Giles was and is a headcase. No thanks.

This quote from when he was still a Phillies probably explains it:

“I want to thank Pap for everything he’s done for me and the team. I can’t thank him enough for guiding me through the way of the closer. I think I’m going to be a great closer.”

Red Sox only having 29 losses is wild. That has to be historically good, no?

CalvinBall wrote:Red Sox only having 29 losses is wild. That has to be historically good, no?

2001 Mariners were 63-24, with a 19 game lead in the AL West at the all-star break.

Shore wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:Red Sox only having 29 losses is wild. That has to be historically good, no?

2001 Mariners were 63-24, with a 19 game lead in the AL West at the all-star break.

Over the A's, who went on to win 102 games.

Does anyone else find the resemblance between Al Leiter and Tug McGraw to be absolutely uncanny? Side by side a little, but their voices, speech patterns, mannerisms... just saw Al leiter for a brief flash in a preview for an mlb network show and it knocked me over again like it always does.

Always thought this, yes

Why doesn't B_R have current KBO stats? Did they always just post them at the end of the year? Anyway, old friend Darin Rufis tearing it up there again

Sign him!

cardinals fired matheny.

also fired hitting coach ol' friend john mabry and the assistant hitting coach bill mueller.

BTW, the subject of the thread title is expecting. Must've been a fun honeymoon!

Al Leiter looks more like Tug McGraw than he does his son, Mark Leiter Jr.

Cards fans are saying on Twitter that Matheny was fired because he encouraged veterans in the clubhouse to bully the younger players and that one of them, Bud Norris, made life hell for Jordan Hicks.

What the fuck? Why would you let that piece of fat shit Norris bully Hicks?

Oof...it also looks like some of it was race-based. Apparently, Matheny and his boys like Norris, all white, had beef with guys like Dexter Fowler, Yadier Molina, and Jordan Hicks. It sounds like an ugly situation.

Doll Is Mine wrote:Oof...it also looks like some of it was race-based. Apparently, Matheny and his boys like Norris, all white, had beef with guys like Dexter Fowler, Yadier Molina, and Jordan Hicks. It sounds like an ugly situation.

Matheny always struck me as a real prick

Titlehungry wrote:Al Leiter looks more like Tug McGraw than he does his son, Mark Leiter Jr.

Feel like I am walking into something here and missing a joke because I seem to have a dim recollection that the confusion of Al and Mark was the subject of some recent mix up or something, but I will go ahead and say it nevertheless: Mark Leiter Jr. is not Al Leiter’s son?

There was an article about it a few days ago.

Stripes wrote:BTW, the subject of the thread title is expecting. Must've been a fun honeymoon!

yeah, i think the 8th post in this thread figured that out!!!

Warszawa wrote:

Doll Is Mine wrote:Oof...it also looks like some of it was race-based. Apparently, Matheny and his boys like Norris, all white, had beef with guys like Dexter Fowler, Yadier Molina, and Jordan Hicks. It sounds like an ugly situation.

Matheny always struck me as a real prick

And now he's fired. Probably about time. Terrible manager.

Warszawa wrote:

Doll Is Mine wrote:Oof...it also looks like some of it was race-based. Apparently, Matheny and his boys like Norris, all white, had beef with guys like Dexter Fowler, Yadier Molina, and Jordan Hicks. It sounds like an ugly situation.

Matheny always struck me as a real prick

Yeah. If these rumors are true, none of it surprises me.