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MLB Postseason 2013 |OT| - Chicken n Beer-less Diet
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Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Dat zito contract freedom spending.
Mr. Enigma
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Seriously. They just got out of Zito's horrible contract. Now they're stuck paying $17.5 million the next two seasons to a declining Lincecum.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
At least it is two years only.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Are you surprised? Sabean Fucking loves to spend money. Especially on people who performed for him in the past.
sf2fanatic
Member
They waiting for the guy down the street. Give him his due to come home. Wallach would be another option
Slightly since Timmy has been about a league average starter the last two years. Imagine the contract he's going to give Timmy if he bounces back these next two years? it's going to be glorious.
This is what I have been telling everybody at job, talk about an over reaction.
RumblingRosco
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Am I wrong for wanting the Cards to win the WS this year and for the Giants, behind Timmy as their ace in the 2014 season, to win the WS next year?
Dominican Power
Member
Giants going after Cano.
HarryDemeanor
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Little Green Yoda
Member
If the Cards win it all this year, I'd be more than willing to concede the 2014 title to the Giants if it means the Cards win the 2015 WS.
10/300 million? Sounds like Sabean.
I feel like he and Colletti are at war with each other to see who can have the worst contracts.
HarryDemeanor
Member
At least that keeps Colletti from trying to get Lincecum. I was afraid that we might've went after him.
matthewwhatever
Member
John Gibbons isn't a very good manager, but I don't think it was his fault the Jays were as terrible as they were. Pretty much everyone on the team got hurt for significant stretches of time, and by August they were basically putting their Triple-A team on the field for every game.
Plus, I mean, they had a one game improvement over 2012. With that kind of incremental improvement, the playoffs are sure to follow
in 2029 or so
I'm not going to pull out the revisionist paint, use it on the Yankees as some gritty underdogs who had no sniff at a playoff spot.
Plenty of injuries, no adjustments.
I wouldn't have minded to go after him on a one year deal. If he doesn't work as a starter, I'd put him in the bullpen.
But the Giants overspending is certainly better.
Yep, that's him.
HarryDemeanor
Member
He would be a nice bullpen arm but not for that much.I wouldn't have minded to go after him on a one year deal. If he doesn't work as a starter, I'd put him in the bullpen.
But the Giants overspending is certainly better.
I'd rather we focus our efforts on possibly acquiring Masahiro Tanaka. Then we can let Josh Beckett out into the wild to go drink beer and eat some chicken.
Whether they were gritty or not does not really matter. The truth is they were a high priced team who was one of the favourites to grab a WC spot. However this was before the injuries and pretty much everyone's opinion on the team changed.
After losing 1/3 of your projected OD lineup to injuries, losing your 3B who was already replacing your injured 3B, and losing your starting C all of a sudden makes you look like the doormats of the AL East. That is what happens when you lose more than half your lineup. No one thought the Yankees had any shot of actually getting close to a post season spot at that point.
Losing guys that late in the off season or that early in the regular season does not allow for many adjustment. The only thing to do was grab whatever scraps were left and play them because the guys in the minors are not going to contribute much.
The team that actually played and that everyone thought was done actually overachieved. Their negative run differential and winning record basically points to that. The only team in the majors to pull that off.
I'm not sure what adjustments are going to be made when your lineup gets decimated like that so close to the start of the season or early on in the regular season.
What are you talking about? No one is saying they were gritty underdogs since the Yankees will never be that, but this team had no business being in the wild card hunt after everything that happened. Hell, I was pulling for them to continue lose since I knew we weren't good enough and had no business being in the playoffs.
Couldn't have said it better myself, thank you fellow council member.
Starting the last month of the season a few games out? I would consider that business.
Going to have to cut the fat in the council next season.
I won't lie, the last month they did have a shot up until the last week and I was rooting for them, but I still knew even if we made it, we were just going to get bounced out in the wild card game or the ALDS.
If we're going to sign a pitcher, I'd rather have Tanaka as well. Then have Billingsly/Lee battle for the 5th spot.
Mr. Enigma
Member
Bobby Valentine: The Red Sox would be in the World Series this year if I was still managing
FYI: Valentine was paid $2.5 million by the Red Sox this season to sit on his ass.
FYI: Valentine was paid $2.5 million by the Red Sox this season to sit on his ass.
That douche needs to fuck off.
Ninja Scooter
Member
$17.5 million a year for Tim Lincecum? What in the actual fuck?
It's settled, whenever I have a kid I'm going to go all Marinovich on him making him become a pitcher.
It's settled, whenever I have a kid I'm going to go all Marinovich on him making him become a pitcher.
Make sure Sabean is still a GM or Hank has taken over the Yankees again.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Make sure he's a lefty.
Mr. Enigma
Member
ESPN is reporting that a potential Braves/Reds trade of Dan Uggla and Brandon Phillips is "gaining momentum".
A Black Falcon
Member
Eh, maybe he would... unlike most Sox fans, I didn't dislike Bobby V myself... really! I don't think last season was all his fault. Maybe they could have recovered this year and done just as well as they have, maybe not. Who knows.
sf2fanatic
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Also recently we sign a young Cuban infielder. So Cano may be out of the picture
Unless the Barves are covering all of Uggla's salary I have no idea why the Reds would make this move.
HarryDemeanor
Member
Oh he's out of the picture all right.
Puig and Guerrero are going to be best buds this season.
kingdaddy157
Banned
Agreed, Brandon Phillips has been a catalyst for the Reds even before they started having these winning seasons. It would be a great trade for Atlanta, but unless the Reds believe they have a super prospect in their system, they should not make this trade.
Love Bobby V.
Why would anyone want Uggla?
The Mets should accept him back.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Dan Uggla is going to have to apply for a new license in Ohio to open carry those two guns of his.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
I like you Soka. That's why I'm going to kill your team last
Dominican Power
Member
Can't wait to see The Redsox lose.
Little Green Yoda
Member
Ortiz/Napoli (and to a lesser extent, Bogaerts) scare me even more than HanRam/Puig did.
I have no idea what to expect from our lineup but it can't be worse than what the 2004 team hit in the WS. Or worse than what the 2013 team hit in the NLDS/NLCS.
Mr. Enigma
Member
He still hits home runs. In Cincinnati's little league park, it's not hard to imagine he could probably hit 30 in a season even declining as fast as he is. Also, there's a sliver of a chance his eyes could adjust normally after his Lasik surgery.
RumblingRosco
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If this repeats for a few more years, I'd enjoy it. Would get tiresome eventually. Probably getting ahead of myself right now though, let's reconvene on this topic in a week or so.
Thanks brah! <3
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