Tony LaRussa as manager of the White Sox. I did not expect that. Fear the White Sox.
Jesus. Is managing going the route of presidents now and selecting the oldest possible candidates? I mean, no diss to Larussa, I watched him coach throughout my childhood, but wasn't thinking it would extend to my kids childhood too.
What a horrible fucking move. Dude is 76 years old and hasn't managed in 9 years. He's one of those crusty old fucks who gets pissed off about anyone admiring a HR or breaking any of the "unwritten rules". I'm sure him and Anderson will get along great. I finally get excited about the Sox for the first time in a decade and they go and do something like this. This is such a Reinsdorf move. If I were Rick Hahn, I'd hand in my resignation. Absolute joke.
T “first ballot hall of famer” LR never won shit without a bunch of roided up players. fuck him. I hope he’s a disaster.
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What a horrible fucking move. Dude is 76 years old and hasn't managed in 9 years. He's one of those crusty old fucks who gets pissed off about anyone admiring a HR or breaking any of the "unwritten rules". I'm sure him and Anderson will get along great. I finally get excited about the Sox for the first time in a decade and they go and do something like this. This is such a Reinsdorf move. If I were Rick Hahn, I'd hand in my resignation. Absolute joke.
Yeah, it's a brutal hire, especially for that team...it would seem to me at least.
What a horrible fucking move. Dude is 76 years old and hasn't managed in 9 years. He's one of those crusty old fucks who gets pissed off about anyone admiring a HR or breaking any of the "unwritten rules". I'm sure him and Anderson will get along great. I finally get excited about the Sox for the first time in a decade and they go and do something like this. This is such a Reinsdorf move. If I were Rick Hahn, I'd hand in my resignation. Absolute joke.
Yeah, it's a brutal hire, especially for that team...it would seem to me at least.
Well, at least we know they won't fall into the same trap as Kevin Cash. (And I mean every aspect of that including being in the WS in the first place).
Sorry. The world doesn't work the way you tell it to.
What a horrible fucking move. Dude is 76 years old and hasn't managed in 9 years. He's one of those crusty old fucks who gets pissed off about anyone admiring a HR or breaking any of the "unwritten rules". I'm sure him and Anderson will get along great. I finally get excited about the Sox for the first time in a decade and they go and do something like this. This is such a Reinsdorf move. If I were Rick Hahn, I'd hand in my resignation. Absolute joke.
Yeah, it's a brutal hire, especially for that team...it would seem to me at least.
Well, at least we know they won't fall into the same trap as Kevin Cash. (And I mean every aspect of that including being in the WS in the first place).
Ha! Good. I'm a Sox hater, no matter the color. Go Tribe.
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I wanted to root for them, as well.
Be a cold day in hell before I root for La Russa to do anything good.
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Was just reading and marvelling about this again.
This could be the dumbest decision since. ....I don't know. I cannot think of a hire that I instantly felt certain would 100% work against the team getting better. They still are loaded and could win in spite of him but they will have a lot to overcome just to be happy at work.
Very bad move for the sport. Shocker that the fucking corpse aka Jerry Shitdorf makes it.
I don't know. It just seems like MLB managers are empty husks who decide how closely to follow a binder of %ages. Its at least very interesting with LaRussa, as opposed to some middle of the road player from the 2000s that we forgot about. There are only a few managers who I think transcend the current trend of robots, and LaRussa may be one of them. francona is another off the top of my head. Maybe Maddon. Dusty Baker.
The only thing I have against LaRussa is he was the innovator who kind of nudged baseball to its current state of over-analysis, constant pitching changes, etc.
This could be the dumbest decision since. ....I don't know. I cannot think of a hire that I instantly felt certain would 100% work against the team getting better. They still are loaded and could win in spite of him but they will have a lot to overcome just to be happy at work.
Very bad move for the sport. Shocker that the fucking corpse aka Jerry Shitdorf makes it.
The Jets said "Hold my beer, We need to shake hands with our new coach Adam Gase."
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This could be the dumbest decision since. ....I don't know. I cannot think of a hire that I instantly felt certain would 100% work against the team getting better. They still are loaded and could win in spite of him but they will have a lot to overcome just to be happy at work.
Very bad move for the sport. Shocker that the fucking corpse aka Jerry Shitdorf makes it.
The Jets said "Hold my beer, We need to shake hands with our new coach Adam Gase."
Yeah, that could be the winner of the "since" part.
Very bad move for the sport. Shocker that the fucking corpse aka Jerry Shitdorf makes it.
vin scully trademarked “the fucking corpse.”
If I had known then what I know now...
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Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
AL Cy Young: Bieber - no doubt NL Cy Young: DeGrom AL ROY - Kyle Lewis NL ROY - Cronenworth AL Manager - Cash NL Manager - Tingler AL MVP - Abreu NL MVP: - Freeman
AL Cy Young: Bieber - no doubt NL Cy Young: DeGrom AL ROY - Kyle Lewis NL ROY - Cronenworth AL Manager - Cash NL Manager - Tingler AL MVP - Abreu NL MVP: - Freeman
I like them but change these. Switch out Bohm for ROY, Darvish CY, LeMahieu MVP and Mookie has got to take MVP for the NL.
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Bauer gets the NL Cy Young.
There is no way Freeman does not win the NL MVP, in my mind.
He had a pretty damn good year before too and got slighted for being on a loaded Yanks team but he seems to be a catalyst for manufacturing runs on that team.
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He had a pretty damn good year before too and got slighted for being on a loaded Yanks team but he seems to be a catalyst for manufacturing runs on that team.
Betts is a beast but side by side he doesn't best Freeman. (I'm not really a Freeman fan, either.)
Ah, who can tell. Not like Betts is undeserving, I just looked at the stats and saw how deserving FF was. He really took his game to a higher level, post COVID. Did it give him superpowers? (kidding!)
He had a pretty damn good year before too and got slighted for being on a loaded Yanks team but he seems to be a catalyst for manufacturing runs on that team.
Betts is a beast but side by side he doesn't best Freeman. (I'm not really a Freeman fan, either.)
Ah, who can tell. Not like Betts is undeserving, I just looked at the stats and saw how deserving FF was. He really took his game to a higher level, post COVID. Did it give him superpowers? (kidding!)
What a story that would be. Recovered from Covid to win the NL MVP!
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Yeah - now a hire that made no sense makes less sense. Two time DUI drunk old crusty guy.....I can go out and try to kill people with my car but you cannot flip your bats.
Yeah - now a hire that made no sense makes less sense. Two time DUI drunk old crusty guy.....I can go out and try to kill people with my car but you cannot flip your bats.
He even looks the part! Imagine how much he needed to drink to actually be drunk. He's a seasoned vet alright.
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Be a cold day in hell before I root for La Russa to do anything good.
This could be the dumbest decision since.
....I don't know. I cannot think of a hire that I instantly felt certain would 100% work against the team getting better.
They still are loaded and could win in spite of him but they will have a lot to overcome just to be happy at work.
Very bad move for the sport. Shocker that the fucking corpse aka Jerry Shitdorf makes it.
Its at least very interesting with LaRussa, as opposed to some middle of the road player from the 2000s that we forgot about. There are only a few managers who I think transcend the current trend of robots, and LaRussa may be one of them. francona is another off the top of my head. Maybe Maddon. Dusty Baker.
The only thing I have against LaRussa is he was the innovator who kind of nudged baseball to its current state of over-analysis, constant pitching changes, etc.
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
AL Cy Young: Bieber - no doubt
NL Cy Young: DeGrom
AL ROY - Kyle Lewis
NL ROY - Cronenworth
AL Manager - Cash
NL Manager - Tingler
AL MVP - Abreu
NL MVP: - Freeman
Actually I wouldn't be angry either way.
He had a pretty damn good year before too and got slighted for being on a loaded Yanks team but he seems to be a catalyst for manufacturing runs on that team.
Two time DUI drunk old crusty guy.....I can go out and try to kill people with my car but you cannot flip your bats.
Kyle Lewis won it in the AL as a 25 year old. Unanimous vote.