MLB 2024 Post-Season

F Me In The Brain

You mean because they already had a manager?
Yeah, that is unusual

igotid88

Jason P said:

Cubs fans can look forward to getting to the playoffs with Counsell.  They can also look forward to CC adding a Jesse Winker type player to the playoff roster (who hadn't had a hit since July) and putting him critical situations on multiple nights so he can poop in his pants.

I believe they would have made the playoffs if Ross had stayed. I believe he saw the Cubs getting better and their players probably have more potential. Probably doesn't think the Brewers will get any better 

tempo_n_groove

Who the hell is going to sign Tim "glass jaw" Anderson?

igotid88

tempo_n_groove said:

Who the hell is going to sign Tim "glass jaw" Anderson?

Looks like he's trending down. Gonna be 31. Don't know if he has another gear. He's the type of player the Marlins would sign when Mattingly was the manager.

tempo_n_groove

igotid88 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Who the hell is going to sign Tim "glass jaw" Anderson?

Looks like he's trending down. Gonna be 31. Don't know if he has another gear. He's the type of player the Marlins would sign when Mattingly was the manager.

Gear? He fell off a cliff.

Wobbie

F Me In The Brain said:

You mean because they already had a manager?
Yeah, that is unusual

I thought they loved Rossy. Plus, they paid Counsell as if he was Bruce Bochy...

F Me In The Brain

Ron Washington to Angels.
Could they have not found someone older?  😕

Wobbie

Ron Washington?

is he off the cocaine?

F Me In The Brain

That was a self report, if I recall.
Wash seems a good dude...players love him.  I think the Angels need an ass kicker, not a friend.

markymark550

Wash was great for the Braves, especially developing the young infielders. I hate to see him leave.

F Me In The Brain

markymark550 said:

Wash was great for the Braves, especially developing the young infielders. I hate to see him leave.

Agree on his excellence at training fielders.  What he is known for.
Hope he does well.
(Just think they need a different type)

tempo_n_groove

F Me In The Brain said:

markymark550 said:

Wash was great for the Braves, especially developing the young infielders. I hate to see him leave.

Agree on his excellence at training fielders.  What he is known for.
Hope he does well.
(Just think they need a different type)

They do have some young infielders coming up so maybe thats why?

HesCalledDyer

Why does Craig Counsell always look like a little boy wearing his dad's hat? I've spent a decade loathing this dude, now I gotta like him all of a sudden.

tempo_n_groove

HesCalledDyer said:

Why does Craig Counsell always look like a little boy wearing his dad's hat? I've spent a decade loathing this dude, now I gotta like him all of a sudden.

you can still dislike him.

F Me In The Brain

tempo_n_groove said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Why does Craig Counsell always look like a little boy wearing his dad's hat? I've spent a decade loathing this dude, now I gotta like him all of a sudden.

you can still dislike him.

Agree.  I hated Harbaugh before he was coach of the Niners, hated him during, hate him now.  
You can do it!

Wobbie

F Me In The Brain said:

tempo_n_groove said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Why does Craig Counsell always look like a little boy wearing his dad's hat? I've spent a decade loathing this dude, now I gotta like him all of a sudden.

you can still dislike him.

Agree.  I hated Harbaugh before he was coach of the Niners, hated him during, hate him now.  
You can do it!

nah….I learned to embrace Candy Maldonado.

Wobbie

OMG….the Giants hired Pat Burrell as their hitting coach. I remember Pat going….literally…oh for the 2010 World Series. 11 strikeouts in 13 AB’s. That’s our new hitting coach :face_palm:

xavier mcdaniel

Wobbie said:

OMG….the Giants hired Pat Burrell as their hitting coach. I remember Pat going….literally…oh for the 2010 World Series. 11 strikeouts in 13 AB’s. That’s our new hitting coach :face_palm:

I'll be sure to remember him next time Giants/Phillies comes up on Immaculate Grid

igotid88

Espada going into a cushy job as Astros newest manager for his first try. Other than Boone and Davjd Roberts. Who else walked into a good situation for their first time as manager?

mfc2006

igotid88 said:

Espada going into a cushy job as Astros newest manager for his first try. Other than Boone and Davjd Roberts. Who else walked into a good situation for their first time as manager?

I'm so glad he's getting the job. Great fit for all involved.

tempo_n_groove

xavier mcdaniel said:

Wobbie said:

OMG….the Giants hired Pat Burrell as their hitting coach. I remember Pat going….literally…oh for the 2010 World Series. 11 strikeouts in 13 AB’s. That’s our new hitting coach :face_palm:

I'll be sure to remember him next time Giants/Phillies comes up on Immaculate Grid

Burell was a beast for a year or 2 lol.

xavier mcdaniel

igotid88 said:

Espada going into a cushy job as Astros newest manager for his first try. Other than Boone and Davjd Roberts. Who else walked into a good situation for their first time as manager?

Alex Cora with the Red Sox in 2018 is one that comes to mind in recent years. Team was coming off back-to-back playoff appearances when he got the job.

tempo_n_groove

xavier mcdaniel said:

igotid88 said:

Espada going into a cushy job as Astros newest manager for his first try. Other than Boone and Davjd Roberts. Who else walked into a good situation for their first time as manager?

Alex Cora with the Red Sox in 2018 is one that comes to mind in recent years. Team was coming off back-to-back playoff appearances when he got the job.

I thought Dusty had a cake walk.  He just had to deal w the cheating thing but had a built team already.

igotid88

tempo_n_groove said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

igotid88 said:

Espada going into a cushy job as Astros newest manager for his first try. Other than Boone and Davjd Roberts. Who else walked into a good situation for their first time as manager?

Alex Cora with the Red Sox in 2018 is one that comes to mind in recent years. Team was coming off back-to-back playoff appearances when he got the job.

I thought Dusty had a cake walk.  He just had to deal w the cheating thing but had a built team already.

But he wasn't a first time manager. 

tempo_n_groove

igotid88 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

igotid88 said:

Espada going into a cushy job as Astros newest manager for his first try. Other than Boone and Davjd Roberts. Who else walked into a good situation for their first time as manager?

Alex Cora with the Red Sox in 2018 is one that comes to mind in recent years. Team was coming off back-to-back playoff appearances when he got the job.

I thought Dusty had a cake walk.  He just had to deal w the cheating thing but had a built team already.

But he wasn't a first time manager. 

Ahhh yes. Missed that part.

xavier mcdaniel

tempo_n_groove said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

Wobbie said:

OMG….the Giants hired Pat Burrell as their hitting coach. I remember Pat going….literally…oh for the 2010 World Series. 11 strikeouts in 13 AB’s. That’s our new hitting coach :face_palm:

I'll be sure to remember him next time Giants/Phillies comes up on Immaculate Grid

Burell was a beast for a year or 2 lol.

always seemed that way in certain games against the Mets.

Wobbie

tempo_n_groove said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

Wobbie said:

OMG….the Giants hired Pat Burrell as their hitting coach. I remember Pat going….literally…oh for the 2010 World Series. 11 strikeouts in 13 AB’s. That’s our new hitting coach :face_palm:

I'll be sure to remember him next time Giants/Phillies comes up on Immaculate Grid

Burell was a beast for a year or 2 lol.

looking at baseball reference, it looks like he was kind of a beast for two years. he never hit for average….and now he’s a hitting coach. SMH.

igotid88

Wobbie said:

tempo_n_groove said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

Wobbie said:

OMG….the Giants hired Pat Burrell as their hitting coach. I remember Pat going….literally…oh for the 2010 World Series. 11 strikeouts in 13 AB’s. That’s our new hitting coach :face_palm:

I'll be sure to remember him next time Giants/Phillies comes up on Immaculate Grid

Burell was a beast for a year or 2 lol.

looking at baseball reference, it looks like he was kind of a beast for two years. he never hit for average….and now he’s a hitting coach. SMH.

Most hitting coaches were never great hitters. Yankees had a guy I believe who never played 

tempo_n_groove

Wobbie said:

tempo_n_groove said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

Wobbie said:

OMG….the Giants hired Pat Burrell as their hitting coach. I remember Pat going….literally…oh for the 2010 World Series. 11 strikeouts in 13 AB’s. That’s our new hitting coach :face_palm:

I'll be sure to remember him next time Giants/Phillies comes up on Immaculate Grid

Burell was a beast for a year or 2 lol.

looking at baseball reference, it looks like he was kind of a beast for two years. he never hit for average….and now he’s a hitting coach. SMH.

Well he could hit a long ball.  He did have 10+ years o 20 or more and like I said, two beast years.

Dude was a highly touted rc coming in.  Big rc class that year, Hamilton, Soriano, Dunn, Pena and Crawford among others.

igotid88

He's co-hitting coach. So maybe he'll work on how to hit homeruns and strikeout