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Postby Swiggers » Sun Dec 08, 2013 11:28:06

If people are willing to be quoted by name, it's real bad. I wonder if Cano cares. I guess he has 240 million reasons not to.

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Postby smitty » Sun Dec 08, 2013 15:25:08

etched Chaos wrote:So the fabled Jack Z is even less stats inclined than Ruben? Who'da thunk it.


What Jack Z was known for was his talent evaluation ability. That is a very good skill. You know who else is really good? Jim Bowden. But GMs spend a lot of time doing other things and leave most of the talent evaluation to others.

Z did hire an entire SABER department here. But he didn't necessarily listen to them.

You can tell Boston listens to Bill James. You can tell Tampa Bay has good corporate culture regarding putting together a ball club.

The Mariners have a lot of young players who should be good but aren't. It's kinda weird. The nerds out there have never slammed Jack Z's moves all that much. They made sense on paper. But these guys just don't hit in the big leagues.

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Postby TheAAGuy » Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:19:28

Bobby Cox, Tony LaRussa, Joe Torre were all voted unanimously to the HOF in the Expansion Era vote. None of the other guys got more than 6 votes (12/16 were needed).
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Re: 2013-14 MLB Hot Stove Random Thoughts

Postby td11 » Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:24:21

@CrashburnAlley
Wife-beater Bobby Cox is a Hall of Famer. Moral vanguards of the Hall of Fame vigorously working to keep Barry Bonds out forever though.

:-D
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Postby JFLNYC » Mon Dec 09, 2013 12:08:53

So the moral is, better to beat on your wife than bet on a game.
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Postby Wheels Tupay » Mon Dec 09, 2013 12:12:55

Think I read that in the Bible somewhere
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Postby Houshphandzadeh » Mon Dec 09, 2013 12:26:15

did he beat her in the dugout

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Postby swishnicholson » Mon Dec 09, 2013 12:29:21

td11 wrote:@CrashburnAlley
Wife-beater Bobby Cox is a Hall of Famer. Moral vanguards of the Hall of Fame vigorously working to keep Barry Bonds out forever though.

:-D


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Postby JFLNYC » Mon Dec 09, 2013 12:34:14

That writer should stop spying on people at home like that.
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Postby CalvinBall » Mon Dec 09, 2013 20:28:21

Mystery team in on choo

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Postby LongDrive » Mon Dec 09, 2013 20:40:11

CalvinBall wrote:Mystery team in on choo


Probably Seattle

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Postby LongDrive » Mon Dec 09, 2013 20:51:09

LongDrive wrote:
CalvinBall wrote:Mystery team in on choo


Probably Seattle



Ken just said Arizona

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Postby LongDrive » Mon Dec 09, 2013 21:33:18

@JonHeymanCBS: #rangers, #dbacks, others vying for choo. heating up.

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Postby cshort » Mon Dec 09, 2013 23:05:12

Looks like Rube will be on MLB network in a few minutes
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Re: 2013-14 MLB Hot Stove Random Thoughts

Postby cshort » Mon Dec 09, 2013 23:12:52

Cleveland shopping Justin Masterson for controllable assets. Yes please.
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Postby CFP » Mon Dec 09, 2013 23:16:59

That was one name that came to mind earlier when I thought about Dom. Didn't think Masterson would be available though.

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Postby cshort » Mon Dec 09, 2013 23:24:54

Rube on MLB network
"We're built to win"
"Trying to build around Dom as we transition to a younger club"
"Papelbon has the stuff, we need to put the team in a position to use it "(he needs adrenaline)
"Plenty of options in the free agent market, that's probably the direction we'll look"
"Expect Gonzalez to start as the three, so far he's healthy"
Wasn't surprised about Roy's retirement, "most accountable player I've been around"
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Re: 2013-14 MLB Hot Stove Random Thoughts

Postby Trent Steele » Mon Dec 09, 2013 23:38:47

Fuck no on Masterson for Dom. That is terrible.
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Postby Shore » Mon Dec 09, 2013 23:50:23

Trent Steele wrote:Fuck no on Masterson for Dom. That is terrible.

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Postby Ace Rothstein » Mon Dec 09, 2013 23:52:40

LoMo to the Pirates looks likes its close to happening

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