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You're absolutely right! This is baseball and regardless of the circumstance, no one ever expects a punch to be thrown.

I wouldn't call it a sucker punch since he'd already declared his intentions by laying his hands on Jose. Once that happens then it's a fight. The reason we don't often see punches like that is probably because most conflicts happen between a batter and a pitcher and there's usually enough distance between them for it to get broken up. With the new rule changes we might actually see more face to face battles on the bases.

You and I both know that isn't the truth, Jimmy!

What I'm most disappointed in is the way Jose handled himself right after getting shoved. So you're upset about getting plunked and slide aggressively into second, have words with the guy you just tried to take out and once he puts his hands on you then it's clearly f***ing on! Wtf are you doing going back at him with your chin up and your hands still open?? Wtf did you expect to happen?? Pretty embarrassing to see the face of franchise (at least for now) getting clocked like that by a little bitch. Glad to see Pillar and JD showing some heart at least though.

Listen up you little twerp, your arrogant tough guy act really doesn't fly around here with your boy-toy's nuts still firmly planted on your chin! You might want to remove those before pumping your chest again and raving about your "years of experience" lmao.. Your desperate attempts at defending a guy who has the ceiling of Johnny Mac is quite hysterical to say the least. Do you ever recall anyone pumping Johnny Mac's tires as hard has you've pumped Gogo's?? No, because that would clearly be retarded! By the way, speaking of years of experience, I'll have you know that I've spent the majority of my life training under Renato Laranja mastering the arts of Taekwondo, Judo, Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu.. So the next time you feel the itch to lash out at BTS, why don't you come meet me outside the dome instead so I can finally backhand this stupid fetish out of you!

Run differential wasn't as much of a factor as some make it out to be. Maybe they should have been a couple of games better than .500 but ultimately they were able to go on a run and win the close games they were losing earlier once they finally addressed the atrocious defense at SS and LF and acquired a frontline starter they desperately needed. This year's opening day roster obviously looks better on paper but they still need a lot of things to go their way in order to win 90+ games. A significant injury to either Stroman (who's never pitched more than 130 innings as a pro), Martin, Tulo, Donaldson or even Pillar would undoubtedly reduce their chances and I don't see this FO having much flexibility in terms of resources to be able to find an adequate replacement for any of those players.

86 I wouldn't be shocked to see them win 90+ games but realistically, it shouldn't be expected. I think many forget that they were 50-50 after 100 games last year and it took a lot of stars to line-up for them to win 93. Let's also not forget that the momentum gained during the last two months was largely fuelled by some ballsy moves that most likely doesn't get made without a desperate GM in charge.

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AA is the ultimate politician and that's exactly where he should take his career if he doesn't land another GM job. Who else could get away with making such empty promises as building a "sustainable winner" from the ground up by developing young power arms in the rotation, and then leaving 6 years later as a hero despite there being so many holes in the rotation? The guy goes from answering fan mail to being handed one of the best career opportunities in all of majors... Taking over a team with such low expectations and having years to patiently build up prospect capital rather than being pushed to compete. Not to mention being allowed to trade the best pitcher in the game for prospects without much criticism. And unlike his predecessor, he's also given a lot more flexibility to hire more advisers/scouts and to spend more freely on the draft. So what does he do when it comes time to complete? He targets guys like Dickey, Reyes, Josh Johnson and Bonifacio to name a few... proceeds to add zero depth to the rotation and crowns JPA as the catcher that will lead his staff. And when that fails he essentially sits on his hands the following year and does next to nothing to improve the club. Finally with his back against the wall and his job on the line, he makes a few nice moves along with a few relatively irresponsible ones and watches a team that was playing .500 ball after 100 games get hot and go on a nice run. He's obviously done a pretty good job this year considering the circumstances he put himself into, but the process has been far from foolproof. Somehow though, he's got the masses deceived into thinking that he's "the hardest working GM in the game" and that his "ninja" moves are about to lead the team into a dynasty. Just like most politicians, he's got the media wrapped around his fingers... The other day he had the Bobcat slobbering all over his knob and thanking him endlessly for all the great interviews he's provided over the years (despite him dodging every question til the very last interview). The silver lining however is that he finally bought his own BS and turned down a job that's turned his flabby ass into a hero because he felt like he's entitled to more.

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Wow such hurtful words coming from a grown-ass man who happens to be an avid wrestling fan. LMFAO Still mad I got your ScientificReasoning account banned, mj? Hold on, you complained so many times to O2 that he had to beg me to leave you alone (even though he acknowledged I wasn't breaking any rules) and here you are jumping at the opportunity to take a jab at me? lol you're such a weak character.

C'mon man, there's no need to get all dramatic and preachy over something so petty. I just couldn't believe that there are people out there who spend their time posting about random fans in the stands and I found it funny/ironic that TL was involved. This really shouldn't be a big deal unless you're a girly boy who's offended by such mean words as "Fluffy".

Fluffy gets his feathers ruffled so he digs deep and reaches far and the best he can come up with is "you use a creepy avatar and post at 10 am and you're really really mean... and old". You totally put me in my place there but I still have no idea what any of that has to do with you spending so much of your life digging for useless s*** that you can then repost here in order to get a pat on the head?

What happened? Did I accidentally step on your pussy?

Wait a sec, Fluffy is part of a group that posts pictures of random fans and discusses how "badass" they look in the stands? Frankly, I'm not the least bit surprised...

Thanks for making my eyes bleed...

And 2 reliable relievers were acquired only to hand the 8th to Sanchez and let Loup face righties before sending him down.

Well if that's the case then he should be the one responsible for choosing his replacement/s. IMO he has earned that respect by now, and as we can see by the results, the democratic process isn't necessarily working when 18% of the votes is going to someone who's clearly mentally challenged.

Wait, what? You're actually stepping down? And you're leaving an emotional basketcase like Twisted as a possible replacement? I can't believe you've done this... Smh

KingKat

Wasn't there reports that Gibby ultimately decided who they should keep? Either way, our wonderfully respected mod is the one who's speculating here by claiming DV didn't want to be here and him making so little had something to do with him getting DFAed.