OT: Philadelphia Phillies: We Still Have A Guy Named MacPhail In The Front Office...

[Captain Dave Poulin]

You gotta respect a team that sticks to what they believe in.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Did Manfred have a stroke or something last night? He could barely talk during that post game ceremony.

Did you see the fat Chevy executive?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I had the same thought and posted about it in here. It was either that or he was getting feedback and hearing himself in his earpiece that he touched to start the interview.

Maybe he rubbed tabasco sauce on his earpiece right before he put it in.

 

[Flybynite]

Manfred "Season over. Not MY problem if workers are about to spread out with Coronavirus..."

 

[landsbergfan]

I'm not glossing over it at all. There is valid criticism of the decision and valid reasons for pulling him. The point is that it didn't lose the game by itself.

But as far as the Postseason streak, who cares? He's a really good Pitcher. If you have info that he's not throwing well right now, fine don't send him out there. I understand that part of the criticism completely. There's no need to set arbitrary time periods for cherry picking data though. How he threw 2 weeks ago doesn't trump how he threw 2 months ago.

Eno Sarris is a great follow for pitching. He showed Anderson’s stuff has been tailing off for a decent while. He was elite early on, but had lowest velo and movement all season lately.

He also pointed out something I did not know, many of these decisions aren’t made by the manager.

Great breakdown on the decision here:

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

De Blasio sticking himself into the Mets sale to Cohen.

This smells.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

De Blasio sticking himself into the Mets sale to Cohen.

This smells.

 

[Beef Invictus]

De Blasio sticking himself into the Mets sale to Cohen.

This smells.

 

[montreal]

De Blasio sticking himself into the Mets sale to Cohen.

This smells.

both are huge f***ing assholes, or so I gather from what anyone I have talked to from NY or things i've read about De Blasio but I f***ing hate that piece of shit Cohen who should be in jail for all the illegal naked shorting they did. I worked with investments for 20 years and the stories i've heard are flat out insane the shit he pulled and got away with.

The fact that MLB is rumored to be ok with him, despite the fact that the SEC, IRS, etc.. were all after him, and now the recent charges from women at his firm, point 72. What a f***ing joke.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Eno Sarris is a great follow for pitching. He showed Anderson’s stuff has been tailing off for a decent while. He was elite early on, but had lowest velo and movement all season lately.

He also pointed out something I did not know, many of these decisions aren’t made by the manager.

Great breakdown on the decision here:

Sarris is still one of the best writers around. I'm not surprised he broke it down well.

It's ridiculous to think back on how many absurdly good writers and how many successful people all over MLB have come up through Fangraphs over the years.

 

[landsbergfan]

Sarris is still one of the best writers around. I'm not surprised he broke it down well.

It's ridiculous to think back on how many absurdly good writers and how many successful people all over MLB have come up through Fangraphs over the years.

He is 90% of the reason I still have an Athletic subscription. His love for Sonny Gray also made me a bunch of money in fantasy baseball, so cash flow has been positive.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Waiving one of the best LH relievers to save $1 million dollars.

Indians Place Brad Hand On Outright Waivers

 

[landsbergfan]

Waiving one of the best LH relievers to save $1 million dollars.

Indians Place Brad Hand On Outright Waivers

Going to be all too common this offseason. Maybe the Phillies can manage to put one together

 

[FLYguy3911]

Going to be all too common this offseason. Maybe the Phillies can manage to put one together

Definitely a good year to be a buyer.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

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What the hell?!

 

[Beef Invictus]

He is oooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllldddddddddddddddddddddddddd

 

[FLYguy3911]

I didn’t think they would actually do it.

 

[landsbergfan]

I didn’t think they would actually do it.

Love me some white sox, mostly because I own half the team in fantasy. I infamously took Robert over Acuna in our farm draft so it would be nice for him to make me look like less of an idiot.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Love me some white sox, mostly because I own half the team in fantasy. I infamously took Robert over Acuna in our farm draft so it would be nice for him to make me look like less of an idiot.

Ooof. Complete toolshed but that minor league K:BB ratio suggested he wasn’t going to quite live up to the tools.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

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What the hell?!

I saw Heyman’s tweet earlier about Reinsdorf having Tony as his preference and let out a belly laugh.

 

[Cody Webster]

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What the hell?!

I was expecting to read at the bottom that he had passed away...

 

[DancingPanther]

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What the hell?!

Does this mean we can finally hear the end of Musty Raker being the oldest manager evarrrr

 

[landsbergfan]

Ooof. Complete toolshed but that minor league K:BB ratio suggested he wasn’t going to quite live up to the tools.

I love toolsheds. We also picked them before all of that data became available.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Not what you want to hear hours after the announcement.

 

[Flybynite]

I picture Jerry Reinsdorf like Mr. Burns in the Simpson's baseball episode asking for players who have been dead for 50 years. I wonder if he worked his way down the winningest manager list with his front office

"I want Connie Mack!"
"He's been dead for almost 70 years."
"Then get me John McGraw"
"He's actually been dead almost 90 years."
"Ok, what about Tony LaRussa. He's not dead is he?"
"Uhh...Actually he's still alive"