MANY realize a person is never 100% correct in their actions.

I have a dumb question I've been thinking about that maybe you smart people can answer.

If Rizzo continues to struggle and Bryant continues to hit, if the right situation arises do you think Bryant will be intentionally walked?

You're right it is dumb. Log off and go arrest someone ok?

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Uhhh, I said exactly that. Check the FB discussion you're a part of. I was talking about how Montgomery would be used and effective for four innings when he came in. (And said this before he even faced his first batter.) A few people thought that was excessive and disagreed with me.

Not to pull an Elmhurst Steve...but I was correct about the outfield alignment being an issue...and I was correct about the bullpen stuff.

I don't know what kind of baseball fan you think you are, but I consider myself an expert when it comes to the game. You can list off some more players that played in the 1950's then I can...but when it comes to the game between the lines... I'll take myself over anyone not involved in MLB...and probably before a few of those guys as well.

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Yeah right. Not touching anyone. Can you explain why it's dumb? I think it's something that needs to be planned for.

I'm not going to believe it's going to happen until it happens. When it becomes a strategy is when you need to do something about it.

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Can we not turn this thread into another circular argument about managers? There's like 5,000 other threads for that.

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You do realize that's exactly what every guy who watches 60 games a year and complains about managers thinks. I'd bet a lot of money you don't even know all the rules.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

How can you put any faith in a team that has needed 6 RBI's from the pitching staff to win?

5 years of planning for this????


These clowns better start hitting!

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

It's not like there are a lot of hot Cubs Maddon can bat third right now. Maybe Arrieta or Wood.

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Fuck it. 100 pages.

Let's go!

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I'm not concerned about what that guy thinks. And recently...not too concerned with what you think.

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Which pitcher got the W last night?

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All Maddon can do is put out the lineup that brought him to the dance.

His handling of the relief corp may be another issue,but that Montgomery
gave a gritty performance last night.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Arrieta would have but he got poor run support from himself.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Likewise. But I'm not the guy claiming to know more about the game than big league managers.

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down to get it!

Neither.

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Can you imagine the stuff Joe would pull out of his hat for a Game 5? He'll have Wood, Arrieta, and Chapman playing the outfield and rotating them onto the mound.

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Idiot. I've claimed the exact opposite. Over the course of a season, Maddon and other tenured managers will make more good moves than I do. You, however, believe that I am just as smart as any MLB manager since you believe managers do not matter, and that moves have no affect on a game.

But to think that every single person involved in MLB is smarter than every single hardcore fan...that is asinine.

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There was a minute there with Strop and Wood that I thought he was going to do just that. I just couldn't figure out where he'd put Strop.

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No, I don't.

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down to get it!

If no one is on base, just have a second pitcher catching. Who cares how many balls get by and peg the ump.

he's probably as smart as Terry Bevington

agreed.

RE-FOCUS

You'd hire me just as easily as you'd hire anyone else to manage.

"Managers don't matter."

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If managers matter that much then if Maddon loses yet another post season series as the favorite can we start to question him?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Sounds good. Go for it.

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FOCUS waning... Need a jolt to the system.

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