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Everything posted by intentional wok

  1. intentional wok
    I had to bail on two leagues last year for time (hung on to my LoD team). If that's not a mark against me, I'd be interested in joining. I'd also settle for co-managing.
  2. intentional wok
    I've just been assuming that it's his job to lose barring some no-brainer trade or some bargain OF signings. I figured the goal for the OF this offseason has been to sign/acquire one solid corner bat in addition to addressing IF depth (done) and SP/bullpen (not done yet). Teoscar will probably slot into whichever corner the new OF doesn't play.
  3. intentional wok
    I like dis
  4. intentional wok
    Nobody is going to want his HDMH stuff after he's retired, or even if his career goes sideways. I could be wrong, but I bet Nike are throwing a lot more steady money at him than his brand will ever pull in. Or he could have dialed back his brand a bit and still accepted Nike's cash. The goal here is to make as much money is possible, so all his chest beating just makes him look astronomically stupid.
  5. intentional wok
    I want to manage a second franchise.
  6. intentional wok
    Probably just the three-World-Series-in-five-years years.
  7. intentional wok
    I did some basic counting re: your radical idea and you brought nothing but I'm the closed-minded one. Alright man. Good to be back here. EDIT Here's more, in case the very idea of working with a foundation of 650 IP for a bullpen wasn't alarming enough. One of the worst teams in the league -- the Reds -- used its pen for 610 IP. And the Yankees -- best BP -- used ~540. You want to load 100 more IP thrown by AAA commuters on their backs when the alternative is just relying a bit on Sabathia?
  8. intentional wok
    So spot starts by your swing guys, making the 650-IP bullpen even more fringy? And that's not even taking into account an extended DL trip for one of your four SP. How do you know it's viable if it's never been done in the modern league?
  9. intentional wok
    Sounds like a lot more moving s***** parts than to just chuck an experienced MLB innings eater out there. To use recent Blue Jay history as my example, I'd rather have RA Dickey out there for 170 innings than try to frankenstein some quality from the Todd Redmonds, Chad Jenkins, and Ryan Goinses of the world while also micromanaging every inning for my four starters because they're each now expected to start 8 more games a year. 40 starts @ 5 innings = 200 IP per starter 4 BP innings x 162 games = 648 IP with added emphasis on AAAA fodder and without counting extra innings.
  10. intentional wok
    The bullpens would die, even with the extra arm replacing the fifth starter. Not to mention how many extra innings the dime-a-dozen RPs would be throwing. Can't use your best guys at such an increased rate. Even 70 IP is pushing it for some guys.
  11. intentional wok
    For a long enough contract it might not matter to Cain if has to move to RF for a year. The team will wring the last ounces of defensive value out of Pillar and then trade him, if they aren't already planning to, and then boom, there's the replacement. Who knows about Cain's personal CF pride, but he gets paid either way.
  12. intentional wok
    This one is mine, and my point was that short of this trade, very little of what AA did amounted to anything re: the MLB roster. It's a nice hustle, but without it his mark on the MLB side of things looks like a lot more like a skid mark. As for spending prospects on lame vets vs. signing better prospects to replace them: that's like saying throwing money away is forgivable if you happen to strike gold later. You shouldn't have to rely on super prospects falling into your lap to keep yourself in the black. No GM can really control the breaking out or flopping of a prospect. Between managing your assets vs. watching one become a super-asset, it's only the managing of them that's completely up to the GM, and people are arguing that AA spent his assets poorly.
  13. intentional wok
    I wasn't here either, but I don't think he made all bad moves or even mostly bad moves. His time was just erratic, and he didn't build a legitimately good team until, what, year 6 of his tenure here? I wouldn't call that 'good', but I wouldn't say he doesn't deserve another gig either. It was just very wacky. He was the Ezequiel Carrera of the front office.
  14. intentional wok
    I'm glad he's getting another shot, but I must have missed some intrigue at some point because I have no idea what these "good person" or "didn't keep his word" things are about. My opinion is that he's a fire-from-the-hip GM who backed into the Toronto fanbase's good graces when some last minute blockbuster trades ended up getting the team to the ALCS (success which admittedly mostly carried over to 2016 too). But without August and September 2015, his name would be dirt here. And even those Price and Tulo trades wouldn't have been possible if the A's didn't drunk text him that night in 2014 to give away Donaldson. AA did a whole hell of a lot of somersaults to only barely leave with a good reputation here. I mean, yeah, he built a good team, but I don't think I'd trust him to be able to do it again.
  15. intentional wok
    Seeing Roy tributes in 2018 and moving forward is going to be tough. Opening Day, number retiring, the inevitable Phillies-Jays tribute. They should absolutely do all of them, but it's going to sting every time.
  16. intentional wok
    I am so bummed right now. This is terrible. My favourite Blue Jay of the 2000s. I looked forward to each of his starts, knowing the team had an amazing chance to win every time he walked out there. When I'd go to games, I'd try to make them land on a Halladay start. How many times did he stand up to those powerhouse AL East lineups like a complete boss? So many good memories. I remember his first playoff start against the Reds. Was that the perfect game? And the time he retired as a Blue Jay on a one-day deal, I admit I got a tiny bit choked up. What a loss.
  17. intentional wok
    He certainly brought that grand Texas Rangers playoff choking tradition with him to LA.
  18. intentional wok
    I like both of these teams and they are both very deserving of a title, but I've been all Dodgers for the whole playoffs. I already won a hat because of them, but a Houston win will cost me a dinner.
  19. intentional wok
    Pretty hard to accept any gesture as sincere when it comes from a man who looks like a turnip.
  20. intentional wok
    As far as I'm concerned, the NFL has always been a s*** product wrapped around a core game that's pretty fun. Endless commercials, strategies that emphasize killing the clock (i.e., not playing the game), and generally stacking bad rules on top of other bad rules.
  21. intentional wok
    There can't not be a walk-off here.
  22. intentional wok
    Is this better than the Rangers being one strike away from a title twice in the same game (and face planting) in 2011? f***, maybe.
  23. intentional wok
    Cracking open some of the hard stuff. I'm going to need that edge to come off pretty f***ing quick to get any real sleep tonight.
  24. intentional wok
    Pederson deserves an open palmed slap across the face for that. This is the World Series, chud. f***ing move it.
  25. intentional wok
    The Gurriel home run was like four innings ago, but also like two hours ago.
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