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I was thinking of a separate thread but it fits here. Three things that closed during the past year that I’m sad about. Bexar Stage (pronounced bare and the county name). Theater with comedy and classes. Leon Valley Cafe local couple with a thriving restaurant that couldn’t survive being shut down. Local places in general that closed while chains managed to hang on. I’m grateful that Metro Taco Shop remains open. I’m also grateful that financially I was in a great field that also valued my health and safety.

IMNSHO each division leader earns an A. Most wildcard teams would be an A or A-.

One thing that has kept Sox fans excited through the years is comparing poor with worse. The 2021 TLR is not HoF worthy. Renteria had a lifetime sub .500 record. To be fair to both those guys, Ricky was only trusted by organizations with sub par teams and Tony was wearing black before and after he was great. It's amusing to debate who sucked worst than the other but in the end I can't debate who was *better* with a straight face.

This team will be streaky. That's what inexperience brings.

Oh my God that is hilarious and I’m stealing that for my classroom.

I don't want to narrow cast this too much. I just noticed I'll be in Minnesota during a Sox series there. Has anyone been to the stadium? Thoughts on catching a Sox road game?

Fair enough.

Let’s change history. “Why didn't you pitch run for Vaughn?” “I knew later in the game he would come up with runners on base.” SSHM “Exactly right, save him for a hypothetical chance later in the game. Great managing Tony!” Close game with runners on first and second and they maximized the chance to score multiple runs then. I don’t have a problem with that move at all. Plus it’s a defensive upgrade late in a close game. Knowing how much you hate, loath, disrespect Tony it’s difficult to tell if this is a serious discussion of baseball strategy (of which I know you can do) or just you taking an opportunity to rip everything Tony does (something else you relish and do often).

Greg I want to buy you a coffee someday.

Thank you for the summary. And thank you G-man for putting us one person closer to ending this.

Great point. In fact that has me rethinking not being too upset about an obscure NL stadium only rule. It's exactly the edge you expect from having a Hall of Fame manager. I now place more blame on Tony.

My autocorrect fought me all the way lol Thank you

Someone that everyone else has given up on and is sitting at home? AAA guy that Tony met in AA? It won't be pretty no matter what.

If I had to bet, I agree with you. When I wrote that post I was thinking of the baseball writers and how they consider character ( steroid whispers / Jack Clark accusations) and seven sub par seasons at the end. The writers hold that first ballot designation in high esteem.

Good point, I own Top Golf, Drive Shack, and Organigram.

As I've said it's the worse franchise in baseball.

I'd leave him on. If I invested a share of $20,000,000 and it was now worth $1,600,000,000 I'd leave him in and pray he doesn't die.

I think we all agree that of the three options the staff picked the worse one.

Agreed. Yet fans somehow believe guys he's hired and kept on like Hahn would be grabbed up in a hurry by other teams. Only an inept chairman ( he owns less that 20% of the team ) would keep these guys after so many losing seasons. I don't know why we, myself included, keep calling him the owner. He's the chairman and owns less than 1/5th of the team.

Thank you. 1st ballot? I'm thinking second.

Wait until the homerun derby to decide tie games (now being used in the Pioneer League) gets to MLB. YeaHaa!!

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.