Iwritecode
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Jerry is the definition of low risk high reward. Put as little money/effort into winning as possible and if every single little thing goes right,,. If every ball bounces exactly the right way... then you have 2005.
On the other hand, if everything goes bad you have 2024.
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16 hours ago, WestEddy said:
Yes, that's how conversation works. Normally, it takes evidence to get somebody to back off of what they believe to be true.
That's why I provided it. You're welcome.
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2 hours ago, WestEddy said:
I'm not sure what I'm doubling down on. Maybe you should follow the discussion.
Your first claim:
On 4/23/2024 at 11:43 AM, WestEddy said:I would remind you that 3 stars were all out, injured after 10 games
Your double-down after someone said it was not true:
On 4/23/2024 at 12:40 PM, WestEddy said:Yours is the ridiculous argument. Robert, Moncada and Jimenez are the "stars".
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17 hours ago, WestEddy said:
If you're going to quibble with the word "stars", fine. Then let's say that Getz came in, saddled with 5 veteran players, all of who could have been expected to hit like major league baseball players, as they have in the past. And all 5 either got injured early, s%*# the bed, or both.
And if somebody wants to jump in and start arguing that no, none of those players should have been relied upon, then you're only making a more sympathetic argument than I did, as they came into the season with 5 dead bodies they had to roster.
I haven't really been following this discussion overall. I just thought it was odd that you would double-down on something like that when their stats say otherwise.
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1 hour ago, WestEddy said:
Yours is the ridiculous argument. Robert, Moncada and Jimenez are the "stars".
Moncada is in his 9th season and Jimenez is in his 6th.
Between the 2 of them they have exactly 2 seasons where one of them had a WAR over 2. Both of them were Moncada. 2019 (5.2) and 2021 (4).
"Star" players have career low years of 2 WAR.
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I had to double-check and make sure I didn't start this thread.
In literally the exact same state of mind.
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1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:
Saves a call up. You can only be sent down 3 times in a year before you hit waivers.
Did they change that? I thought it used to be essentially an unlimited amount of times you could be called up/sent down in a season.
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9 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:
The entire situation made the organization look inept and dysfunctional.
It only looks that way because it actually is.
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A better comparison would've been gas stations. They've been using "dynamic pricing" for decades.
I can drive by a station in the morning and it's one price and then in the afternoon it's a different price. You never really know exactly how much you are going to pay.
People grumble about it but what are we supposed to do? Just not buy gas?
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5 minutes ago, waltwilliams said:
Yeah, but have you ever been to Dodger Stadium? There is literally nothing except parking lots around Chavez Ravine, and the downtown LA area that is close to Dodger Stadium is pretty sketchy. Yet they lead both leagues in attendance year after year. Or Yankee Stadium -- the South Bronx is better now than it was 30 years (like a South Side stadium we all know and love), but would you want to hang out there after a game? Nope. Yet they are the top AL draw year after year. Citi Field in Queens, same thing. Yet the second team in NYC still consistently draws over 2.5 million.
You can have a good team and crappy stadium or a crappy team and a good stadium and still draw well either way.
But you can't have both be crappy and expect to have good attendance.
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On 1/27/2024 at 8:19 AM, Texsox said:
Some of it is the availability. It was tougher to explore different music when you had to go to the store and buy it, or catch it on the radio.
That's true. I remember spending literal years searching for a single song that I heard on a movie once. I had a hard time even figuring out who the artist was until I got the VHS. Turns out there was no soundtrack ever produced or released for the movie.
Now I can just go to Youtube and listen to it whenever I want.
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You must have some kids raised by Gen X'rs.
My daughter is often surprised when she knows about some older song that I introduced her to when she was younger and her friends/co-workers have never heard of it.
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On 12/10/2023 at 12:45 AM, greg775 said:
These contracts make no sense. Economy: Bad. Ticket prices: Already are too expensive for ordinary fans only going up. Baseball should be played in a studio cause only TV money is keeping it afloat. Good luck if these TV deals fall through some day cause of bankruptcy.
Attendance actually went up league-wide in 2023 vs 2022.
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I don't know that I ever posted this picture here but if you could describe the Sox 2023 season in a single AB, this would be it.
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What's next?
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7 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:
They thought they had jobs for life or until JR croaked.
I think everyone thought that.
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14 hours ago, Chisoxfn said:
It’s going to end poorly for hahn. No way he survives this season - not even JR will tolerate this.
He's never held him accountable for this dumpster fire of a franchise in the past decade+ that he's been here. Why would he start now?
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IDK guys...
Is this really more embarrassing than having a GM that has a sub-500 record in 10 years with only 2 playoff appearances and 0 playoff series wins and yet still somehow keeps his job?
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That was probably the one good thing about Ozzie. When the team sucked, he would be the first to tell you they sucked. No mincing words and no trying to say what he thought people wanted to hear.
And no, this is absolutely *not* a plea for him to return as manager.
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8 hours ago, WBWSF said:
Although I do believe if this season continues to be a disaster Hahn will be gone this off season.
Lol. If he hasn't been let go by now, he never will.
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3 hours ago, Polar Bear said:
99.9999%. Its been stated numerous times over the last decade that Hahn only recently got more say so but even now has to have unanimous approval from KW and JR. Meaning he has virtually no GM powers that the other 29 GMs have
I was gonna say, deep down we all know every player on this list is a KW guy.
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13 minutes ago, almagest said:
At this point all I wish is that Reinsdorf would realize his way doesn't work. Unfortunately, I assume Hahn's complete failure to rebuild is an "I told you so moment" for Reinsdorf.
It won't be.
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This is an organization that wouldn't even fire Robin Ventura. He basically had to quit.
KW and RH have jobs for life as long as JR is around.
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Understanding Jerry
in Pale Hose Talk
Posted · Edited by Iwritecode
Let's not forget that he hasn't actually payed rent on the ballpark in like 11 years.
EDIT: Actually, he did have to pay some in 2022 because the attendance was over 1.9 million.