southsider2k5

Right. The guy who Alabama paid huge money for to get from Michigan State, and is making $9.5 million a year needs to be talking about the influence of money in college football. GMAFB.

I wonder if he actually listened to his coaches, unlike last year.

It is wild how much each of these guys has regressed defensively this year. Even Engel is putting up some pretty impressively bad D numbers so far.

Leury hitting lead off?

Especially with what the last year and a quarter has looked like.

Tony LaRussa Dick S.....

FS on the short season teams.

He was actually a plus pick in the 14th round who got over slot at $130k.

This makes me really happy. Can't wait to see him state side.

That's just it. I see an entire team under-performing, and giving some of the worst defensive production I have ever seen from a team with World Series aspirations, under a manager who was supposed to have everyone playing "the right way", and it seems WAAAAY too coincidental to all be happening at once. Jose Abreu talking about leaving. Tim Anderson playing defense worse than he did as a rookie. Almost every single hitter we have is having one of their worst starts ever. The pen is just a dumpster fire, even the guys who have histories of pitching well are having extremely bad outings way more often than their histories would indicate they should. You see this as 26 coincidences. I see it as 1. Why is everyone failing all at once? This is literally Tony's job.

Wait, what? No. Zero chance. Don't waste you wonderment on it.

This is the one part I would agree with, though for the exact opposite reasons you do.

It is. He can be back June 6.

He's got stuff, but you can see the inconsistency in it. He needs repetitions to be able to lock in his stuff. He did flash MLB SP stuff though,

One's a bit less scared.

You say that like they shouldn't have won more with the talent they had. Or you know, won a playoff series?

I am also going to say this outloud. The last two years have made me miss Kenny Williams. Love him or hate him, he was not afraid to go get a guy he thought could put the team over the top. If he had been running this ship the last two years, he WOULD have gotten a home run piece. He might have paid too much, or might have given up the wrong players to get him, but he would have swung for the fences, instead of trying to poke it through the hole the other way like Hahn.

While his failings get a lot of attention, it feels like he is usually right on those risky sends.