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Oh yea?

Collin Fuchs for me.

poop.

This dude was given a standing ovation for drawing a walk, had so much flipping hype, and we got literally nothing for him. The definition of a BUST. Good riddance and this settles it, Yoan was the biggest bust of all our “Core Players”.

Ron is Cali’s name that I use when we watch games together in rare occasions. 👌🏻

It’s day two and Ron is already writing paragraphs that rival Caulfield.

Going by DRS, they were slightly above average at 31 whereas the Dodgers had 66, good for third. Our beloved White Sox anchored the list with -87. So… maybe if the Yankees had our defense, they could have won the World Serious.

It’s going to be an especially long offseason 😆

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Unbelievable. Straight up Highway Robbery!!!

That’s an accurate description of what I recall… they had more life when Grady took over than I remember seeing in them for years. It was refreshing… For a couple of games. 😆

I’m gonna go watch a replay of a random Texas game as a thought experiment and as a way to detract myself from the chaotic state of my life at present time. 😆😵‍💫😆

Sounds a hell of a lot better than giving an impression that he was impressed by what he say as an opponent last year being a deciding factor of taking this job.

Right on - that makes more sense, I suppose. Just the way that he stated his response made me do an immediate double take.

I didn’t see much energy 😆 Perhaps they did show some and I just did not watch said game… that’s one thing I’m forgetting here… I didn’t watch games last year with nearly as much frequency. ALL of the games I did watch however, they looked dead.

Like I said above, respond with some semblance of honesty. Leaves a bad taste in mouth for him to placate last years team as anything remotely close to sound.

So say something that isn’t blatantly a lie. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Oh dear God… On the call with Venable, one of the press corps asked, ”In addition to your positive impression of Chris Getz, what else about this team attracted you to this position and gave you confidence to take the job as manager?” His response brings me deep dread: ”I played against this team last year and saw them all bring energy and go out there and compete every day.” He most certainly was not watching the same team that we were. What in the world?!?

Oh happy day. Now he can go be good and stay healthy in Florida.

Watch him become a good #2 type starter with the Dodgers next season.

That will be fun indeed. I guess our only hope is that the plan of developing a capable system actually works out. Venable must believe that they can do it. We all have more experience to believe that. 😆

What specifically is your qualm? “Almost everything else” sounds like there’s a lot for you to choose from. So have at it.

What’s your deal man? I listed many facts that all contributed to the position we are in… the extensions were inarguably one of them. Why focus on just that one point? I don’t even understand the point you’re trying to make.

The gambles were taken far too early. Anyhow, sorry - I got us off the focus of this thread. Yay. Venable. Oh boy.

When we were all up in arms with Hahn having us “mired in mediocrity” — we didn’t realize how bad it would become. 😆