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I don’t believe that the manager or the players just gave up. I think that those of you making that claim are projecting. You saw things go wrong and just piled on the wagon because you all gave up forgetting that a game is at least 9 innings long and groused for the next couple of innings. Now, we can discuss whether or not the decisions made during the game were good or bad … always lots to discuss there, some I agree with, some I don’t, per usual. And we’d probably agree in some of it. You can think what you want about game decisions, but these claims that the manager just gave up, is crap.

Yeah, I know what win expectancy is … I don’t buy that he just gave up as you are claiming, And if that’s your opinion, fine … I just don’t agree with it, and, frankly, think you’re wrong that he just gave up

Sorry ... we will just have to disagree ... you saw his sheet? The analytics said 'You're gonna lose so forget it' ... that's what you're saying? Yeah ... I don't buy it.

Any left? I'll be by after work ...

Nope. Not if they win. If they lose because of the manager, they win because of the manager

I think what people were saying, that since it wasn't Miranda who went down when Lewis did, and I think most were surprised it wasn't Miranda, he would go down when Larnach was activated. It wasn't a 'couldn't do it' thing, iirc. But since someone else went to the IL in the meantime, they kept him up.

No ... have you ever had one? I have.

I said that about Celestino, too ... dunno ... I guess maybe they have a different eye to things than we do?

Do both and reduce the game by 35 minutes ...

He admitted to saying it

Possibility and probability in this scenario is just so very, very, very far apart, though, it’s so illogical to me to even entertain the possibility.

Then we will not be trading him, because no team will be able to give us a good return. And, imo, if we are contending, no way I entertain trading, even if some team was able to offer a ‘good return’, which I don’t believe there is one. For one, no way Lewis has the experience and talent of Correa, no matter how well he is playing in AAA. He will not get us over the playoff hump. With Correa I think there is a better than good chance of that. And no team can offer us anything good enough, especially a quality piece we might need. Teams who would be trading for a rental are contending teams, and they need those pieces, too. Remember when we thought we could get a good return for Santana? A player of that quality you just are not getting a good return because teams just can’t pay it. The lesson with Santana was we should have kept him one more year and tried to win it and let him walk because we pretty much ended up with nothing for him anyway.

Good thing it wasn’t

Fun talk for convertible drivers. When I talk about driving topless, I remind people that the car is topless, not me

It got that name when you played 3rd long ago? Does that mean it has something to do with the invention of fire?

Blargh

Oh ****

You know … I’m not a big camouflage wearing kind of person … just not colorful enough for me … but I do kind of like the hats. It would look nice on me driving around in my topless car

Yeah, a 5th of what I don't wonder

I like living dangerously

Um ... what?

He would even if I didn't ...

I've never heard of that scotch brand before ... is it good?

And Chief is on a roll!

Celestino has really come on strong this year. I had high hopes for him ... he has not disappointed!