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  1. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Is this what Obama means when he talks about "leading from behind"?
  2. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Tampa is never going to be a good baseball market for the simple reason that there are too many transplants down there from Boston and New York who aren't giving up on the Red Sox, Yankees, or Mets for the Rays. Montreal will be a kickass market if actually given a fair chance this time around.
  3. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    I agree. At least when the Expos sucked, it was still fun, and sometimes they'd surprise us, like in '03. But the Jays? Not only do they suck, but they're just so oppressively boring and mired in such a backwards organizational structure that it's not really worth my time or energy.
  4. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Gibbons should be fired too, but really, he should have never been brought back in the first place. What other organization would actually bring him back after how his last stint ended? He's clearly delusional if he thinks we're "knee-deep in good starters." Clean house, fire all the losers that are infesting this organization, bring in competent baseball people, blow up this mess of a team, and start over the right way. It's the only way we'll ever have a prayer of winning another World Series.
  5. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    As one of AA's biggest critics, I don't think I've been unfair or extreme at all. I've always maintained that he was at best a bottom three general manager in baseball, and I never thought for a second that he was going to do anything except make excuses this offseason. I also recognize that it's not all his fault, Beeston is just as incompetent and also deserves to be fired. AA has done nothing but prove me right ever since I hopped off his bandwagon after the useless Napoli trade.
  6. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Like the A's, the Rays are stuck in a dump of a stadium with a market that can't support the team, and they don't have the resources to have a huge payroll, yet they're still competitive every year. Friedman is arguably the best GM in the league. When the Rays move to Montreal and finally have some money to spend, that's when the championships will come rolling on in.
  7. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Watch even Santana sign somewhere else. But AA will throw up his hands and say, "Oh well! We tried!" I hope nobody's surprised when we're dead last in attendance and TV ratings. This front office can spin the optics however they want, but nobody's going to be interested in a team that sucks, didn't do s*** in the offseason, hasn't made the playoffs in 20 years, has no clear direction, incompetent people in charge, and has very little hope for the future in the farm system right now.
  8. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Not good enough. At best, he'll sign the absolute dregs of the market after everyone else has had their fill. But, "oh well, we tried!" Hopefully another last place season will be enough for AA and Beeston to be fired and replaced by anyone competent.
  9. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Yes, every year. 2010: 85-77, no playoffs 2011: 81-81, no playoffs 2012: 73-89, no playoffs 2013: 74-88, no playoffs AA and Beeston have done nothing all offseason.
  10. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    If AA and Beeston didn't "rinse and repeat" mediocrity every year, I wouldn't be "rinsing and repeating" the need to fire their asses.
  11. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    That would represent a commitment to an actual direction, and we all know how scared the Jays are of doing that.
  12. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Honestly, it's for the best that all the free agent pitchers sign elsewhere. Then maybe AA and Beeston can finally be fired when we suck again this year.
  13. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    This. The fanbase - even the casual fans - are angry about the Jays doing absolutely nothing this offseason so far and cheaping out, so the FO is now leaking s*** left and right about trades that "almost" happened and players they're "contemplating" signing in a vain attempt to get the fans off their back. In the end, they can throw their hands up and say "oh well, we tried!" as an excuse when they stand pat.
  14. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Enough "contemplating this, considering that." s*** or get off the pot already, AA/Beeston.
  15. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    I agree. I think the front office is reaching for whatever exaggerated BS they can come up with in a vain attempt to placate the fanbase when they stand pat this offseason.
  16. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    If that's the case, why was Gibbons saying we were right up near our (self-imposed) payroll limit and it was a 50/50 chance of us signing anybody? This organization is always contradicting its own ********.
  17. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Let's be real, it would be fluke luck for a front office that has shown no indication that they have a clue what they're doing.
  18. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Well, now AA and Beeston have their excuse for this year - the currency. Wonder what the next lame excuse will be?
  19. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Bud Selig was doing everything he could to make the Expos fail at the time. Remember the rumors about moving to Boston? Then they started playing "home" games in San Juan. And don't forget about how he wouldn't let us have minor league call-ups that year. With all that in mind, I certainly wouldn't put it past the league to have rigged that game. Selig is absolutely one of the biggest pieces of crap in the history of baseball - which is ironic, considering how hard he feigns outrage at PED users. What sucks the most is that Strasburg and Harper should be wearing Expos uniforms. Attendance problems would have been a thing of the past by now and I'm sure Labatt Park would have been built already. This bitter Expos fan will never forgive Selig.
  20. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    No... but I also wouldn't have made the disastrous panic trades that made it so that missing out on Garza would be so detrimental.
  21. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    What people are saying about the Yankees is eerily similar to what everyone was saying about the Red Sox this time last year. They'll at very least make the playoffs, something this franchise hasn't done in 20 years.
  22. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Nobody's easier to hate than our inept front office and ownership for handing us a 20+ year s*** sandwich. As boring as it is to see them buy titles, at least the Yankees try to win and don't accept losing!
  23. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    It's a moot point because if Beeston's replacement is competent at all, he would fire AA immediately.
  24. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Yes, and it's gone from the American national pastime to behind the NFL for a reason.
  25. FireAlexAnthopoulos
    Agreed. The MLB will continue to become increasingly irrelevant until a salary cap is instituted. Until then, you'll always have tenuous parity at best and out-of-control contracts (especially with these international players like Tanaka who have proven nothing at this level).
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