MLB Daily Thread: Red Sox pitching Sucks!!! Baseball Dead in Boston...Brady Brady Brady

[Blitzville]

At this point Pedroia should have stayed home. So far in this series he is 0-13. And he is the leader?

 

[HammerDown]

I like to look at that metric.

I brought it up last season and was roundly reviled, especially by Sox fans. Remember Rock? Now that the Padres have a high payroll, I'm sure it's much less taboo.

 

[tabascojet]

They're helpless in that regard.

The Padres are going to put together a little run and end up going after Hammels or someone else, then implode and have the worst payroll-to-wins ratio in the game today. Just watch.

did you catch that expose on your gm on espn last week.....aka "how to blow up a promising team in 10 easy steps"

 

[HammerDown]

At this point Pedroia should have stayed home. So far in this series he is 0-13. And he is the leader?

And how is that Pablo Sandoval thing working out?

"It's worked out perfect for us!" - Giants fans

"I never even liked the guy and never once called him Panda. I'm glad he's gone." - @moxie

 

[HammerDown]

did you catch that expose on your gm on espn last week.....aka "how to blow up a promising team in 10 easy steps"

He looks so dumb right now and it has nothing to do with the hair.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

When you get swept coming out of a break, that just screams of a manager who is not motivating his players. How can the Red Sox talk about bringing Farrell back?

Meh. He did a pretty good job motivating his players in '13 when they went into the season with pretty low expectations and then won the World Series.

I think getting swept coming out of a break, in this instance, just screams a shitty team played a pretty good team coming out of a break.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

They're helpless in that regard.

The Padres are going to put together a little run and end up going after Hammels or someone else, then implode and have the worst payroll-to-wins ratio in the game today. Just watch.

It's not that I think they'd implode if they chased Hamels, but I think the Pads would wind up unfortunate in that they could make a few pickups and make a decent run but still miss out because the NL is so stacked.

For your sake, I would hope the Mets Giants and Cubs make a few moves and the Padres realize the mountain is insurmountable.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Hamels has been shit since June 1. 0-3 with a 5.56 ERA in eight starts. Given all the trade speculation surrounding him, I'm sure the Phillies front office is pleased with his recent outings. . .

Ditto for Cueto.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Meh. He did a pretty good job motivating his players in '13 when they went into the season with pretty low expectations and then won the World Series.

I think getting swept coming out of a break, in this instance, just screams a shitty team played a pretty good team coming out of a break.

That has been his only winning season in, what, 5 years of managing? At what point do you just say the guy got lucky as all fuck and move on?

That regime loves him, though.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

I brought it up last season and was roundly reviled, especially by Sox fans. Remember Rock? Now that the Padres have a high payroll, I'm sure it's much less taboo.

I've always liked looking at that. Used to keep up on it much more than I do know, but it's interesting to me. Particularly if you look at it over multiple seasons.

I don't know why anybody would shit on that - it's how much each team paid for each win.

 

[HammerDown]

Ditto for Cueto.

He's doing everything right to keep his stock sky high.

 

[moxie]

And how is that Pablo Sandoval thing working out?

"It's worked out perfect for us!" - Giants fans

"I never even liked the guy and never once called him Panda. I'm glad he's gone." - @moxie

Oh, Padres win one goddamn game and it's back to this shit?!

 

[HammerDown]

Oh, Padres win one goddamn game and it's back to this shit?!

Why, yes! Yes, it is!

 

[Rock Strongo]

When you get swept coming out of a break, that just screams of a manager who is not motivating his players. How can the Red Sox talk about bringing Farrell back?

why they extended him with a year left in a "prove it" year is beyond me.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

That has been his only winning season in, what, 5 years of managing? At what point do you just say the guy got lucky as all fuck and move on?

That regime loves him, though.

I think the entire team was lucky that year. They played over their heads for practically all season.

I don't care if he gets fired, I just think sometimes these guys get handed shitty teams and then get pissed on when they perform shittily.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Oh, Padres win one goddamn game and it's back to this shit?!

That's some funny shit. I can't rate it as such though, because you having more positive ratings than comments is ridiculous. Protest.

 

[HammerDown]

That's some funny shit. I can't rate it as such though, because you having more positive ratings than comments is ridiculous. Protest.

I'm not prepared to confirm or deny the reckless that I had something to do with her 16,000 Likes.

All I will say is that Likes mean a lot to @moxie and our time together behind/under the Penalty Box means a lot to me.

 

[moxie]

That's some funny shit. I can't rate it as such though, because you having more positive ratings than comments is ridiculous. Protest.

Still mad because I won pickems on a short week while you were out picking up trash on the side of the highway, huh?

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Still mad because I won pickems on a short week while you were out picking up trash on the side of the highway, huh?

That's fucking BULLSHIT.

I was selling oranges next to the off-ramp.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I think the entire team was lucky that year. They played over their heads for practically all season.

I don't care if he gets fired, I just think sometimes these guys get handed shitty teams and then get pissed on when they perform shittily.

Yeah, which is why I don't ride the "Fire Gibbons" train here. Maybe give him a rotation that isn't in the bottom 3rd of the AL every season and the Jays wouldn't be a .500 team with the best offence in the majors.