Stinky Stanky

Nailed it. It’s a mystery to me why he hasn’t already cut payroll to A’s levels. Think of how much more money he could make.

Pays to have insurance Nationwide or runs. All those atem balls of the last few weeks disappeared in a flurry of bleeders and gork shots. Wasn’t pretty but it had a great personality.

I hate what they've put together as much as anyone, but they were a different team when Lonzo was in the mix so that tempers my criticism. Tuff luck.

Stop it.

Got Ohtani tonight. Good luck.

A great catcher might have had a shot at the second one, but the first was CRAZY wild. He's hard to hit, but he still scares me every time I see him on the mound where it counts. Grandal is far from great at his position. Remember when we were being fed the line about his pitch framing skills? Who cares if he's bad at catching a baseball?

He'd be a great two spot hitter if there was anyone who could work a count and run a little to lead off. A clog like Vaughn in the two spot does nothing for me. Anderson, if he comes back, should be in the nine hole. But if AB's all we have with a reasonable OBP, so be it.

If I can read your mind, they would have been better off staying with James McCann when they had him. No?

Whole lotta money for mediocrity or less. I'd dump what I could too. Assuming that JR wants to do it and I wouldn't blame him a bit. Gonna be a half full ballpark either way.

Thought he was Haitian with that last name and he is. Born in USA. Katz will fix him. ? Katz couldn't fix cats.

Smart enough to invoke a rule that Chuck, Ozzie and Bochy were unaware of. That isn't clueless. Bullpen management? If Gascan Bummer controls his stuff, it's not a topic of discussion. Managers don't make bullpen look good. It's the 180 degree opposite. And Bummer is Somebody. Still scares the hell out of me, true. Also, a word for the benefits of putting a bat on the ball and giving it a chance to make a seeing eye single which won a game tonight. But don't complain about the HR or nothing we've been getting. The new hitting coaches were hired to turn around Menechino's all singles offense and this is what they've gotten us. Miserable OBP's.

So Veeck was the thrifty one. Thx.

Just an old guy’s recall here but didn’t JR have Schuyler on the payroll as a sore armed pitcher with a small but unbreakable contract so he made him pitching coach? GM was the next stop.

Do you know what the partnership agreement says about passing JR's authority to his heirs? It can't be automatic, can it? Any lawyers around here: Can a partnership continue if a partner dies? Or does a new agreement have to be enacted? A partnership isn't a corporation, we all know.

Since he has the most talent, he's underachieving at a higher level.

Sounds like a plan. So somebody has one. Somebody in the FO? That's another story.

Wish they made up for it in OBP. At least one of them shouldn't be hitting in front of the power guys. TA could be a nice 9 slot hitter, like another leadoff man when the lineup rolls over. Maybe at his next stop.

Since Young Jerry was devastated by the loss of his beloved Dodgers this may be a bad example. It might be the only reason that he hasn't moved the team.

$15M X 5 is ridiculous, isn't it? Awful application of resources by FO. How does JR see this and not go nuts if he's the nickel squeezer we think??

I saw a nice diving catch of a sinking liner a day ago and he doesn't look lost under a fly ball, so you may be overstating your case. He's not Vaughn out there. And he has an uppercut swing, no secret. I'm not saying you're wrong overall, I'm just saying.

Accurate and funny, except for the mind reading. And that might be accurate too. Gospel According To Me: If the bullpen could hold a lead, this thread doesn't happen.

Doesn't mean that he didn't have a role in it, only that there's no percentage in patting someone on the back who's no longer there. I'm not saying he did have a role and he's sure made some odd moves here. At least he "came from a winning organization" which is always one of the automatics in hiring around this board.

I looked at the roster and couldn't find Someone. Graveman is his best guy and has been unhittable for a month. Middleton has been close. Who did you have in mind? We beat their best guy Friday. It's baseball. You gotta love the game.

Same three words for Lynn that I had for Keuchel. Learn the knuckleball.