FloydBannister1983

I guess I’ve just blacked out on Cole after 2019 World Series.

My bad. Maybe he is in then. I didn’t know he won last year. I remembered Verlander beating him out a couple years ago.

I’m not sure Gerrit Cole is in. He’s never won a Cy Young has he? He’s been a good pitcher. Not Hall of Fame.

This is an argument for kicking Santo out, which I wholeheartedly endorse.

Santo shouldn’t be in either

Tommy John - yes Dick Allen - no (Also Dave Parker - yes)

If they were going to take a long time couldn't they have done a real GM search instead of bumping up the guy that failed at development? I thought the entire point of this clown was to not take a long time. Fans don't owe Getz or even the organization in general their allegiance. I suspect a lot will be gone if and when they improve not to mention a generation of youngsters who will never grow up as Sox fans.

Of course dumping failure all on Getz does not leave open the possibility that Venable is not the real deal.

Lack of hustle is not a physical error. It’s called laziness. Judge did not make an error due to laziness, not nearly close to Vaughn lolligagging it. Also who made the claim everyone sees it through my eyes. You want to make the claim Vaughn was busting his rear end on that play go ahead.

Do other teams try so hard to show their one trophy 20 years later? Do you see the Diamondbacks or Marlins trophies in their introductory videos? Serious question.

Where’s @Jack Parkman been? He knew Kopech stats inside and out.

It’s not what he believes! It’s what he says the new coach could say and be plausibly believable.

They lost 121 games. Shouldn’t be too hard to find one.

So the editor muted the last two characters but not the first word?

You know he was responding to “What else is he supposed to say” don’t you? Why else would he put it in quotes?

Yeah but we also witnessed crap like the hustling Cleveland batter beating a lolligagging Andrew Vaughn to first base. There was zero energy.

Sounds like he will be a good drinking buddy for LaRussa.

Of course he did but so did everyone else including St Joe Torre. He was better than his peers and they were all turning a blind eye. It’s a pox on all their houses, no doubt, including drunken LaRussa.

Also between "It's a good hire and I'm happy" and "I hate that you're skeptical and I'm incapable of ignoring your skepticism."

Fair. I have had to delete “Fire Dave McGuinness” and “Fire AJ Hinch” threads in the past.

Cough, sarcasm, cough

"Cautiously optimistic" yes. There's been half a dozen be "excited" posts. That's a giant leap.

Pre-drunken senile LaRussa was one of the best managers.

"Excited" is a bit of a stretch. The guy who said "puts pitchfork and torches back in the closet" was more like it.

Is it too early to start a "Fire Will Venable" thread?