Texsox

QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 6, 2016 -> 03:29 PM) Shields could be a solid #2 if they can control his gopher balls and work with his velocity loss. Which would be a surprising but not shocking upside. More likely a serviceable #3/4 on a slow decline for three years then a retirement party.

How many players get drafted versus make the show? 25 to 1 maybe? How many will produce anything of merit 100 drafted to 1 dependable day to day player?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 2, 2016 -> 03:12 PM) Especially a guy like Byrd who has already been suspended. He knew what he was taking. I think the innocent mistake does happen once in a great while, but it would surprise me if most of the busted don't have other things the tests haven't caught up with in their systems as well. QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 2, 2016 -> 03:20 PM) I guarantee the honest mistake happens every now and then. Unfortunately no one is going to believe when more often than not that's definitely not the case. I am certain there are some honest mistakes. But those can't be excused. No one takes a supplement by accident. If you are subject to drug screening and testing, you better be 100% certain of everything you put in your body. No other policy works.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Jun 3, 2016 -> 01:19 PM) Crazy thing about the rip currents is they are almost never more than 20 or 30 yards wide. People feel like they're supposed to swim parallel to shore mile after mile, but really you get out of them in like 30 seconds most of the time. If you know what you're doing you can use them on purpose to speed you up when swimming out. Those are fun when you are going out on a board. I've never done it while swimming, I was listening to a guy that said he felt he was being pulled under as well as out. The guy that was helping him wasn't a great swimmer so the decision to leave him behind wasn't just because he didn't seem to be drowning.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 6, 2016 -> 02:19 PM) Love how LaRaza's name is being thrown out there like a terrorist organization or ACORN. They're much more like the NAACP or Cesar Chavez's/Dolores Huerta's migrant farm workers' association in reality. I met her when she was being honored by Weslaco, Texas (even named a street for her). Amazing woman. I really enjoyed her presentation.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 6, 2016 -> 02:58 PM) If that is what those guys "cost", than I'd argue the trade isn't a no brainer since we are paying "what they cost" plus giving up assets. While Tatis is a long-shot, he is still a very talented long-shot for his age and someone we committed valuable international FA resources to and who has received pretty positive early reviews. I don't consider that a nobody. If it was just Johnson, I'd have less to complain about, but Tatis was what this org had to make strides on (actually getting meaningful contributions from its international front and while he was 5 years down the road, it takes a long time to do things like this) and it takes time to build up a system (something we continue to not do). And this is coming from someone who is all for leveraging prospects for trading and filling other needs. Five years of baseball development is such a crapshoot that I just can't get excited about it any more.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 6, 2016 -> 01:08 PM) I have no special insight into the Padres but "owner who put a lot of money into a player and then loses his temper at that player after an embarrassing game and 1.5 frustrating seasons after he spent a lot of money and was promised results and then the team has to dump the player as fast as possible" doesn't seem like an impossible sequence to me. The owner jumping on him before the trade was announced but while the trade was done seems like impressive enough 3-dimensional chess playing that my instinct is that an owner-outburst seems more likely to me. I agree that seems like the most likely scenario.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jun 6, 2016 -> 09:54 AM) What other organizations have a manager who had never coached or managed an inning at any professional level and had been out of baseball for a decade before named manger? We night hire a retread, but people learn from their experiences.... but you need that depth of experience from which to learn. I meant Ventura today. He now has the experience you are talking about, has achieved some success, etc.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 6, 2016 -> 12:28 PM) There is still 7 weeks to do so, and Rick made it clear that they are still actively shopping for improvements. I have no doubt they would love to find another power hitting OF. I agree.

QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Jun 6, 2016 -> 10:16 AM) Well one question I have to ask is: how many World Series champions had sh*tty managers? That's one way to look at it. While they won? None. At some point later? All of them with possibly the exception of Tommy Lasorda. You win a World Series and everyone thinks you are a great manager, then a few years later the fans want your head. Then, if you are say a Larussa you become a great manager again. At least in the eyes of the fans.

It would have been nice to have someone available to fill the offensive hole, but that wasn't to be. No use sitting around waiting and not doing anything else to improve the team. This was an modest improvement which becomes huge *if* other things fall in place.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 6, 2016 -> 09:03 AM) Your 2 year old couldn't apparently see that we need pitching too? You prioritize the problems and only handle the second biggest problem after fixing the first.

I don't believe anyone here believes that the manager doesn't matter. I believe it is more the manager doesn't mean that much and they are all about the same. The differences between managers might not be worth all the angst and bitterness.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Jun 5, 2016 -> 05:18 PM) Depends... On the off chance there is a new owner next year, it could be an actual person with experience at the big league level who has had some success. Mark In other words another organization's version of Ventura. He can't manage that team anymore, they want him out, etc. I'm not disagreeing with you, just pointing out perhaps the need for managers to change places. Perhaps players do stop listening.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jun 5, 2016 -> 04:16 PM) Donald Trump. I hope he's available . . . I always thought Sandy would make a great manager.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 6, 2016 -> 09:02 AM) I feel restaurants keep track of and monitor their ticket times already without an app. But I want to be able to check my phone and see what restaurants have the shortest wait time right now and chose accordingly.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 6, 2016 -> 08:46 AM) It's time to give the lack of experience card a toss in the trash. If it is so essential, how the hell does anyone here know what exactly he is doing incorrectly? Great point. If every manager followed exactly what stats show is the most correct thing to do every manager would be exactly average. So how do you put your team in a better position to be successful?

My wife and I drove the length of the Natchez Trace a few years ago. Made quite a few stops. It was a really fun trip. Today is the first official day of vacation. Ahh

Eventually they will become like incandescents and anyone will be able to make a decent product.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jun 6, 2016 -> 07:29 AM) Ugh, same old tired argument. Apparently the 30 smartest & most qualified people in the world are currently managing MLB teams. Might as well shut down this site then. If fans aren't allowed to challenge poor decision-making or even deem a certain manager bad relative to his peers, what else is off limits? I guess the GMs don't make mistakes either, so us "arm chair" GMs really can't question them either. At least we're allowed to rip the players, right Tex? I find it laughable that people continue to defend a guy who literally had no coaching experience before taking the job. The entire hiring process was laughable, ignoring his complete lack of a resume and not interviewing any alternatives. No doubt we had to get the guy with the "Five Star General" traits before the rest of the league realized he was available. And I can already hear the next bulls*** defense coming: he played in the majors for 15 years. Lol at anyone who actually thinks that justifies his hiring. Of course the thirty best are not managing, there are some better candidates that haven't had a chance yet. But why are there thirty people managing that are worse than millions of other people? Why does the system reward people who can't manage as well as the average fan? That has to stop. Another old tired argument of mine is managers receive far too much credit and far too much blame for what happens on the field. Reading the threads some people believe the next guy will be thousands of times better. That just isn't reality. Fire Ventura or don't fire him, but don't expect the next guy to be brilliant. MLB just keeps replacing idiot managers with more idiot managers.

QUOTE (Coach @ Jun 6, 2016 -> 07:47 AM) In response to your statement, why is Cooper considered one of the best in baseball then? Because reputation matters most. He's behind the scenes enough that people can't really pin anything on him. Great marketing.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Jun 6, 2016 -> 08:13 AM) Both the best and worst managing/coaching is still done behind the scenes. Exactly.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 26, 2016 -> 08:56 AM) Not nearly as sexy, I really don't want to think about you and sexy anything. /whydidweremovethevomiticon

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