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No way - f*** that. And I say that because 95% of the people who still talk about it believe Houston was the only team cheating. Perhaps they were the only ones banging trash cans, but they certainly weren't the only team cheating.

I read it as if you better never call a Cuban a Mexican - even if it's an honest mistake, like Mexicans are so f***ing horrible that nobody wants to be mistaken for one. That is racist. If you suggest a Japanese person is Chinese and then double down and claim there's no difference, then yes, obviously that isn't right.

That was Melvin's response after the lost that last game? That's odd. Either way - my point was regarding 'robot managers'. I think the robot tells you to start that inning with Hader v. JT and Harper. The old school mentality is to leave your "set up man" pitch the 8th and your "closer" pitch the 9th, regardless of where you are in the lineup.

So Cubans and Colombians are so racist that it's a major no-no to accidently refer to them as Mexican? Got it. I couldn't for the life of me ever imagine getting upset if someone mistakenly referred to me as an Australian.

Exactly - this really shouldn't be a conversation.

Managers certainly utilize statistics and advanced metrics more than they used to. Back in the day, decisions were made off what your gut told you (whatever the F that even means) and your eyes showed you. Call the former being a robot if you must, but that's really short sighted as I'm sure if you went back and re-watched games from 1995 with the proper stats in hand, you'd realize the accuracy of the eye/gut wasn't very good. That all said, pitching Suarez in the 8th and saving Hader for the 9th isn't a 'robot' decision, but instead an old school way of doing things. Some believe pitchers perform better when they stick with their routine and the old school way of managing was to use your setup guy in the 8th and closer in the 9th, regardless of where you are in the order. It's only be recently that managers have been scraping the traditional roles and putting their best pitchers in at the most crucial times. This change is almost 100% based on the statistics they now have at their finger tips as it appears that back in the day, people's guts didn't tell them to do that (even though it seems like common sense). The robot would likely have suggested you use your BEST reliever in the 8th through the heart of the order and take your chances in the 9th. I'm not sure what the SD Manager was basing those moves off, but I really doubt it was solely based on the numbers.

There's a lot of luck involved in the baseball playoffs (as much as some don't want to acknowledge this).

Our very own Varsho? Amazing. #donttradeKirk4Varsho

3 times in 4 years potentially...

Keep in mind that a 0-6 start in hockey is the same as an 0-12 start in baseball. I'm sure even you can understand that a different conversation than having a bit of a slow start. Should Boudreau be on the hot seat? I mean - who the f*** thought Vancouver would be good this year? No coach should be expected to create miracles.

He did? (I don't listen to interviews) What a ****!

Castellanos was behind him, providing Tapia level protection bruh!

Give it a f***ing break. You're suggesting a 'couple' of guys in the barrio are laughing and have no intensity and then go on to suggest something has to change or they won't win. So when I suggest you want everyone to act the same way - I'm making s*** up? utter nonsense. You pointed out laughing when they are losing - so yes, I assume you don't want laughing when they are losing and must want the opposite, which would generally be pissed off and to be serious in that situation - right? And yes - Grant is suggesting the players who aren't serious about winning a championship need to go. I'll quote him too next time so you can keep up with the conversation.

Did anyone post John's interview the other night where he spoke about his decisions in Game 2? He said the team liked certain matchups (when referring to the Mayza decision)...

Sorry, but I believe this is a really bad and short sighted take guys. Everyone is different. Some perform better when they are 100% locked in and super serious all the time, but others aren't. Some tight up and play like s*** with that mentality. I also have no problem with people who hate losing - but for some people, the best thing for them is to forget it as soon as the game is over and to move on. It's often very counterproductive for people to agonize over every loss. If you guys think some manager or player is going to come in an demand that everyone acts the same way in the dugout and clubhouse and after every loss - and that it will make them a better team. That's really ignorant. As JH correctly points out, just because they are smiling doesn't mean they don't hate losing. Everyone handles emotions differently - like those who laugh at weddings. Anyone pretending they know what's happening in the clubhouse or we need to move players because of what you see when the camera pans to the dugout is ignorant. This is a really dumb discussion.

Yur dumn. Imagine how many of Kirk's singles that Varsho would have stretched into 2? Ummm....that's not how it works.

Holy f*** are we back discussing clubhouse culture and a bunch of s*** that we have very little, if any, information about? Awesome.

I don't know how to respond to this gibberish. So I won't.

ummmm - utility player doesn't equal DH Juan Soto being nominated is hilarious and shows you just how stupid the GG award is. He's statistically one of the worst defensive OFers in baseball. Chapman Merrifield JBJ Vlad Berrios Lots of Jays nominated for what unfortunately is a pretty stupid award.

I can buy most of this. Good rebuttal.

You missed the point. The point made by JH was trading an elite hitter for an equal player who's primary value is derived from speed and defense is a bad idea. Some suggested that Varsho's bat is solid and with some tweeks there's room to get better. I'm pointing out that Varsho's statcast suggests there isn't a lot more in his bat and thus we're relying primarily on his speed/defense, which historically is a bad idea (especially since D/speed typically aren't worth as much as an elite bat). There is better value out there than Varsho for Kirk IMO.

I just saw this. This is a bad take. The SS goes after the ball until he's called off by the CFer. If Springer truly could get to that ball, then theoretically, he should have called it, which would be Bo's trigger to peal off. Of course that sounds great, except Springer had to give absolutely everything he could to try and get there and thus it's near impossible to call it. He also can't call it until he knows he can get there and I'm not sure that's something he would have known until the last second. If the stats showed that Bo was the only one would could have gotten to that ball - but he 'let up' assuming Springer had a better chance (even though he never called it) then people would have ripped Bo - including me, as that's not how you play the position. The reality was it was in no-mans land and because it was so important, neither player wanted to give up on the ball and that resulted in a collision. It was very unfortunate, but nobody did anything wrong IMO. If anything, one might argue that Springer ought to have pulled up, played the ball in front of him and held the tying run at 3rd base - preserving a 1 run lead (while avoiding injury). It's interesting that almost nobody ever suggests that - most just blame Bo on a play where he didn't do anything wrong, presumably either because they don't like Bo, or because they don't understand how these 2 positions should be played.

There's absolutely no contest here. You'd be taking Varsho almost exclusively for his defense and speed and like JH said - that's historically not a great idea. Despite the 'solid' results this year, there simply isn't a lot in his bat to get excited about.

So like Gurriel, Tapia actually can't cover all 3 OF positions... Gurriel's really never plays RF, but I'd have a hard time believing he'd be any worse than he is in LF. He has the big arm to cover the throws to 3rd.

Schwarber hit 46 hrs and just hit a 488 foot home run. He's an exciting player. Nothing wrong with Hoskins. Bohm and Stott are interesting for Philly too (although not yet good players). Padres have Soto, Manny, Cronenworth, Darvish, Snell and Musgrove...not much difference. And Machado is a huge douche bag. Go Phillies.