JoeC

Given the uphill battle we’re facing, this thread sounds more fun when reading the thread title to the tune of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.”

Ozzie’s teams just had a way of beating projections and Pythagorean projections during the late 2000’s, from what I remember.

Don’t think there’s such a thing as the right thread here, to be fair.

And it’s all anyone can talk about for the next 3 months.

The Tim Elko Experience sounds like quite a tribute band.

I actually laughed audibly at this, and I don’t really know why.

I feel like the same exemption should be made for the Rockies and Sox.

I'd be mad if I saw Colson instead of Capra if I were watching the dugout.

The headline suggests he’s giving up switch hitting, in a Buster Bluth sort of way.

Yeah it’s not like we’re proposing anything outlandish like reversing the flow of a river.

Mitchel and Webb reference?

For context

Someone should make sure Mansueto reads this thread before moving forward.

Yes. I think the team played sub-.500 ball, actually.

I agree about the game, but one thing to keep in mind is that the Sox had a .586 record in September (17-12). Cleveland was just obliterating everyone with a .704 record (19-8) in both August and September.

I’ve started writing something like this several times, but deleted it based on my words’ injustice to my thoughts. Thank you for the lucid, logical, and rational post that represents exactly my thoughts and sentiments.

These two sentences seem to contradict each other.

Careful. Being considerate, apologetic, and self-aware? Yikes.

I also trust them to screw up their hitting prospects. I think that's always been their second best area.

I think it's more of a "is he fixed?" thing. If he isn't already fixed, there's no point to this.

Apparently this is not the one with the Syndergaard bit at the end….

I still think about this video whenever I see Syndergaard’s name: https://x.com/jquadddddd/status/1218021838443438081

Just because it's fun, I'm going to choose to believe TLR, in his capacity as a senior advisor or whatever, told him not to run hard.

They fired him one year too soon. They needed a father figure for one more year.

As they say, there aren't enough diapers in the world to make me do that.