Watch the WBC though. Americans and the Japanese don’t like it, but every other culture does. The WBC was great IMO for the younger baseball fans (my son and his friends) I told them several times I’d drill the next batter and they called me a boomer.
But Scott isn’t the fall guy. They have let go plenty of guys. They allowed Griggs to leave without a real attempt and they don’t have to fire Jerry. Just not answer his agents call cause his contract is up. All of our dislike of the ownership group actually makes sense because they can hire a President of baseball OP’s, a new GM and a manager that are all cheaper than the crew they have. Hollander got a huge pay raise just because some other team wanted him as the GM. Not cause he was worthy, just he was wanted…..kind of like how Mike Leach kept getting pay raises even though he never attempted to beat UW.
Probably right. It's Dipoto who is endorsing and building the 3-outcome hitter offense in a ballpark built for small ball. This team will not get to the next level if they continue to build an offense this way. So, IMO, Dipoto is far more responsible for the team's failure than Servais is. But I don't see Dipoto admitting to ownership that his strategy failed, when he could blame Servais for not implementing it correctly. He'd be lying. I think Servais is doing the best he can with the offense most of the time (although I think he should have gone to Dipoto and found a way to put Garver on the 60-day IL). It's the pitching staff that Servais is making mistakes with.
That's the thing, they've let go of plenty of guys. Next up is Scotty cause they've already rid of everyone else. If Jerry leaves than it's a total house cleaning. Mike Leach is good but I'll give you James Franklin at PSU.
Okay here is where I contradict myself to a degree. I loved the energy and flair of the WBC, but that was a quick tourney with teams celebrating their heritage as they played and I loved that. MLB is a professional league with no allegiance for the players and should be taken with some seriousness. hey, if you are winning and playing a great game for long periods of the season, I would have no problem wit it. But for a team that sucks most nights, I don't like that celebrating or bravado during the game.
and yet.. that.is not what .
