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Most of these guys were the best everything on their high school teams. I wish MLB would go full platoon. Have a defensive lineup and an offensive lineup like football.

For such a simple rule there sure are a lot of obscure variables.

I don't have any stats to back this up but I'm guessing Abreu is less likely to be injured running the bases. Could you image the shit storm if Hendriks was injured while out their running?

Thank you for clearing that up. I appreciate it. So someone saying are we going with Abreu or Hendriks running would have been better? Maybe Tony thought he could catch lightning in a bottle twice. Hell of Cease can be 3 for 3 maybe Hendriks could be Henderson for a half inning. It still makes me loath the NL and a lack of universal DH.

Correct. I should have phrased it as a rule that only pertains in NL stadiums. So 12 games this year. And to be accurate it wasn't implemented until this year.

I didn't catch that about the steal. Interesting take on the situation. Tony hasn't thrown anyone under the bus and is always taking the blame. It's a huge change from what I was expecting (arrogant, never wrong).

Wouldn't it imply the staff knew that the NL rules allowed for pinch running for the pitcher in that situation while allowing the pitcher to stay in the game?

Wouldn't it have been better if someone on the staff said "whose running for Hendriks" Instead of confirming Hendriks was on second?

No. I think it's a long shot but if for some reason he does want out, I'm certain they will manufacture a health reason. Who on the bench would take over?

We're seeing this multiple times, in several situations. Players, coaches, and the manager just don't seem to be communicating. That falls on the manager's shoulders. Normally a manager taking responsibility and not throwing any of his coaches or players under the bus is a good thing. But here we have a manager whose competency is being questioned every day. He's not building any confidence in the fan base.

Not worked up at all. Just responding while videos are getting converted and uploaded. How are you doing?

Having the pitcher anywhere other than the pitcher's mound. Batting, running, all that is a NL thing. Then putting a runner on second to start extra innings is also a fucked up rule in my opinion. I understand you might like that stuff. Free pass? You mean because I'm not all pissed off and complaining? I got better things to do that get all worked up over a situation that may never come up again in White Sox baseball. But feel free to punish him all you want and not give him a free pass.

I just went through with the major changes to the rules of golf. I read them. Passed the USGA test. And you start getting into situations that are more complex than you’ve encountered before and it’s tough to get them right. We see umpires huddling at times trying to figure some variation on rules and how they apply. When you say the league was that the National League, the American League or both? Look at all the variables that happened in this specific situation. It wasn’t basic by any stretch. If people feel compelled to yell about every misstep he makes, go for it. I’m complaining about a few things myself. But I’m just not too upset about him blowing a fucked up National league rule as an American League manager. I’d rather complain that we need to stop playing these games until there is a uniform set of rules in place for all of baseball. I’d rather complain that putting any guy at second is teeballesque bull. Let’s just have each team put out in their best gamers and spin a wheel to see which esports game they play. That will help attract new sponsors and younger fans. Why even play baseball to end a tie?

I didn’t want Tony to manage and now want him even less. But I agree with you. Plus there is no advanced stats to guide the manager. I would be more inclined to criticize him If this was even a rule that was in place when he was managing in the NL. But it’s made up COVID, speed up, attention deficit, finish the game before the 10 o’clock news rule that no one has much experience with.

I like the thought but the biggest stumbling block for me is why dump Renteria for a one season stop gap when he only had one season left on his contract? He just came off his only +.500 season.

So could that be the answer to why Mercedes' is suddenly playing so well at 28?

Post three and I'm thinking thread over. Then I remembered where I was lol

But he was executive of the year!* *voted by the executives with better records.

Most contacts are in the team's favor for the beginning, the players favor in the end, and kind of in the middle for a month or two one summer.

There were several other great candidates available. There were plenty of people better than Tony not named Hinch. I can't believe you think Tony was the second best candidate for the job. I had him around the 300 best.

Of everyone on that list Boylen was the guy I disliked seeing fail the most. He is a great guy and was solid with the Spurs. Also, if everyone on the list Tony started with the lowest approval rating and it may have gone up a tiny bit when a couple players had positive things to say. But now it's rightfully lower than anyone on the list except possibly Ozzie when he basically quit to take the Florida job

Plus I didn't look to see who posted. I know you know baseball. I would have gotten the joke if I looked who was posting.

I believe (my opinion) Hahn is intelligent enough to know that JR was not going to hire someone coming off a suspension for cheating. This is the same guy that lead the owners in a strike that eliminated his own team from a probable WS. Bochy, Harris, Kelly, Gonzalez, Redmond, Alomar, plus a couple others I can't think of all would have been a better choice than Tony and had at least a snowball's chance of getting the chairman's ok. I believe Hahn is way too savvy to champion someone like Cora or Hinch with so much negative baggage. I also believe he's smart enough to know that Tony wasn't going to bring the same performance that earned him a HoF bust. So he would have found a compromise candidate and pushed them. But until Hahn retires we won't know for certain.

Sorry. Some people are more familiar with NFL contracts where they are not guaranteed by default.