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I believe it was on this day in 2022 they were 6-2 entering play and lost the next 8 straight.

About to say, Sunday punt-the-game lineups go back to the Ozzie era. Did they ever go away, that’s the question.

Meh. Ozzie taking shots at the Astros now sure seems like trying to stay relevant to me. To each their own though.

I have no problem with reading an opponents signs. It’s been a part of the game for as long as they’ve been using signs. What the Astros did was not that. There is no comparison and to do so is an absurd false equivalency. Even if the Sox had the Astros signs in 2005, it takes nothing away from their dominant series. It also sounds like Ozzie is full of s%*# here and is desperately trying to be relevant in a game that has passed him by. Something that he had a hand in but still refuses to do the work to get back into.

You’re not wrong

Pedro loves Hanser Alberto. For reasons I don't quite understand, but...

There probably are 30 better players than TA, but whether he is or isn’t a top 30 player really isn’t the point. Having produced *only* one arguably top 30 player is though. That’s hardly praiseworthy, and I wholeheartedly echo your sentiments. Everyone involved with putting this wretched team together can get fucked. We deserve so much better as fans.

So 1 guy. One top 30 player. One single home grown star. Do you want a cookie? A gold star?

Never! The powers that brought him back and allowed him to crater this team still exist, completely unaccountable.

If your thesis is based on guys that blossomed elsewhere, you might not have a very sound argument. None of this matters if your front office can't build a team around talented stars. They deserve zero praise.

How many gas cans can one bullpen have? I don’t know but Rick Hahn sure aims to find out.

Don’t know how he escaped my brain.

Not that homegrown hitting is much better, but this org used to be able to develop pitching. Is Sale the last guy? Cuz I’m drawing a blank.

Pitching

Who is the last true home grown pitching success story? As in drafted and developed?

Can he even be an innings eater? I have my doubts.

Gio not really fooling anyone

A couple of those I expected him to get to only for them to get by.

It’s awful so far

This seems less than ideal too.