Phillies thoughts of the random persuasion

by **herewego2-6** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 13:52:19

So I've being mocked by a FB friend who thinks La Russa is a "genius." I've taken the opposite tack, as I have always had a strong, healthy dislike of TLR.

My case was simple, that managers - any manager - tends to get too much credit when a team is playing well. That you have to have players to really win. I was then laughed at and told I needed to read Buzz Bissinger's book.

I'm looking for more ammo, so I turn to you, my most trusted baseball advisers...even though I'm sure nothing I say will have any impact.

by **PrattRules** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 14:00:11

herewego2-6 wrote:So I've being mocked by a FB friend who thinks La Russa is a "genius." I've taken the opposite tack, as I have always had a strong, healthy dislike of TLR.

My case was simple, that managers - any manager - tends to get too much credit when a team is playing well. That you have to have players to really win. I was then laughed at and told I needed to read Buzz Bissinger's book.

I'm looking for more ammo, so I turn to you, my most trusted baseball advisers...even though I'm sure nothing I say will have any impact.

If you play with the letters of TLR then you get TRL, truly a horrendous show. But TLR is even worse than that.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 14:04:53

feel like Ben Fran is a strong card to play

by **traderdave** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 14:45:27

Maybe you could mention that it took an 8-18 September from the Atlanta Braves (including losing eight of their last 10) for St. Louis to even make the playoffs. I guess TLR and the Cards were just biding their time until the Braves eventually collapsed? What spectacular move did TLR make that set the Cards on a course to the World Series? The irony is that two more wins by the Braves and Cards fans would be talking about what a bum TLR is. I really could not care less about baseball at this point but I am definitely rooting for Texas.

If that overrated bum Halladay didn't give up that run in the first inning of Game 5, we wouldn't even be having this discussion.

by **JFLNYC** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 14:55:18

traderdave wrote:If that overrated bum Halladay didn't give up that run in the first inning of Game 5, we wouldn't even be having this discussion.

That's true, but we'd also still be waiting for the Phils to score.

by **Mountainphan** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 14:55:33

traderdave wrote:If that overrated bum Halladay didn't give up that run in the first inning of Game 5, we wouldn't even be having this discussion.

No, but we could be in the 189th inning of a 0-0 game 5 :wink:

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by **TheFrank** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 16:09:43

CrossingBroad is bitching about Rollins tweeting about walking his dogs and Victorino tweeting about watching the NLCS.

FFS, they aren't robots.

by **Napalm** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 16:13:43

crossingbroad is pretty much the worst thing on the planet

by **Grotewold** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 16:14:55

No offense to the last two posters, but I never even would have heard of CrossingBroad but for the complaints here.

by **Napalm** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 16:15:59

i didn't hear about them until someone complained about him here. and then i did some internet matlocking of my own and came to the conclusion that he is a massive tool.

by **Woody** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 16:24:18

the guy is a genius troll

by **The B1G Piece** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 16:29:42

Woody wrote:the guy is a genius troll

Yep.

by **Eem** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 16:34:10

The dude is Fred Phelps

by **Wizlah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 18:16:22

seriously, the 2011 nl east champions banner is like this one time I had a dream that I got shot in the heart, and I was lying there numb watching the blood pump out slowly.

It's empty and excruciating all at once.

Fuck 2011. It was a great season, but we're done now.

by **Wizlah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 18:29:19

My hatred of TRL grows with every passing minute.

I cannot currently put into words how much I loathe the man. He may be the only sporting entity/personage I despise as much as the braves.

by **Wizlah** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 18:37:16

I mean really, fuck's sake. Just thinking of that fuckbag in the dugout, and when things were going his way he couldn't even crack a fucking smile. He's beating the best rotation in fucking baseball, and he doesn't smile. Not fucking once. I don't believe in god, but if I did, you'da thought that the deity in question would have leant down, gently squeezed what passes for a fucking heart in him and whispered quietly in his ear 'hey. dipstick. I set this whole earth+humanity gig up so you could, you know, ENJOY FUCKING MOMENTS LIKE THESE'.

Actually, the more I think of it, his fucking mealy-mouthed fucking misery in the face of success is in fact clear proof that there is no god, or at least, not one that gives one little fucking morsel of a whit for the activities of humanity.

TRL is walking proof that life is entirely random. He's the vinegary shitebag exception to the rule that you should appreciate fucking beauty when you see it, because when you're gone tony, when you are fucking worms and dirt in the damp earth, sprinkled only by whatever geriatric spray of urine I can manage, once a year every fucking year that I could do it until I FUCKING DIE, you don't get to appreciate it any more. There's no fucking gray matter, just decaying fucking sludge. Nothing left in there to go I fucking managed a team which beat ROY FUCKING HALLADAY 1-0.

He's a fucking disgrace of a human being, a walking reminder of how you can fucking waste an existence in this uncertain fucking universe.

by **drsmooth** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 18:47:34

Wizlah wrote:I mean really, fuck's sake. Just thinking of that fuckbag in the dugout, and when things were going his way he couldn't even crack a fucking smile. He's beating the best rotation in fucking baseball, and he doesn't smile. Not fucking once. I don't believe in god, but if I did, you'da thought that the deity in question would have leant down, gently squeezed what passes for a fucking heart in him and whispered quietly in his ear 'hey. dipstick. I set this whole earth+humanity gig up so you could, you know, ENJOY FUCKING MOMENTS LIKE THESE'.

Actually, the more I think of it, his fucking mealy-mouthed fucking misery in the face of success is in fact clear proof that there is no god, or at least, not one that gives one little fucking morsel of a whit for the activities of humanity.

TRL is walking proof that life is entirely random. He's the vinegary shitebag exception to the rule that you should appreciate fucking beauty when you see it, because when you're gone tony, when you are fucking worms and dirt in the damp earth, sprinkled only by whatever geriatric spray of urine I can manage, once a year every fucking year that I could do it until I FUCKING DIE, you don't get to appreciate it any more. There's no fucking gray matter, just decaying fucking sludge. Nothing left in there to go I fucking managed a team which beat ROY FUCKING HALLADAY 1-0.

He's a fucking disgrace of a human being, a walking reminder of how you can fucking waste an existence in this uncertain fucking universe.

maybe if you'd brought game of this caliber during actual postseason play, things might have turned out differently

:shock: