chitownsportsfan

You and the Thanksgiving turkey have a lot of faith in the past. Too much. Improbable events happen all the time, and we should prepare for them. Doesn't make them likely, in fact it doesn't even mean they will happen, but it sure as shit doesn't make people that point out the possibility wrong. I am indeed a thinker my friend, and I'm humbled in my middle age to know that I could be wrong 99 times out of 100 on Jose and still have been right to consider the possibility that he will one day be like the fat and thriving Thanksgiving Turkey in Nassim's allegory turned into a pile of stuffing right as he reached his physical peak. I sought out Jose's autograph his rookie year because as a thinker, I saw his Cuban stats and his swing and his quiet charm and thought this guy can be a star. My signed ball is worth maybe 50-75 dollars now, but it means more to me as a symbol of time and the ebb and flow of fortune to ever sell or part with. I hope one day that ball is worth a million or more, and you know what? I hope he proves me dead wrong on his decline, not only for the ball's worth, but to prove sometimes time doesn't make a fool of us all.

Great post and I agree, a total mixed bag but some stuff matters more than others and just keeping guys on an even keel and letting their talent show is going to mean much more than just some tactical mistakes with the bullpen or lineup over the course of the year. Always appreciate your insights.

You should read up on Nassim Taleb's thanksgiving turkey. Mofo just gets fatter and fatter, in fact it seems like his growth can't ever be stopped -- they just keep feeding him, good times are rolling, and then one fucking day *boom*, poor sod is all chopped up and down to zero pounds. What this means of course is that inductive reasoning, or more simply, basing the future based on the past, is inherently flawed. But hey, dunk on us thinkers.

That's really interesting. It's the sorta move that not only would I think most of us not be any sort of privy to it's the sort of move you'd expect from the previous manager but not from the "emotionally unavailable" drunk old guy. It's fascinating to me. I'm one who ripped the move at the time, but now in context with his comments I'm inclined to trust the old man's move. If nothing else, TLR is a guy that gets what it means to be a pro ball player. I'm really not sure our two previous managers had any fucking clue. Ozzie did, at least for awhile.

Alright going to play some frisbee on a glorious night in the PNW, enjoy the game guys go Sox!

Robinson Cano mode activated! God I love that swing.

Hey fellas, if I wanted to watch a Dodgers game I'd watch a Dodgers game.

To be fair Nick is still used to the 60 foot T Ball basepaths he only stopped playing last year.

Nick Madrigal isn't a MLB 2B, I think that's obvious. That's absolutely horrific.

Someone tell TLR he can have a beer if he pulls Rodon before 110 pitches.

Hey Jason, how about we put you on the mound and you sit there and get a 100mph ball hit over your head. Way to throw him under the bus. That's disgusting. Might as well just laugh at him for being an athlete.

You've lost your mind when you're bending over backwards to defender your "gold glove" level 2B for spiking a 40 foot throw into your 1200 OPS 1B's fat foot. Do your job.

He has to be hurt, right?

My god. This is some of the dumbest fucking baseball about to turn it off.

Wait WTF is TLR DOING?

sigh.

wow caught a break there.

Pretty bad AB. Come on TA pick him up.

80% of the blame goes to Madrigal.

that was not Yermin's fault. At was a 40 foot throw, don't fucking throw it at the dirt.

Sadly we've seen that inning at least twice just THIS YEAR from this club.

that was a rocket and he was in, not much he could do, luckily he got enough glove on it.

Totally, feels like they have the emotional momentum now and it could have been ball game with a crooked number there by the Tribe.

Great play Tim! Thank god. That was the best we could have hoped for there, one run.

LFG Carlos!