Red Reposter - Could Dusty Baker be Hitting His Namesake Trail?
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 12, 2009 12:30 PM EDT
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I think most of us figured it was a foregone conclusion that Dusty Baker would be back with the team next year
But there are rumblings that Banana Bob could ditch him to complete his secret master plan of recreating the Reds in the image of the early-2000's Cardinals. Both Tony LaRussa and Baker are known quantities here, so I'm sure we all have an opinion one way or another. If given the choice, which one would you take? -
The Fay doesnt see the Reds increasing payroll next year
and he actually expects them to decrease payroll, closer to $65 mil than $70 mil. He also says increasing payroll would likely do little good, as most good players are searching for multi-year deals. So a temporary increase wouldnt help much. -
Hall o' Famer Hal says he's come to an agreement with the DDN
and he'll stay on as a freelance writer. He'll keep writing his blog "The Real McCoy" and doing his weekly "Ask Hal" segments. This is great news. He wont be following the beat, but he'll still be offering daily columns. This could be advantageous for us the readers, as he may be able to more freely speak his mind since he wont be so beholden to the team for access. We've certainly seen more of that since his retirement announcement. Congratulations Hal, and thanks for sticking around! -
Speaking of Ask Hal
Here's a few of more interesting questions posed to him this week:
Q: Former GM Wayne Krivsky once intimated he was close to a trade with the Cleveland Indians for pitcher Cliff Lee, who threw 25 first-pitch strikes against the first 27 batters for the Phillies in game one of the NLDS. How close was that trade? — Bill, Villa Hills, Ky.
A: Krivsky was as tight-lipped about possible trades as a CIA agent with the FBI looking over his shoulder. However, there were rumblings out of Cleveland that there were talks. I don’t think a deal was close, unfortunately for the Reds. And what would the Reds do with a left-hander in the rotation?
Q: Why wouldn’t the Reds move Brandon Phillips to shortstop and try Juan Francisco at second instead of add another name to the already overstuffed outfield of Jonny Gomes, Jay Bruce, Drew Stubbs, Laynce Nix, Chris Dickerson and Willy Taveras? — Mike, Houston
A: Why wouldn’t they? Because manager Dusty Baker says over and over and over and over again: "I won’t move a Gold Glove second baseman to another position and weaken two positions." Phillips, though, would do it in a millisecond. Francisco at second? Don’t think so. From what I’ve seen of him at third base, he is Edwin Encarnacion’s twin brother. -
Redleg Nation has a nifty list of all the Reds prospects to show up on the BA lists that have come out for each league
So it's a nice reference tool to see where all the young Reds are at right now. -
THT runs down a list of the greatest last games in stadium history
inspired by the thriller that went down between the Twins and Tigers last week. Of course it wasnt the last game in Metrodome history, but if the Tigers had won it would have ranked pretty high up there. The last game at Crosley Field makes the list at #10, when the Reds bested the Giants 5-4.
"The Reds were rarely able to put together great teams in their many decades in Crosley Field. They were rarely particularly bad, but they didn't win many pennants. I suppose it's somehow oddly fitting then that they departed the place in the middle of a season in which they won a pennant, their first of four pennants in seven years. The Giants took a 4-2 lead and with Hall of Famer Juan Marichal on the mound, victory seemed well at hand. Instead, the Reds rallied, culminating with back-to-back homers by Johnny Bench and Lee May to lead off the bottom of the eighth."
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i'll take a staff full of dusty baker's over one larussa
"Some times you get lucky; some times you get Willy Taveras." - Teh Fay
by joshuar9476 on Oct 12, 2009 12:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Tony LaRussa is the one man who could make me waver in my Reds fandom.
If he comes, I’m going.
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by chesirecat on Oct 12, 2009 12:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Oct 12, 2009 12:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't really care if they fire Dusty for TLR
but I’d prefer LaRussa over Baker. I find both fairly annoying, but I actually think TLR is a good manager. I don’t believe the same for Baker.
Neither single-handedly turns this team into a winner.
Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Oct 12, 2009 12:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Larussa would surely bring Duncan.....
Duncan may be worth more than Larussa. Larussa actually understands stats, where Dusty doesn’t even know what they are.
by Dude Rock on Oct 12, 2009 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
LaRussa definitely has his annoying habits
but, without looking it up for validation, I doubt LaRussa would continue to bat a .300 OBP in the lead-off spot and follow it up with a sub-300 OBP.
Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Oct 12, 2009 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and the pitcher would bat 8th~
and he might move owings even further up the lineup!
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by 'tHan on Oct 12, 2009 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He might turn Owings into the next Ankiel.....
……???? Or maybe not……
by Dude Rock on Oct 12, 2009 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He put Schumaker at 2nd, so the shifting of infield positions wouldn’t be radical for him. On the other hand, he is referred to as disliking rookies. You’d have 13 man pitching staffs and more beanball wars.
by ol Pete on Oct 12, 2009 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Then the dominoes fall........
Pujols and Matt Holliday sign with the Reds cheap because they want to be near Tony…………LMAO…………oops, I just woke up from my dream……
by Dude Rock on Oct 12, 2009 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
your crack pipe is tainted this morning
Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Oct 12, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just had arthroscopic shoulder surgery for a torn rotator cuff and bone spurs........
……must be the painkillers
by Dude Rock on Oct 12, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I noticed my 98 mph dropped to a 48 mph fastball and had to have it looked at......
………..yeah, me and Danny Graves.
Years of wear and tear. I’m old.
by Dude Rock on Oct 12, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not as bad as you would think.....
They drilled 2 holes in the front of my shoulder, 1 on the side, and 1 in the rear. I’m wearing a sling for my right arm/shoulder. Therapy for about 3 months. Should be out of sling in 6 weeks. I already have pretty good movement considering they operated last Wednesday. I’m feeling pretty good. Arthro surgery is pretty amazing nowadays.
by Dude Rock on Oct 12, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They drilled a hole
in your rear?
The man who will one day be President is, at this moment, lying in his cradle, trying to find some strategic way to get his big toe in his mouth.
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by poojols on Oct 13, 2009 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
LaRussa has won everywhere he's gone
What is the knock on him? I think we’d be ecstatic to get him here – especially considering we lose Dusty at the same time.
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by TheC on Oct 12, 2009 12:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the knock on him is that he's a poop face
by GrooveLeg on Oct 12, 2009 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sometimes it takes a poop face to get out of the $hit hole basement of your division.....
by Dude Rock on Oct 12, 2009 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i'd much rather have LaRussa
but i just plain don’t like the guy. i think he’s a crybaby and a prick. he is a much better manager though, and we would be lucky to have him.
by GrooveLeg on Oct 12, 2009 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And a prick
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 12, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
tell us how you really feel.
i mean sometimes Walt is like a prison shower, you know it is gonna happen, but it isn’t a good thing.
by justin007000 on Oct 12, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's also had some pretty good teams
and a lot of guys who juiced as well.
by ol Pete on Oct 12, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
As long as Duncan comes with him
LaRussa hasn’t won anything without Duncan by his side…just like Bobby Cox hasn’t won without Leo Mazzone. Duncan and Mazzone have been the wizards behind the egos.
If Duncan doesn’t come with LaRussa, it’s not worth it.
by jambolyajones on Oct 12, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Duncan is good but what about his whining about Bronson recently
Has Laloser’s crybaby attitude rubbed off on him…I mean look how he whined when his kid got traded.
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 12, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mazzone hasn't done anything
since he had Smoltz, Maddux, and Glavine.
The man who will one day be President is, at this moment, lying in his cradle, trying to find some strategic way to get his big toe in his mouth.
-Mark Twain
by poojols on Oct 13, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah... not like LaRussa
LaRussa won World Series with two teams. His Oakland team and now his ST. Louis team seem to always be good, always in the race for the pennant. Dusty had a couple good years in San Fran and one special year in Chicago – but not 2 World Series special.
The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!
by TheC on Oct 12, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Off of mlbtraderumors.com
2:57pm: It seems like a strange concept, but both ESPN’s Buster Olney and Kevin Kaduk from Yahoo Sports are asking if it’s possible for longtime Cardinals skipper Tony La Russa to jump ship.
The Cards were bounced from the NLDS yesterday, swept at the hands of Joe Torre’s Dodgers. While many people are focused on names like Matt Holliday, Albert Pujols, Mark DeRosa, and Joel Pineiro, Olney and Kaduk have the coaching staff on their minds.
La Russa is not yet signed for 2010, but general manager John Mozeliak has said he expects La Russa and pitching coach Dave Duncan (a longtime friend of La Russa) to be back for a 15th season. La Russa holds a 1232-1034 mark as the manager in St. Louis, and stands at 2552-2217 in his career. Duncan is widely regarded as one of the best pitching coaches in all of baseball, due to numerous successful reclamation projects including Chris Carpenter and Pineiro.
As Olney points out, Duncan was not at all pleased with the way that the organization treated his son, Chris Duncan, who was sent to Boston in exchange for Julio Lugo back in July. Add that to a quick postseason exit, and it stands to reason that La Russa and Duncan may not be too pleased with their situation right now.
It’s all speculation at this point, and Kaduk even says that he feels La Russa will stay around for 2010, but it’s certainly an interesting question. Is it possible for one or both to leave, and if so, where do they end up? Olney lists the teams that could take both La Russa and Duncan on, stating that Nationals, Astros, Mets, Blue Jays, and Reds could all be fits.
by Dude Rock on Oct 12, 2009 12:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Would you trade a group of good Reds prospects for a one year rental of Roy Halladay?
……..we’d have include Harang or Arroyo to offset the salary trade.
Or would you just go with what we have?
Someone on here mentioned trading either Harang ($12M) or Arroyo ($12M) and prospects to the Mets for Jose Reyes ($9M)……..which was an interesting trade.
by Dude Rock on Oct 12, 2009 1:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
In fairness to TLR and the poll question,
I would have voted for a warm cup of piss over Dusty Baker.
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
by Pops Daniels on Oct 12, 2009 1:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
cumb'd
and that is precisely why i didnt add “boobs” as a possibility.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 12, 2009 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of urine.......
A man complained to his friend, “My elbow hurts. I better go to the doctor.”
“Don’t do that,” volunteered his friend, “there’s a new computer at the drugstore that can diagnose any problem quicker and cheaper than a doctor. All you have to do is put in a urine sample, deposit $10, then the computer will give you your diagnosis and plan of treatment.”
The man figured he had nothing to lose, so he took a sample of urine down to the drugstore. Finding the machine, he poured in the urine and deposited $10. The machine began to buzz and various lights flashed on and off. After a short pause, a slip of paper popped out on which was printed:
You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water twice a day. Avoid heavy labor. Your elbow will be better in two weeks.
That evening as the man contemplated this breakthrough in medical science, he began to suspect fraud. To test his theory he mixed together some tap water, a stool sample from his dog and urine samples from his wife and teenage daughter. To top it all off, he masturbated into the jar. He took this concoction down to the drugstore, poured it in the machine and deposited $10. The machine went through the same buzzing and flashing routine as before then printed out the following message:
Your tap water has lead. Get a filter.
Your dog has worms. Give him vitamins.
Your daughter is on drugs. Get her in rehab.
Your wife is pregnant. It’s not your baby. Get a lawyer.
And if you don’t stop jerking off your tennis elbow will never get better.
by Dude Rock on Oct 12, 2009 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where was the 'boobs' option...
I demand boobs!
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 12, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isn't it time to start thinking about trading Yonder......
….since his only position is 1B, and Joey has that covered?
They consider trying Francisco in LF. Why not just move Joey to LF? He played some in the minors. Put Francisco on 1B. Or prepare for Yonder to play 1B. …………OR……here comes my favorite……..TRADE FOR ADRIEN GONZALEZ!!!!!! Lol.
by Dude Rock on Oct 12, 2009 1:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
he finished the last few weeks of the season at AAA
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 12, 2009 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
When is a reasonable projection for him to move to the majors? If its a couple years away or even one, you wouldn’t trade either Joey or him unless it was a great deal. At least I wouldn’t.
by ol Pete on Oct 12, 2009 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
since he is on a major league contract
next year will be his final option year. He has to be in the majors by 2011.
i mean sometimes Walt is like a prison shower, you know it is gonna happen, but it isn’t a good thing.
by justin007000 on Oct 12, 2009 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He'll be here next year
/ashbakerlovepheasant
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by BK on Oct 12, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
not sure Tony L
would be a good fit here
Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
by Caleb on Oct 12, 2009 1:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Caleb...I am certain that he would not be a good fit here
Yes he might make a better batting order than Dustbag…but Tony is so creeeeeeeepy…and he’s too sabremetric for me. He’s like an automaton.
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 12, 2009 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ironic that you think he is too sabermetric
since Buzz Bissinger’s book about TLR is supposed to be the anti-Moneyball book.
Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Oct 12, 2009 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oooh, Bissinger and TLR
in one? That’s almost too much arrogant douche for one sitting.
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
by Pops Daniels on Oct 12, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
pretty much the reason I haven't read the book
I don’t care how good of a write Bissinger is, he’s a total assmunch.
Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Oct 12, 2009 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's just how much mads hates sabermetrics
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by 'tHan on Oct 12, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did anyone notice the real news in Charlie's Reposter?
The real news ain’t LaRussa, since he isn’t leaving St. Louis and wouldn’t come to mediocre land even if he did. The real news is that Fay is floating trial balloons for management again. When he says “payroll might go down” he is forewarning us that Gomes will be non-tendered and no one will be signed. It’s the first sign that somewhere Mark Sheldon is writing the: “it’s not the team’s fault, dang it! It’s the _.” Fill in the blank: the economy, MLB baseball’s salary structure, orhaving four players locked up for next year at 40 million. Seriously, it’s entertainment to mix and match. You can play baseball pundit at home too!*
It’s the first “wait ’til 2011 fans, ’cause then the reds will be awesome” news of the 2009 winter! And, many of us missed it because of Dusty hatred.
*To say I am angry that 2010 will be another “re-building” year would be to admit that I thought things around the ol’ ranch would be different and to then acknowledge that I try to let my cynicism rule my fandom, I really do, but damn it, sometimes I want to watch a playoff team. I think it would be cool and all. I’m a broken-hearted dreamer. Thanks, Big Bob. thanks for next year’s 79-83 (see, that’s progress).
Can’t wait to hear how the expiring contracts from Arroyo and company won’t mean any new players for 2011, because that money will be needed to pay arbitration for Cueto, etc in 2011. I predict Fay will have that story line leaked to him around the All-Star Break of 2010.
by timb116 on Oct 12, 2009 2:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
How do you read the Rolen signing in all that?
He’s got one more year. Doesn’t that say “we’re going for it”?
by ol Pete on Oct 12, 2009 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What do you read cutting salary for 2010?
I know what you’re saying, Pete, but the Rolen trade was poor in conception, poor in execution, and will, most likely, have a poor result.
In years to come, it will be seen like the Matt Morris to Pittsburgh trade; a strange and weird trip down a psychedelic trail.
by timb116 on Oct 12, 2009 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, yeah, the 2 don't seem to fit do they
Maybe Jocko and Rolen talked about after next year and there was discussion of him playing a year or two at a lesser rate. Maybe Jocko has a scheme that I can’t think of. Maybe its that trip down the psychedelic trail.
by ol Pete on Oct 12, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe, they buy out this year for an extension into 2012?
Man, that would be awesome….to see the explosion of rightful rage on these pages when the Reds lock a China Doll up until age 37 with about ten minor league third basemen in the system? Nyc’s string of profane invective would rival a Patton tirade.
Since that’s the only entertainment I’m likely to get from this team for the next couple of years from “No-more-losing” Bob, then I say they should do it
The more troubling thing for me is that this is Fay’s second balloon. The first one was during the season when management leaked the 70 million payroll for 2010. Now, Fay’s down to 65? I hope he doesn’t call Bob’s office back before December! I mean, rather a Chinese water torture of 5 million dollar cuts, let’s just go all in at New Year’s for 45 million and call it an off-season.
by timb116 on Oct 13, 2009 8:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 12, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go Bengals?
The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!
by TheC on Oct 12, 2009 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If it's true...
…that Jocketty is an old-school scouting type who despises sabermetrics, you have to wonder how TLR fits into that.
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by BubbaFan on Oct 12, 2009 3:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
um...he hired TLR once before
and I don’t think TLR is a sabermetrician. I think he’s just more willing to try new things more than other managers.
Definitely a good argument.
by Slyde on Oct 12, 2009 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Huh?
this guy is always ‘playing the per centages’ …plus he’s a drunken pussy prickass dick head.
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 12, 2009 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But Mads,
The playing the percentages thing doesn’t generally apply to sabermetrics in the way that most “baseball guys” use the terminology. The way they mean it is pinch hitting Juan Castro for Josh Hamilton because he was batting .500 (1 for 2) against a certain pitcher.
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
by Pops Daniels on Oct 12, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh
I like sabremetrics, really I do…E.G.
http://www.epgold.com/news/pics-october-2007/ElvisInternationalWeeklyChartPicture-2007-Oct-27.jpg
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 12, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Normally I follow you
but I gotta admit, I’m bedazzled by this one here.
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
by Pops Daniels on Oct 13, 2009 8:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seems pretty clear to me, Pops
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 13, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What I was wondering
was what it said about TLR. I’ve heard two conflicting stories about him: that he’s a classic old-school scouting guy, and that he’s the most sabermetrically inclined manager in the game today.
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by BubbaFan on Oct 12, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I heard that he's a prick
Though honestly, I’d be happy to have him on our team. He’s won everywhere he’s gone. Many of the best managers we’ve had in Cincinnati have been assholes. It’s high time for an asshole manager again!
by Brendanukkah on Oct 12, 2009 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've now heard both...I had always though he was SABREMETRICS INCARNATE
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 12, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, George Will's book form 25 years ago has him crunching numbers on a PC
in 1987. He’s a numbers guy, but not necessarily a Sabermetric guy.
by timb116 on Oct 13, 2009 8:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
thank you i was trying to figure out how to place Tony Larussa
I know he is a sabrametrics guy, but he does like numbers. You gave the most apt description of him.
i mean sometimes Walt is like a prison shower, you know it is gonna happen, but it isn’t a good thing.
by justin007000 on Oct 13, 2009 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fay brings up an interesting point in his latest article.
He mentions that if the Reds decide to pay Duncan, that he’d be making similar money to what Jonny Gomes is expected to get in arbitration.
If you could have only one of the two options, would you bring on Dave Duncan or retain Jonny Gomes?
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by BK on Oct 12, 2009 4:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
since i'll always choose pitching over hitting
i would choose duncan. he has proven his effectiveness for years whereas gomes has had one good year.
by GrooveLeg on Oct 12, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Duncan for sure.
Not that I don’t like Gomes but he alone makes little difference whereas Duncan makes the entire staff better. He’s proven it time and time again.
Wear something sexy to my funeral.
by Pops Daniels on Oct 12, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
keep Dusty as a figurehead...
but have Slyde fill out the line-up card
Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Oct 12, 2009 4:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
who makes the pitching changes?
i mean sometimes Walt is like a prison shower, you know it is gonna happen, but it isn’t a good thing.
by justin007000 on Oct 12, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
why, the old Whiz-Tronic 7100 of course!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 12, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow
Two floppy drives. How cool! No need to do the “floppy shuffle” when you want to copy something.
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by BubbaFan on Oct 12, 2009 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Whiz-Tronic 7100
Is that how they test-marketed Flomax?
by Brendanukkah on Oct 12, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i still cant believe they called it "Flomax"
personally, i find that to be a much funnier name for a pee pill than “Whiz-Tronic 7100”
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 12, 2009 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Time for Change
If it means we have to have LaRussa to get Duncan, I’ll go along with that.
by Redsfanx on Oct 12, 2009 9:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow
139 votes for TLR
23 For Dusty – be careful what you wish for
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 12, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
updated
make that:
250 TLR
39 Dusty
some warn to ‘be careful what you wish for’, but i think RR fans are clearly saying, ‘be careful of missed opportunities’
by jambolyajones on Oct 14, 2009 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm no fan of Dusty's
But I really don’t think LaRusa would have much better the last two years, if at all. Now with the talent on the team developing and the hope of fewer injuryies even Dusty could have a winning season in 2010, maybe even a competing season.
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 14, 2009 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Larusa definitely brings excitement
Dusty seems set on playing the game one way. He might be able to craft a winner out of this franchise, but Larussa brings more creativity, which would be fun to watch.
by cokane on Oct 13, 2009 12:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I reiterate...be careful what you wish for
Jay Bruce will become a major league baseball STAR, starting in April, 2010.....
by Madville on Oct 13, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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