RIPPA Posted September 21, 2017 Posted September 21, 2017 Reports are that Mets Terry Collins will retire at season's end
Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 21, 2017 Posted September 21, 2017 58 minutes ago, RIPPA said: Reports are that Mets Terry Collins will retire at season's end :::cue up the Wally Backman calls to WFAN::: 1
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 21, 2017 Posted September 21, 2017 2 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: :::cue up the Wally Backman calls to WFAN::: :::cue up "What's Bobby Valentine doing" calls to WFAN::: 1
sabremike Posted September 22, 2017 Posted September 22, 2017 19 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: :::cue up the Wally Backman calls to WFAN::: Those are STILL better than the "Joe Girardi is the worst manager in baseball history and he should be fired if the Yankees don't win the next 6 World Series" calls.
Craig H Posted September 22, 2017 Posted September 22, 2017 I'm not sure where it was from, but someone was talking about how they wanted to see the Mets go after someone from the new school of baseball who focuses on analytics and stuff like that, "someone like Mike Matheny." And then I laughed my ass off. Hey, maybe the Mets will actually get their chance with Mike Matheny if the Cards get fed up with him. 1
Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 22, 2017 Posted September 22, 2017 10 minutes ago, sabremike said: Those are STILL better than the "Joe Girardi is the worst manager in baseball history and he should be fired if the Yankees don't win the next 6 World Series" calls. They are. I personally don't call in. Sure, Girardi makes questionable calls, but all managers do. If the Yankees let him go, you'd have a lot of teams making him an offer. I think a lot of the Yankee fans that call in aren't the die hards. I think they're the ones that only know the Joe Torre era and expect a world series every year. Do I want the Yankees winning the series every year? Of course. Do I expect it? No. If they get past the wild card game, they've got the same chances as any of the other remaining teams.
Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 22, 2017 Posted September 22, 2017 Tigers manager Brad Ausmus is going to be fired after the season.
Tabe Posted September 23, 2017 Posted September 23, 2017 6 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: Tigers manager Brad Ausmus is going to be fired after the season. To be technically accurate, he's just not being re-signed. His contract is up. 1
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 23, 2017 Posted September 23, 2017 Since we're starting to get news about who's getting fired and whatnot, let's get this started.
Hamhock Posted September 23, 2017 Posted September 23, 2017 As a Phillies phan, I am very optimistic about next year's team, bats-wise. 1
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 The Marlins have officially been sold to Derek Jeter and a bunch of shady ass investors. To prepare for the great celebration, King Joffrey, er, Jeter took last week to fire David Samson, Jeff Conine, Jack McKeon, Tony Perez, and Andre Dawson from their front office positions.
sabremike Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 I hope Andre uses his new found free time to plan a coup to take over the Nats and bring them back to Montreal where they belong. 2
odessasteps Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 5 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: The Marlins have officially been sold to Derek Jeter and a bunch of shady ass investors. To prepare for the great celebration, King Joffrey, er, Jeter took last week to fire David Samson, Jeff Conine, Jack McKeon, Tony Perez, and Andre Dawson from their front office positions. More time for Samson to do movie reviews.
RIPPA Posted September 29, 2017 Author Posted September 29, 2017 Newsday has an article up about how the Mets wanted to fire Terry Collins on multiple occasions but Fred Wilpon blocked it. Also - all the players now hate Collins http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/sources-mets-owner-fred-wilpon-protected-terry-collins-from-getting-fired-1.14297441 Quote Communication issues also arose with players, team insiders said, leading to a loss of support within the clubhouse. Veterans often heard of decisions about playing time through media reports rather than from the manager. Younger players described discovering that Collins had harbored concerns about certain parts of their game, though he didn’t bother to share them directly. Adding to the frustration, team insiders said, was that Collins created an image through the media as a strong communicator who backs up his players. Players and officials saw that portrayal as inaccurate. “He has always been difficult to communicate with,” one Met said. “It would be a surprise if he said ‘hey’ to you when you passed each other in the hallway if your name wasn’t [Matt] Harvey or [Yoenis] Cespedes. It’s always been those couple things along with some of the in-game decisions he makes.” The nadir came shortly after the Mets traded most of their veterans, many of whom had taken an active role in maintaining a functional clubhouse culture. Collins made little secret about his preference for giving the vets more playing time at the expense of younger players, who groused about it. The trades left the clubhouse filled with the same types of young players who sources said had grown to resent the manager. Collins found himself unable to stem the growing discontent, conjuring unflattering comparisons to the player rancor that ended his previous managerial stops with the Astros and Angels. Said one Met: “We were all miserable.”
Hamhock Posted September 29, 2017 Posted September 29, 2017 The Phillies just announced that they're kicking Pete Mackanin upstairs as a "Special Assistant" after the season is over; he'll manage the last 3 games as a dead man walking.
RIPPA Posted September 29, 2017 Author Posted September 29, 2017 Along those same lines - the As gave Bob Melvin a one year extension (so through 2019) so he wouldn't be a "lame duck manager" next year. Doesn't mean he won't get canned next year but he at least survives this offseason
RIPPA Posted October 1, 2017 Author Posted October 1, 2017 Terry Collins is getting the booted up to the front office treatment.
RIPPA Posted October 2, 2017 Author Posted October 2, 2017 Quote Here is the full draft order for all 30 teams… 1. Tigers (64-98) 2. Giants (64-98) 3. Phillies (66-96) 4. White Sox (67-95) 5. Reds (68-94) 6. Mets (70-92) 7. Padres (71-91) 8. Braves (72-90) 9. Athletics (75-87) 10. Pirates (75-87) 11. Orioles (75-87) 12. Blue Jays (76-86) 13. Marlins (77-85) 14. Mariners (78-84) 15. Rangers (78-84) 16. Rays (80-82) 17. Angels (80-82) 18. Royals (80-82) 19. Cardinals (83-79) 20. Twins (85-77) 21. Brewers (86-76) 22. Rockies (87-75) 23. Yankees (91-71) 24. Cubs (92-70) 25. Diamondbacks (93-69) 26. Red Sox (93-69) 27. Nationals (97-65) 28. Astros (101-61) 29. Indians (102-60) 30. Dodgers (104-58)
RIPPA Posted October 2, 2017 Author Posted October 2, 2017 Passan has a bunch of tweets but basically the Braves are being investigated for circumventing the international signing rules
RIPPA Posted October 2, 2017 Author Posted October 2, 2017 I know that Dolfan has been ignoring it but Quote Giancarlo Stanton doesn’t want any part of a Miami Marlins rebuild, he tells Jon Heyman. “I don’t want to rebuild. … I’ve lost for seven years,” he said.
Dolfan in NYC Posted October 2, 2017 Posted October 2, 2017 I know it's coming. Jeter has already indicated that payroll is going to get slashed. Stanton just has a monster deal, which makes him basically untradeable -- or more accurately, the Marlins would get fucked in the deal because the other team would throw a bucket of D-level prospects in exchange for taking on the salary.
Nice Guy Eddie Posted October 2, 2017 Posted October 2, 2017 I don't see it hapening, but could you imagine Stanton, Aaron Judge, and Gary Sanchez in the same lineup? I honestly have a feeling Stanton would end up in Boston or LA.
Dolfan in NYC Posted October 3, 2017 Posted October 3, 2017 Today has been an exceptionally shit day. Here's something that will hopefully make you smile: 2
DangerMark Posted October 3, 2017 Posted October 3, 2017 I hope that the mascot comes back to officiate the ceremony.
Tabe Posted October 3, 2017 Posted October 3, 2017 16 hours ago, RIPPA said: We're #1! We're #1! We're #1! Hey, I gotta celebrate something about my Tigers, right?
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