TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:apbc12 {l Wrote}:Anybody else rooting for the Rangers due to dislike of Tony LaRussa?
mine's more dislike of hansen but i'll join your cause
does this mean i am not invited to the wedding?
TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:apbc12 {l Wrote}:Anybody else rooting for the Rangers due to dislike of Tony LaRussa?
mine's more dislike of hansen but i'll join your cause
hansen {l Wrote}:TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:apbc12 {l Wrote}:Anybody else rooting for the Rangers due to dislike of Tony LaRussa?
mine's more dislike of hansen but i'll join your cause
does this mean i am not invited to the wedding?
claver2010 {l Wrote}:The after innings music remind me of the music from this video
bignick33 {l Wrote}:I'm seprised no has yet compared the Rangers to the early 90s Bills.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:bignick33 {l Wrote}:I'm seprised no has yet compared the Rangers to the early 90s Bills.
me is also.
bignick33 {l Wrote}:Cards are a bunch of winners.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:FYI, these two Cardinal fucking douchebags announcing the game are utterly intolerable. Buck just blows and McCarver is an idiot of epic proportions.
bignick33 {l Wrote}:Cards are a bunch of winners.
hansen {l Wrote}:bignick33 {l Wrote}:Cards are a bunch of winners.
This team embodies the "play like a cardinal" mantra like none I have seen. They may not be the most talented team ever but they refuse to quit, play a hard nine every night, and somehow find a way to win.
hansen {l Wrote}:bignick33 {l Wrote}:Cards are a bunch of winners.
This team embodies the "play like a cardinal" mantra like none I have seen. They may not be the most talented team ever but they refuse to quit, play a hard nine every night, and somehow find a way to win.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:bignick33 {l Wrote}:Cards are a bunch of winners.
For the idiot LaRussa to be the best manager in the World Series is amazing.
hansen {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:bignick33 {l Wrote}:Cards are a bunch of winners.
For the idiot LaRussa to be the best manager in the World Series is amazing.
Given the lack of starting pitching on this team, he managed this team as well as any manager could. He found a way to make a rotation out of carpenter and a couple of other guys. He made all the right moves.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:hansen {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:bignick33 {l Wrote}:Cards are a bunch of winners.
For the idiot LaRussa to be the best manager in the World Series is amazing.
Given the lack of starting pitching on this team, he managed this team as well as any manager could. He found a way to make a rotation out of carpenter and a couple of other guys. He made all the right moves.
He got lucky with rain and managed the bullpen like a fucking retard. The series should have been over in 5 so he didn't have to worry about praying for rain so that his only starter could go in Game 7.
That is all.
hansen {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:hansen {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:bignick33 {l Wrote}:Cards are a bunch of winners.
For the idiot LaRussa to be the best manager in the World Series is amazing.
Given the lack of starting pitching on this team, he managed this team as well as any manager could. He found a way to make a rotation out of carpenter and a couple of other guys. He made all the right moves.
He got lucky with rain and managed the bullpen like a fucking retard. The series should have been over in 5 so he didn't have to worry about praying for rain so that his only starter could go in Game 7.
That is all.
The bullpen disaster in game 5 was a mess but otherwise imo he made all the right moves. I actually think the fact that carpenter is the only starter (with slight apologies to Garcia and others) and somehow was able to mix and match relievers to get though a 7 game series. E.g. In the NLCS, the relievers hrew as many innings as the starters. That's unheard of if not amazing.
eagle9903 {l Wrote}:and LaRussa will manage no more. I will not lose sleep over this.
DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:eagle9903 {l Wrote}:and LaRussa will manage no more. I will not lose sleep over this.
BringTonyLaRussaToBC.blogspot.com
eagle9903 {l Wrote}:and LaRussa will manage no more. I will not lose sleep over this.
hansen {l Wrote}:eagle9903 {l Wrote}:and LaRussa will manage no more. I will not lose sleep over this.
TLR is consistently disparaged but his track record speaks for itself:
Most postseason wins by a National League team during that span: 50.
Most postseason series won by a NL team: 12.
Most NL pennants won: three.
Two World Series championships, tied with Florida for the most in the league since 1996.
Some 1,408 regular-season wins, second in the NL to Atlanta's 1,478.
3rd most all-time wins.
eagle9903 {l Wrote}:hansen {l Wrote}:eagle9903 {l Wrote}:and LaRussa will manage no more. I will not lose sleep over this.
TLR is consistently disparaged but his track record speaks for itself:
Most postseason wins by a National League team during that span: 50.
Most postseason series won by a NL team: 12.
Most NL pennants won: three.
Two World Series championships, tied with Florida for the most in the league since 1996.
Some 1,408 regular-season wins, second in the NL to Atlanta's 1,478.
3rd most all-time wins.
I don't like him because he's annoying, whiny and makes the game more boring and slow. I know he's a great manager (Teddy doesn't think so, I think).
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:eagle9903 {l Wrote}:hansen {l Wrote}:eagle9903 {l Wrote}:and LaRussa will manage no more. I will not lose sleep over this.
TLR is consistently disparaged but his track record speaks for itself:
Most postseason wins by a National League team during that span: 50.
Most postseason series won by a NL team: 12.
Most NL pennants won: three.
Two World Series championships, tied with Florida for the most in the league since 1996.
Some 1,408 regular-season wins, second in the NL to Atlanta's 1,478.
3rd most all-time wins.
I don't like him because he's annoying, whiny and makes the game more boring and slow. I know he's a great manager (Teddy doesn't think so, I think).
He does all of those things and he is an overrated manager. He's not a bad manager, but he certainly isn't great.
Let's put it this way, he's better than Francona.
hansen {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:eagle9903 {l Wrote}:hansen {l Wrote}:eagle9903 {l Wrote}:and LaRussa will manage no more. I will not lose sleep over this.
TLR is consistently disparaged but his track record speaks for itself:
Most postseason wins by a National League team during that span: 50.
Most postseason series won by a NL team: 12.
Most NL pennants won: three.
Two World Series championships, tied with Florida for the most in the league since 1996.
Some 1,408 regular-season wins, second in the NL to Atlanta's 1,478.
3rd most all-time wins.
I don't like him because he's annoying, whiny and makes the game more boring and slow. I know he's a great manager (Teddy doesn't think so, I think).
He does all of those things and he is an overrated manager. He's not a bad manager, but he certainly isn't great.
Let's put it this way, he's better than Francona.
TLR has had a huge impact on how the game is played (for better or worse). he redefined the closer position, led the current trend toward building and using a strong bullpen, etc. 9903 is right though; he does whine a lot (typically to his advantage) and the games are slower. a lot of people do not like him... however, after watching the results he has produced over the past 16 years, i must admit i am not in that group.
as for francona, the guy led the team to 2 world series title... and broke the supposed curse. i give the guy a lot of credit for that. would i want him STL managing? i can't really say as i dont know the redsox close enough to make an informed opinion. i do know though that STL organization is trending toward an statistics based approach with old school scouting mixed in. this heavy reliance on statistics alienates a lot of managers... the old school baseball types. that is why this hire will be very interesting.
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