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Post by klaiggeb on Sept 17, 2023 9:31:21 GMT -5
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Post by reedonly on Sept 18, 2023 12:14:41 GMT -5
As I mentioned before, it’s hard to root for a team when I cannot stand owners, management, half the players. There is no one guy saying “enough, I’ll take responsibility “. Hopefully Buster starts to assert himself a bit.
They have to quit making excuses. Everyone had to deal with Covid, everyone has to deal with bad economy, winning teams don’t complain
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Post by klaiggeb on Sept 18, 2023 12:34:11 GMT -5
Man, Reed! Did you nail it!
I keep hoping for the same thing; that BUSTER will have a ton of influence!
And he can start by showing Kapler the door.
Why?
What hitter will want to come here and platoon?
I'm sure they told Haniger he'd be an every day player.
But since he's come back, he's been mostly platooned.
Hitters need a reason to WANT to come here. And with Kapler in charge, there aren't any.
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Post by reedonly on Sept 18, 2023 17:43:21 GMT -5
I have no illusions about World Series or anything but even an untrained eye knows that opener games will blow out bullpens and no one wants to platoon even if they say they buy into it. Playing to develop the kids should have been the goal. GK and all the use of analytics is really bad unwatchable baseball and who wants to pay good money to see an unwatchable product?
What it comes down to is the manager fancies himself as an intellectual and a great thinker/philosopher. I think he’s a phony. The rest of MLB is playing chess, he’s playing with a fidget toy. He can’t read players, strategies by reading spreadsheets, ignores 100 + years of strategy. Not much left. I wanted him gone the moment they hired him. Fire him and attendance will bump up.
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Post by klaiggeb on Sept 18, 2023 19:21:57 GMT -5
That's well said,Reed.
And it's also something I've been saying for the past 4 months! He thinks he's smarter than everyone in the game! He thinks analytics are the answer to everything! And no matter how much he fails he's not going to change his mind. Not sure if he's a millennial or not but I'm guessing he is. And basically talking to a millennial it's like talking to a liberal: facts mean anything. So don't use them because it confuses them
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Post by Holiday on Sept 18, 2023 20:35:32 GMT -5
Farhan and GK share the same disease..They both think they are smarter than everyone else and they have dumb ownership who thinks that they actually are.. Luckily, the fans are catching on and by the looks of the attendance, even the owners will eventually see that that have been had
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Post by klaiggeb on Sept 18, 2023 21:22:13 GMT -5
I sure hope you're right, holiday, but I'm thinking the low attendance is more a product of absolutely disgusting offense these last 2 months.
But in my opinion you did flag ownership properly; since they hire these guys they think they must be brilliant.
Talk about not knowing your own limitations
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