nerds? https://twitter.com/WillFlemming/status/1395537110271201283?s=20 https://twitter.com/WillFlemming/status/1395537110271201283?s=20 https://twitter.com/WillFlemming/status/1395537110271201283?s=20

The weekend is here, and I'm going to gruelingly open a beer right now, smoke some good stuff, and relax with the wife out of town for the weekend! Wish me luck!

Gotta agree with Vulture here. Baseball was fun, even during 100 game summers as a midwest kid who was forced to pile all the games into a short window to get reps. Doing physical labor everyday in the heat (like a roofer) or how about a mover is substantially harder. The work day for many people in this country is like 10 hours on your feet grinding away for nothing. Baseball players can go out and get hammered every night and you don't lift much during season for the most part. It might be 6-8 hours at a ball park but it's not all spent on your feet or anything of the likes. Calling it the most grueling thing seems a bit crazy. Working in an amazon factory (read Fulfillment) is substantially worse on the mind and the body for example. Either way, silly argument all around which is why I loved chiming in with my pointless opinion!

I couldn't have said it better, Tim!

Yeah, and they wouldn't have even almost missed the playoffs under the old playoff format either. They were - if I remember correctly - 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 games up on the next seed.

This was just snippets of three pages of a "Renteria" search of your name last year. The three pages barely cover a month and the Sox were dominating (better record than now) despite being an incomplete roster; nearly everyday something was all Renteria's fault. 75+ posts. This year? Nothing bad to say about the manager despite him actually being atrocious. It is absolutely baffling.

Guy, you were ripping Renteria every single game of the regular season. And the White Sox are much better situated for post-season baseball this year as they actually have a third starter to use in a series. I can't wait to read your nonsense about how the Sox won because of LaRussa and not because they were simply a bit constructed team. Ricky's team exceeded expectations much more than this White Sox team possibly could under LaRussa. Sox got some experience, and now are built to have a long series, but yes... that's all because of LaRussa over Renteria. SMH

Yes, and I agree with that too. Renteria was pacing in the dugout with his hands on his knees sweating like Jerry Reinsdorf in front of a checkbook, and you just can't have that nonsense in post-season baseball. Manager has to be calm and not looking like he's about to hyperventilate. It's just a shame that now they got a guy who has only come out of the dugout once this season and it was too attack his own player and defend the opponent.

The last thing I want to focus on with a baseball team is the damn manager. They just don't matter much; this clown has made himself the center of attention despite having a group of players who deserve and have earned the right to be in that spotlight. He revels in this attention too, as he won't stop or move on from a subject that he is clearly out of touch with. That's what you get with TLR though. I thought Ricky was blamed far too often last year for just nonsense because managers mean very little. Somehow LaRussa has managed to matter in a position that usually just doesn't matter, and it's not because he's a psychological mastermind, it's because he's a self-centered ass hat.

Yeah, and Renteria's bullpen achieved what they did while having to work around having 2 legit MLB SP's last year. They were a taxed unit who was clearly put in positions to succeed based on the results they produced and this year, that same unit with the addition of a max money closer has blown game after game, with the manager continually trying to "steal" outs in the 2nd inning for a RP so he can avoid the three batter rule (another thing LaRussa thinks he's reinventing and out thinking baseball on" and it's been a flat out disaster with relievers constantly not achieving that "out stealing" strategy. To even insinuate that Renteria was some atrocious and clueless bullpen manager because he made two HORRIBLE mistakes late in the year is fucking comical coming from the same poster who has excused every mistake TLR has made and been one of his biggest - weird - cheerleaders. Hypocrisy is the worst part of many of these takes after reading the vitriol spewed at Renteria all last year from a poster who now defends LaRussa as if he were his daddy.

LOL the White Sox had the best bullpen in MLB last year. Ricky had like a bad 2 games with the bullpen and that's more egregious than LaRussa already having multiple early on and literally overusing his starters by May 21st? This is such nonsense and shows how irrational your entire commentary on this subject is. You blamed Renteria daily for everything, yet the Sox dominated and closed out every late game situation. This year you've excused the manager time and time again when he's actually had a provable negative impact on the staff. https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/66522/moonshot-tony-la-russa-is-leaving-his-pitchers-in-too-long/

Why would anyone look for a sign in a game that lopsided. This sign angle Is the dumbest angle of the entire debate.

How have you survived life this long?

Yas has been even in framing in 2021 at zero runs. Collins is near the bottom at -2 with James mccann. I'd say this means we're getting screwed more when batting.

Wait, it's tough to not try anymore because you might hurt the other teams feelings but it's "pussification" to try and score and keep the foot on the pedal regardless of score because your job is to produce and not be nice to the other team? Another great take.

You gotta love the count angle with a position player on the mound, as if he isn't cruising every pitch the same exact way regardless of count in the first place. Like Astudillo would have busted out a 95 mph heater on 3-1 or something but had to throw it 48 mph on 3-0 to get it over lol

Mad Dog literally is a troll and is likely the worst MLB talk show host in the country. No one likes Russo; well, but for you and Chitown it seems which isn't surprising. He's the Skip Bayless of baseball.

People kneel to prevent injuries. You saying that is a minimal reason is a joke. Football is a violent contact sport that causes wear and tear every single snap.

True-ones for Warren Newson! Section 24 for the original 24 pre-JC!

Football is a timed sport where kneeling guarantees you win the game and not kneeling leaves a very small chance that an injury (common in football) happens or you could blow the lead. Tony literally said he wished he could send three pitchers to the plate to intentionally make outs. The guy is a complete moron.

Youre ignoring entirely that Tony larussa has single handedly made the rest of the AL play worse and has mentally broken the twins through his sheer intimidation and his 5000 career games of experience and 4d chest abilities. Other teams are playing worse because of Tony so his record being worse than Ricky's is meaningless when you factor in those immense intangibles

5000 > 561 obviously guy. Don't be so obtuse! LaRussa has 10 times the experience!

You cannot run up the score in a game played by professionals. This isn't complicated.

Incentives in baseball are tied to numbers and production. Players don't want to give up at bats. It's one of the problems with 7 inning games. Players aren't going to concede.