Paulie4Pres

This fucking guy is seriously the reverse jinx MASTER. Just keep posting, Ron.

We should put Ron883 out to pasture, no????

Because Jerry Reinsdorf.

We will see. That's about all you can say about shit like this.

Boomers are all alike. It's uncanny. The responses are completely predictable.

LOL.

If the manager isn't responsible for the team playing good fundamental baseball, maintaining focus, and their plate approach, WHAT THE FUCK IS HE ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR? The TLR apologists are more infuriating than he is.

Literally ANYONE ELSE.

Worst manager in baseball and it's not even remotely close.

So, pitch well, win. Pitch poorly, lose. I have to imagine this is similar for a lot of teams.

Fixed this post for you. You're insufferable.

This board is bipolar.

I guess my point, at the end of the day, is that these guys shouldn't be injuring themselves as seriously as they do, as often as they do, and taking as long as they do, to recover. It seems absolutely absurd to me. Something is really off in their training/conditioning. I mean, sprinting to first base TEARS a hamstring? Jumping for a fly ball TEARS a pec muscle? Yikes. We agree way more than we disagree.

So, I would say, being able to perform at 100% of the level I did before the injury, without reinjury, means it is healed 100%. Is that completely accurate? Probably not. The human body compensates a lot. But it's close enough. And yeah, I know a few folks with recurring back pain. They tend to be those that don't really take care of themselves, unfortunately.

Yeah, it's certainly not ideal, and I should probably have it looked at, at some point. And surgery is really just never an option for me, because I coach hockey and play so much. My most painful injury though, was an oblique tear. That took me like 3 months before I didn't feel pain, even just passing a puck. Still never went completely inactive with it. Just cut activity back to where the pain was tolerable, and it eventually healed well. But that was BRUTAL. Even coughing killed me. I guess I just have a drastically different experience with tissue injuries, than what you've conveyed here. The overwhelming majority of mine, have healed 100%, and fairly quickly.

Well, next time I sustain a tissue injury, I will hit you up. It happens a few times a year, at a minimum. Maybe I'll blow your mind... Who knows. I've got a knee bothering me right now(likely PCL strain, from a slew foot), but I've taken to staying active, continuing to build strength in it, and wearing a brace when playing hockey, as opposed to rest. It's improved drastically in just a week, doing this. My injury history would probably be intriguing, as well. Considering I've been playing 150 hockey games a year for the last 10-12 years, and haven't missed more than a few weeks due to injury.

So what you're saying is, once an injury is sustained, it takes forever(relatively speaking) to get back to 100%, and you may never get back to 100%? If that's the case, I vehemently disagree. Again, decades of first hand experience and first hand observation, in a sport where tissue injuries are EXTREMELY common. Groin injuries are the worst, but even with a groin injury, I've seen guys come back stronger than they were before the injury. Myself included.

I'm really just speaking to your claims about recovery time. I find these recovery times to be absurd. Again, as an old ass man, my recovery times are shorter than that.

Yes. This is highly probable. Baseball players are probably the least athletic "athletes" of any sport. As someone who played every sport imaginable growing up, I would rank it as follows, when it comes to pure athletic ability, and pushing your physical limits: 1) Hockey 2) Basketball 3) Football 4) Soccer 5) Baseball

As a 42 year old who plays hockey 5-6 times a week, I find this post about baseball players laughable. Give me a fucking break.

This is sarcasm, right?

Being a "fan" of a team that consistently shows they don't really value winning, or respect their fans, is like staying in an abusive relationship. Respect and loyalty is a two way street. The ONLY thing a sports organization respects is the bottom line. So when you want to send a message, you do so by not giving that team money. Unfortunately in Chicago, we have a lot of masochistic fans, who just keep coming back for more. It's not admirable to stick with a team when they are terribly managed, and not competitive. That's called being a fucking sucker. You can still be a "fan" and send a message with your wallet.

For those talking about Ozzie not managing in forever, he's been involved in baseball the entire time. He watches every game this team plays. All of his analysis postgame is spot on. People like to pretend that managing an MLB team is rocket science. It's not. It's mostly common sense, and listening to the numbers. Ozzie would be a HUGE upgrade over this alcoholic, dementia suffering idiot.

How the fuck is this surprising to anyone? I would be SHOCKED if this guy lives five more years. He's 77 years old, and looks 90. What the fuck did people expect? Every time he comes out of the dugout I expect him to have a heart attack or stroke. Hiring this guy to manage one of the youngest teams in the league was a fucking disaster day 1. It just gets worse the longer it goes.

Imagine having this much talent and deciding it is time to tear it all down again, and rebuild. Instead of, you know, firing the incompetent fucking asshole in the dugout who handicaps the team every single game, and maximizing your talent. What a bunch of fucking idiots Sox fans are. Jesus Christ.