OT: The Toronto Blue Jays

[MindzEye]

the moron simply does their bidding

But Atkins said.....

 

[zeke]

yeah, Orioles were never actually good. Still have no idea how they won 100 games.

 

[zeke]

Probably mostly because they got to play the sadsack jays so much.

 

[zeke]

AL Least

 

[MindzEye]

 

[zeke]

How dare he wear his hair like that.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Is that good?

 

[mbow30]

Too much celly

 

[Killer93]

Too much celly

But think of all the years of control we have with Varsho right guys!? .......guys?

 

[leafman101]

 

[Leafin']

Ooooo we might get half of what we want. Atkins out the door is one step closer to Shapiro getting the boot.

 

[zeke]

but they put a bar in the outfield.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

Ooooo we might get half of what we want. Atkins out the door is one step closer to Shapiro getting the boot.

He is in fact not out the door.

 

[Leafin']

Too bad

 

[LeafOfFaith]

He locked himself inside. Such a brat.

 

[MindzEye]

Fire Atkins, and Fire Schneider, but it changes nothing.

If you read the subtext of the Atkins/Schneider whodunnit regarding the 47 pitch pull in game 2, the answer is pretty obvious. Everyone is just reading off of an organizational cheat sheet for every decision they make. Shapiro doesn't have to tell Atkins to tell Schneider to pull Berrios, because the organization provides the data they want to base decisions off of to Schneider already and he has a choice to make and it's choosing to listen to the program and keep his job, or not.

These are all Shapiro's outlooks on how to run a team, everyone else is just a varying level of coffee getter painting by numbers according to the manual. Gibby apparently talks about it in his book. Nothing changes until Shapiro is fired, it will just be a new face eating shit for Shapiro's philosophies as they fail.

 

[manny]

Fire Atkins, and Fire Schneider, but it changes nothing.

If you read the subtext of the Atkins/Schneider whodunnit regarding the 47 pitch pull in game 2, the answer is pretty obvious. Everyone is just reading off of an organizational cheat sheet for every decision they make. Shapiro doesn't have to tell Atkins to tell Schneider to pull Berrios, because the organization provides the data they want to base decisions off of to Schneider already and he has a choice to make and it's choosing to listen to the program and keep his job, or not.

These are all Shapiro's outlooks on how to run a team, everyone else is just a varying level of coffee getter painting by numbers according to the manual. Gibby apparently talks about it in his book. Nothing changes until Shapiro is fired, it will just be a new face eating shit for Shapiro's philosophies as they fail.

Yep. The main advantage of firing Atkins is that it probably brings Shapiro closer to his end. Delay it by a few years and it just buys him extra time.

 

[manny]

Anyway, in some positive news, Tiedemann named AZ Fall league pitcher of the week:

Tiedemann named Arizona Fall League Pitcher of the Week

It hasn't taken New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series alum Ricky Tiedemann long to make an impact in the Arizona Fall League. The 21-year-old left-handed starter was named the AFL's Pitcher of the Week after a strong debut for the Surprise Saguaros, striking out a league-high seven batters...

futurestarsseries.com

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Maybe we can trade him for Gurriel since Varsho is moving to CF?

Might have to throw in another player. Maybe Varsho?

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

Moreno another bomb as Zona leads LAD 4-0 in elimination game.