I’ve alternated between shitting on him and defending him, but this is an insanely stupid thing to say through the media. He needs a guy next to him telling him when to shut the fuck up.

A sponsor, if you will.

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That's hot

La Russa and the unwritten rules symbolize exactly what is wrong with Major League Baseball, forever behind the times. This old demented fuck should have never been hired. The Minnesota Twins make the game into an absolute circus by bringing in their 45 mph throwing catcher to pitch and then the tired old dinosaur coaching the White Sox places blame on his own player for having the audacity to swing 3-0. Instead of using common sense and continuing to play normally the entire game, there is an idiotic expectation on the winning team to play half speed. It's a goddamn joke, it's not hard to see why this sport has such a difficult time attracting young fans.

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I agree. I don't care about the manager but this is just nonsense. It isn't going to stop this monster team from winning. It's just unnecessary bullshit that shows how out of touch he is with the modern fan and modern player.

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down... to get it!

That's just it. I don't think he thought he was throwing him under the bus. In his mind he was sticking up for his player who did something wrong and trying to smooth it over on the player's behalf. It just shows how out of touch he is.

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down... to get it!

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down... to get it!

The proper response if TLR wants to prevent somebody throwing at Yermin (Astudillo did seem really pissed) is:

"I should have put the take sign on as a measure of respect to Rocco. I didn't. Yermin hit it a mile because it was a cookie. Can't blame him for that. If they are offended, Rocco can talk to me when we exchange lineup cards."

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down... to get it!

The Everyone Gets a Trophy parents and old baseball cranks share common ground. Who would have guessed?

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He is an ass, but he is the ass that MLB and its media needs.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Did he really answer a follow up question by saying it would have been fine to swing if the count were 3-1? My God that’s just stupid.

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When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus. - Turkish Proverb

Agree 100%. Also his recent interactions with Tatis, Jr were awesome. Just two great players battling and tipping the hat for the “winner”.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

I agree wholeheartedly.

Just like in the eighties when the U would be killing teams in the third quarter and both Jimmy and Ericsson would ask if the second and third stringers getting some shine time were supposed to quit.

And then would say, just like with every other powerhouse: "just stop them".

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down... to get it!

LaRussa was trying to defuse this. So he was right again.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

But he built the fuse and lit it himself.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

The Twins were pissed last night. Nothing to do with LaRussa.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

It’s like crediting [politician] for promising [something political] and then not doing that thing, thereby proving [the politician’s] independence or something.

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Letting Eaton bat vs a lefty in the 9th was a fireable offense with Mendick and others available on the bench. I think Eaton is batting .100 against lefties.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Get this fucking dipshit out of the clubhouse

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

This old cocksucker just lost the team

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

So I take it Ogie's not going to be trolling in the Cubs forums tonight?

We hired a geriatric hall of famer.

You hired a fucking pussy who is too much of a wuss to bench guys he played with. As much as I think Tony is a dipshit clown, rather have him than your burrito manager.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

We hired a geriatric hall of famer.

You hired a fucking pussy who is too much of a wuss to bench guys he played with. As much as I think Tony is a dipshit clown, rather have him than your burrito manager.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

What is the unwritten rule for bringing a non pitcher big lob of shit to closeout a slaughter? I think Mercedes had just wrote the rule

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

He should have batted left-handed like Baez.

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If this is really such a big issue then maybe it needs to be addressed by the league. Maybe position players shouldn't be allowed to pitch. Or maybe a team should be allowed to resign like in chess.

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down... to get it!

Yeah if people are really going to be upset then just say only pitchers can pitch. I dont care for the resigning thing, but it would be better than hearing people bi.tch about such stupid stuff.

Hopefully we will see more people with the mindset of Bauer.

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--yet I can't look away."