Why Isn't Dusty on the hot Seat?
by justin007000 on Feb 22, 2010 9:20 PM EST
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PrintDusty Baker was signed to a 3 year contract prior to the 2008 season. Many viewed the Reds as having a great deal of young talented players and it was only a matter of time before it all came together. His record through two seasons in Cincinnati is 152-172. He is working for the owner who fired his hand picked GM less than a month into his third season, and while that was earlier than most of us expected, the writing was on the wall the day Walt Jocketty became a part of the Reds' front office. Yet the media is not portraying Dusty as a man on the hot seat, and Dusty seems very comfortable with his job. If I were Dusty I would not be at all comfortable going into this season. He is in the 3rd year of his 3 year deal and he has yet to oversee a winning team. There were fairly high expectations going into 2008 and 2009, this team was picked by many people as a dark horse in the central last season. Both years were disappointing campaigns. I feel that Cincinnati may be Dusty's final stop in his managerial career. He had plenty of success in San Francisco, left Chicago in terrible fashion, and has had no success in Cincinnati. Shouldn't he be somewhat concerned about his job security?
In an interesting side note only one Cincinnati manager since Ray Knight has gotten another Major League managing job after leaving Cincinnati, and that is Jack McKeon. Ray Knight, Bob Boone, Dave Miley, and Pete Mackanin have not managed any MLB teams since being fired.
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Pete Mackanin deserves a job as a big league manager ...
he was my favorite manager of all time (well perhaps behind lasorda)
"Some times you get lucky; some times you get Willy Taveras." - Teh Fay
I feel like he had the least amount of time to hurt his reputation.
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Feb 22, 2010 10:40 PM EST up reply actions
This is kind of Catch-22.6787
If the team is successful, which is what we want, then Dusty will probably still have his job.
If you want Dusty replaced, that probably means waiting still another year for somebody else to come in a put all the chips in a pile.
I’d expect him to be kicked upstairs if the team does so-so this year, not bad enough to quit on, not good enough to really contend.
And … the replacement is …
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
hell no
I’ve seen what you guys do to managers. I don’t want any part of that job.
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Look at Dudsy
It’s not like you have to do anything…
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Just let us make all the decisions
Make an RR poll before you do anything, pitching change, pinch hit, double switch, make the lineup, etc. Then we would have nobody to blame but the majority of RR users.
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Feb 22, 2010 11:50 PM EST up reply actions
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by ZJiff30 on Feb 22, 2010 11:52 PM EST up reply actions 8 recs
Todd Coffey is in Milwaukee now
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by jch24 on Feb 23, 2010 9:05 AM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Maybe the team starts out like 14-20
Dusty gets fired, and they make a resurgence under the new manager.
Really I just want them to succeed regardless of the manager.
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Feb 22, 2010 11:48 PM EST up reply actions
truthfully, that's how I feel
I’ve been as critical of Baker as the next guy but part of it is that some of the guys he put in to play just flat out sucked. Maybe he is to blame for leaving them in there, but he had some reason to expect a little more out of Gonzalez and maybe Taveras. Neither of these guys is all that great, but fer cryin’ out loud, they could have put some effort into it.
If I’m the manager, I figure the money’s still good.
In the end, for the first time, it was easier to get rid of the players than it was the manager. For that, Baker should be thankful.
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
my biggest concern is
this team opens up hot, and Baker gets a Narron like extension, and they fall off a cliff in July, end up the same old 70something win team we are use to, and we are stuck with his contract.
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Feb 23, 2010 12:06 AM EST up reply actions
ummmm....
I think Walt has somebody else in mind but I’d see him sending Dusty into the Latin scouting combine or something of that nature. Dusty still commands an audience and they give him some credit for swinging the Andorran Rocket this way.
My big concern is this team starts out hot and stays there!
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
Unless Dusty is ready/wants for a change
I doubt he accepts a Latin scouting assignment.
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Feb 23, 2010 12:10 AM EST up reply actions
he is at the end of his contract at year's end
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
The Reds were the final stop for many managers...
Tony Perez
Pete Rose
Tommy Helms
Vern Rapp
Don Heffner
Dick Sisler
Rogers Hornsby
Buster Mills
Luke Sewell
Earle Brucker
Bucky Walters
Johnny Neun
Hank Gowdy
Bill McKechnie
and that’s just since WWII…seems like a lot.
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. - Satchel Paige
Tony Perez was an interim manager for Florida.
If I remember correctly the Marlins wanted to retain him after 2001 but he had no interest in remaining in the dugout.
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Feb 23, 2010 12:36 AM EST up reply actions
Don't forget Hutchinson.
He was dying to get on this list.
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Feb 23, 2010 10:14 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I left Hutch off in an attempt to be uncharacteristically classy.
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. - Satchel Paige
by PeteyHendrix on Feb 23, 2010 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
We've had time to get over it.
Are we still mourning Montgomey Clift as well?
A Pete Rose by any other name would still smell of cheap hookers and pinetar.
by Pops Daniels on Feb 23, 2010 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
And Slim Pickins.
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. - Satchel Paige
by PeteyHendrix on Feb 23, 2010 6:53 PM EST up reply actions
say the doity woid and win a duck!
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
"just since WWII"
About 80 percent of the world was born just since WWII!
But is Sisler correct? Seems like he went from town to town looking for a dugout.
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
Sisler only managed for the Reds, and only in 215 over 3 stints from 1964-65.
So here’s the full breakdown since WWII:
Managers who never managed again after the Reds:
Jerry Narron
Pete Mackanin
Dave Miley
Ray Knight
Bob Boone
Pete Rose
Tommy Helms
Vern Rapp
Don Heffner
Dick Sisler
Rogers Hornsby
Buster Mills
Luke Sewell
Earle Brucker
Bucky Walters
Johnny Neun
Hank Gowdy
Bill McKechnie
Managers who DID manage again after their stint with the Reds:
Jack McKeon
Tony Perez (interim)
Davey Johnson
Lou Piniella
Sparky Anderson
Russ Nixon
John McNamara
Dave Bristol
Mayo Smith
Birdie Tebbetts
Maybe that’s about par.
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. - Satchel Paige
by PeteyHendrix on Feb 23, 2010 7:05 PM EST up reply actions
I was going to mention the Cubs
revolving coaches system, if anybody remembers that.
Things haven’t really gotten much better there.
Say, did somebody say the secret woid?
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
I think the secret word was vomitorium.
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. - Satchel Paige
by PeteyHendrix on Feb 24, 2010 2:45 AM EST up reply actions
as i've said before, we need a yelling and screaming manager for a change ...
… i’m sick of player’s managers, look how good it’s worked out for us
"Some times you get lucky; some times you get Willy Taveras." - Teh Fay
narron was a yelling and screaming manager.
that can backfire just as much as a guy who is too laid back.
Sonny my pitched my wild
He was?
I remember him being the guy who left Milton in to give up a grand slam because he was “thinking with his heart”.
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Feb 23, 2010 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
Piniella remains my favorite Reds manager.
Pot Roast!
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. - Satchel Paige
by PeteyHendrix on Feb 23, 2010 1:31 PM EST up reply actions
Putting on my Dusty apologist hat...
I think over the past coupla seasons Reds Nation has needed to take a few steps back from Castellini’s “Win now” mantra. (If that’s even what he said.)
The recent Reds teams have at best been built to at best hang around .500 in a division filled with some teams that might have also been expected to do the same. The Brewers and Cards had legitimate winning seasons and the Reds had injuries. I know these sound like excuse (and I guess they are) but c’mon, the ‘08 and ’09 Reds weren’t gonna win dick.
We’ve had a few good-to-great players in the mix (Dunn, Griffey, Hamilton, Phillips, Harang, Cordero.. Let’s play a game: find the the ones that are still here and still good-to-great. Ouch.) and we’ve had some ‘solid veterans’ (Weathers, Hatteberg, Arroyo, Rhodes, Affeldt, Mercker) but a lot of what we’ve also had has been young players with their best years ahead of them (you know the names) mixed together with some journeymen junk that never reached their dynamic potential (Freel, Gonzalez, Fogg, Patterson, Tavares, ::cough::Hernandez::cough:: damn you, Scrabbles!).
Are the 2010 Reds built to do more than (at best) hang around .500? Maybe. But remember, we’re heading into this season without our number two starter, two aging/old fellas on left side of the infield, a very young rightfielding slugger who appears to have quite a bit to figure out and if you can think of two guys in the bullpen that you’re certain will have good or even solid seasons, you’re a better (or maybe more naive) Reds fan than I.
Here’s my point- I think whenever Walt and Dusty have their opportunities to sit down and chew the Australian chewing sticks and Dusty’s extension hangs in the air, they both first think about the last 40ish games of last season when Scott Rolen’s Reds won ten or twelve more games than they lost. I’m not saying that Dusty is the right guy for the job ahead (this year, next year and beyond) I’m just saying that based on what we’ve seen him do with the talent he’s had, Dusty hasn’t proven that he’s not the guy.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 23, 2010 11:10 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
i agree, for the most part
sure, we all get riled up (and with good reason) when Dusty bats his sub-.300 OBP shortstop in the 2-hole. or when he rides an expensive bullpen arm 5 days in a row. or when he plays his aging catcher as a backup 1B because he’s a “clutch RBI guy”. but honestly, i cannot think of one reasonable alternative out there who wouldnt do the exact same thing as Dusty does. progressive managers just dont exist. yet.
but the reason i dont want Dusty managing the Reds beyond this year is because he will be paid 4 times what anyone else would to make the same frustrating mistakes.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Feb 23, 2010 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, yes.
This is so true. I can’t think of a single reason why Pete Mackinin couldn’t have managed the also-ran Reds of the past two seasons and why he couldn’t be managing the contending Reds of the next two or three.
Dusty was supposed to have brought some ‘cred’ and ‘clout’ to the organization but he we are going into his third season and the only (somewhat) coveted player we’ve seen choose to come to (and stay in) Cincinnati is Scott Rolen and the assumption is that he caught Jocketty’s vapors.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 23, 2010 1:10 PM EST up reply actions
Can't remember...
Did Coco sign before or after Dusty?
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 23, 2010 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
Lets give Baker some credit for Chapman
Chapman claimed one of the reasons he decided on Cincinnati is the manager and pitching coach speak Spanish.
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Feb 23, 2010 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
Dusty signed a month before Coco
but i dont recall Coco saying anything about coming to Cincy because of Dusty. he just signed with whoever was willing to give him the most money. but i ’spose we can give Dusty a few points for that one.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Feb 23, 2010 1:22 PM EST up reply actions
I don't blame Dusty
But Castillini did say “the losing stops now” – and claimed that was the reason Krivsky was fired. So if fans have unrealistic expectations, well, there’s a reason.
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agreed, fva
Our expectations for the team were/are much different than it was/is prepared to deliver.
That makes us fans. When the analyst in us crawls to the top, we look for reasons.
But I’d say the Corey Patterson moment probably rings as the truest of the Baker era. Whoever is to blame for that one … sit down on the hot seat and prepare for the switch to be turned on.
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
If the Reds pull of a winning season as improbable as it seems
then Dusty will be in the catbird seat. and rightfully so, ultimately what counts is winning.
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i guess we need to define winning
If the Reds make a reasonable run at it through, say, August, does that count?
Most fans are seemingly content to get to that .500 mark first. I’d like to hop pretty much past that as a fan, knowing what is or isn’t reasonable to expect.
This team could win 85 and finish third, 1 game out of second, 2 out of first. Would that be good enough to keep Dusty?
As Scrabbles says, we can get an average manager to do a little bit better for a whole lot less.
What would we do with the money we saved?
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
What would we do with the money we saved?
Get a robotic vacuum!
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Feb 23, 2010 1:48 PM EST up reply actions
Winning is .500+ 1 game or more. this franchise is greatly in need of a winningseason.
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Yup.
This is also unfortunately true. If the 2010 Reds are playing in October, we’ve gotta assume that Dusty’s back for two (or three?) more years.
"Let's get this movie. We already have the underwear."
by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 23, 2010 1:45 PM EST up reply actions
And he'll be that much more expensive (and full of himself) to have around.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 23, 2010 1:48 PM EST up reply actions
I really doubt he'll be that much more expensive
he won’t make much more than the $3M he makes now.
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Feb 23, 2010 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe.
It may depend on how many teams need a manager after this season.
"Let's get this movie. We already have the underwear."
by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 23, 2010 4:23 PM EST up reply actions
I don't see a huge competition to get Dusty
mostly because he is a known commodity. Other teams weren’t beating down Dusty’s door after 2006, and I doubt two losing seasons and one winning season will change that.
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Feb 23, 2010 6:35 PM EST up reply actions
If the Reds go to the playoffs this year, I'll volunteer to become Dusty's personal sack masseur.
That’s how much I want them to go to the playoffs.
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by Slyde on Feb 23, 2010 1:51 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
"Slyde never brought me no pheasant...."
“But he did massage my balls.”
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Little Dusty...can you show us on Mr. Red where the bad blogger touched you?
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. - Satchel Paige
by PeteyHendrix on Feb 23, 2010 7:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
So let's put Slyde and Scrabbles down as..
in favor of a Dusty extension.
"Let's get this movie. We already have the underwear."
by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 23, 2010 4:21 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
That's not funny
His disappearance case is still ongoing.
by Brendanukkah on Feb 23, 2010 5:23 PM EST up reply actions
Probably got married
"They're the ones that gave you the keys, they can’t get upset when you crash the car" -- 'tHan on my being a mod
Keeping it classy slyde.
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Feb 23, 2010 2:01 PM EST up reply actions
if you dont like it then you shoulda putta flag on it
by Charlie Scrabbles on Feb 23, 2010 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
And if you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it?
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by jch24 on Feb 23, 2010 2:08 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
If you like it you shoulda put a REC on it
dumbass.
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by Slyde on Feb 23, 2010 2:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I will kick you in the balls
Or maybe I’ll kick Dusty in the balls and make you pull a double shift.
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by jch24 on Feb 23, 2010 2:24 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
lots of crap is offensive in the wrong context
I think all of us shove the envelope on it a little.
Sauce will thicken as it cools.
I am still maybe in the minority who thinks Dusty is in his final year as field manager, regardless. I would like to see him get the MOY award, but as for retaining him, I get the sense Walt is going in another direction.
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
That's a good point that Dusty isn't Walt's manager
We’ll see how willing he is to retain him. Although I gotta think that a second place division finish secures Dusty’s place as the manager of the future.
by Brendanukkah on Feb 23, 2010 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe some of this depends on the grocer
What a lot of folks maybe need to get past is the stereotyping that Baker brought with him from fuck-face Cubs fans who blamed him when the team
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down in 2003.
I won’t bring up any more Cubs history. I’d have to stop and get ahold of myself.
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
by johnu1 on Feb 23, 2010 2:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I guess FCF would be better
for the alphabet-challenged fan.
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
I have nine flags
obc leads 5-4.
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Oh, you can suck it
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You're losing again, by the way
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Just one, ewok flagged the suck it comment
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No, just calling him by the other account
He did it from his main account.
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how many flags do i have?
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Feb 23, 2010 6:36 PM EST up reply actions
how many different people flagged me?
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by justin007000 on Feb 23, 2010 6:54 PM EST up reply actions
that sir, is classified
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by BK on Feb 23, 2010 6:59 PM EST up reply actions
how will i learn to rectify my bad behavior?
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Feb 23, 2010 7:16 PM EST up reply actions
some stuff, there ain't no do-overs.
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
slydedustyloveballsack
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by BK on Feb 23, 2010 2:42 PM EST up reply actions
I'd date his daughter
then I could play CF too, right?
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I think regardless of how they do this year
Dusty’s around at least for Chapman’s first full season. Wasn’t one of the draws to bring him here that Dusty spoke Spanish? That signing was pretty much a guarantee to an extension, right?
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by BK on Feb 23, 2010 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
ESPN is required to say that
They would have to do some research on other people otherwise.
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
just hidden
for some reason, somebody got carried away with the “hide” function.
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FTH is the hide function?
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well, this just in
The latest AP report says in very strong terms that the Pirates do not intend to dismantle the team again this summer. Nutting is clear on that, he said.
"That’s not a great topic on the first day of spring training to speculate on who’s going to be here," Nutting said. "Organizations are built on long-term (commitments), not speculation. They are built on people who are performing effectively. I have a lot of faith in the leadership that’s been put in place, both on the field and in the front office."
So there, Dusty. The balls are on your foot now, big guy!
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
I know this is a joke
but for them to dump salary from 2011 would require them to sign some players to dump. Only 3 players are currently signed by the Pirates for more than $1M guaranteed in 2011 – Paul Maholm ($6.25M), Ryan Doumit ($5.2M), and Pedro Alvarez ($2.05M). I supposed Zach Duke could be dealt too (he’s 3rd year of arb and make $4.3M this year), but seriously they’d have to be excessively cheap to be worried about clearing payroll next year. Then again, each one of those guys (except Alvarez) could be traded simply because they played like shit – if that were to happen.
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Actually the report was real
It went on at length, and I suppose anybody can find it, that for the first time the team seems to be able to come to camp without truly thinking that everyone is going somewhere else by the end of June.
I can’t see why it matters much in Pittsburger land and I promise not to derail this thread with that train of thought.
They are, after all, trying to sell “some” tickets to PuNCk field.
(Gawd, and Reds fans do bellyache. It could be ~ so ~ worse.)
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
by johnu1 on Feb 24, 2010 11:13 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
At some point the union might go after Pittsburgh,
like they did with Florida this offseason. Maybe the team gives Andrew McCutchen a Longoria-esque extension to take the heat off.
I know they can't continue to abuse their fans like this.
Not to mention the sponsors.
The players really get the shnit’s end of it, but at least the checks don’t bounce.
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
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No way, he should have a mudslide
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by jch24 on Feb 24, 2010 8:56 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I'd invite you over to watch it, but I wouldn't want you to have to miss Idol
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by BK on Feb 24, 2010 9:45 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
He's got ya there, 'tHanvestite
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I enjoy American Idol even though the girls this year are turrible
I watched it last night. I did not, however, have a Mudslide with it.
All you can eat ribs and mudslides for everyone!
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I'm in.
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. - Satchel Paige
by PeteyHendrix on Feb 24, 2010 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
I kinda FAIL'd last night with the all you can eat ribs
I’ve been fighting a stomach virus so I was only able to put down the original portion and four “refills”. Still beat ’tHan though.
The peach was not impressed by my gluttony, however.
"They're the ones that gave you the keys, they can’t get upset when you crash the car" -- 'tHan on my being a mod
no she was disgusted.
i didn’t eat as many ribs as you, but i ate them until they stopped tasting good. that was plenty enough.
Good thing she wasn't at Bard's then
Hell, I was disgusted that night.
"They're the ones that gave you the keys, they can’t get upset when you crash the car" -- 'tHan on my being a mod
You failed b/c you went to Montgomery Inn for ribs
Should have gone for the saratoga chips and the graeters ice cream
by Highlifeman21 on Feb 24, 2010 4:00 PM EST up reply actions
I'm at the Pizza Hut! What? I'm at the Taco Bell!
I’m at the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell!
(still love that song)
by Brendanukkah on Feb 25, 2010 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
That was inspired by one of my good friends who has a crazy sister in law
The type who is always about to be diagnosed with some awful ailment, yet never is.
"They're the ones that gave you the keys, they can’t get upset when you crash the car" -- 'tHan on my being a mod
I understand if you wanted to save it for Love Actually Night
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
it goes great with a slice of chocolate cake!
"Life is good....life is good...life is good..life is good" jch
from Thansexual Thansylvania...
"Life is good....life is good...life is good..life is good" jch
by obc2 on Feb 24, 2010 9:23 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Cuz that's the night you curl up on the couch with a PMS-sized bucket of Häagen-Dazs®
and more than a few Kleenex, and dream of someday – someday – getting the chance to get all McSteamy?
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. - Satchel Paige
by PeteyHendrix on Feb 24, 2010 12:26 PM EST up reply actions
you couldn't be more wrong!
i’m lactose intolerant so i don’t eat/like ice cream.
also, i’m not allowed to watch grey’s anatomy and/or private practice anymore. chandra used to force me to watch them, but i would make so much fun of them that i’ve now been ban’d
That show's on tonight!!
Psych > The Mentalist
By a ton.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
yes plus it was around for 3 season before the mentalist ripped it off
i like how they keep making jokes on psych about the whole situation though
Cristiano Ronaldo is from Madeira
Too soon!
by Brendanukkah on Feb 24, 2010 10:06 AM EST up reply actions
There was a split second
Last summer when the Red Stockings were ahead of the Cubs in the standings.
So I feel your moment, and I think it’s worth a big hip hip hooray hip hip hooray hip hip (shake that tail feather!)
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
So i bet my roommate $10 the Reds will finish above the Pirates in the standings
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
Your roomate is an idiot
Go get yourself somethin’ nice.
by Brendanukkah on Feb 23, 2010 10:21 PM EST up reply actions
Spring optomism has gotten a hold of him
He is also the same one who argues that Jeter is a great defensive shortstop because he has a great fielding percentage. Also he has to be good because he plays for the Yankee’s and the Yankee’s won the World Series last year, ergo Jeter is a great defensive shortstop.
Easiest 10 bucks ever.
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Feb 23, 2010 10:30 PM EST up reply actions
You should have seen if he'd go higher
That’s some seriously easy money right there.
"They're the ones that gave you the keys, they can’t get upset when you crash the car" -- 'tHan on my being a mod
yeah i realized that now
i have tried to renegotiate the terms, but he is sticking with $10.
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Feb 24, 2010 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
I think with a "Dusty-proof" roster and a pitching coach that is in charge of P availibility
Dusty could be a pretty decent manager. I do think managers have little effect on the outcome of games.
But here is my evaluation of Dusty
+ Never shuts up with the media. This is good because it give players less time to say something stupid to the media. Players were always saying stupid shit pre-Dusty. Always clubhouse drama etc. Dusty does a decent job of getting player respect, and therefore can actually manage player personalities.
+ Speaks Spanish. THIS IS HUGE. I love how Pryce does too, another smart move by Walt that we didn’t bring up in an aforementioned thread.
- – - NEVER GETS EJECTED!!!! This drives me fucking CRAZY! Managers don’t get ejected to reverse the call, they do it to put attention on the ump……and they fucking hate that, so they might not make a shitty call again.
- – Line-ups, but this could be fixed with a Dusty-proof roster.
- P use, but a P coach with some balls could control this.
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by Dave from Louisville on Feb 23, 2010 11:39 PM EST reply actions
We've remarked on it before
But it is weird that for as much as Dusty’s regarded as a player’s manager, he never actually stands up for his players during a game. Totally agree with you on this point.
by Brendanukkah on Feb 23, 2010 11:43 PM EST up reply actions
He seems a little clueless sometimes
Most managers see trouble coming, and run out to make sure their players don’t do anything that will get them ejected. Dusty doesn’t seem to even notice until it’s too late. They asked about it, after someone had been ejected. (Votto, I think.) And he said he got out there as soon as he noticed. If so, he must have been daydreaming or something, because there was a fairly long argument before Votto got the thumb.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
"Yo, Skip! Skip! Gonna go get 'em? Want me to do it? ...Skip?"
"Let's get this movie. We already have the underwear."
by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 24, 2010 12:15 AM EST up reply actions
That was the time Duds and Dick Pole were playing scrabble in the dugout, and as I understand were arguing over whether ‘biffed’ was a legitimate word or not.
Man Thongs - The perfect male skater uni.
Hey, butthead.
Say hello to your mom for me.
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. - Satchel Paige
by PeteyHendrix on Feb 24, 2010 2:49 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
He's a stand up comedian now, no?
Has anyone seen his work? Any good?
"They're the ones that gave you the keys, they can’t get upset when you crash the car" -- 'tHan on my being a mod
I've seen some of his stuff on YouTube, and it's funny.
My good buddy has seen him multiple times and swears by him.
This song is really funny!
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. - Satchel Paige
by PeteyHendrix on Feb 24, 2010 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
I was at the game where Willy (possibly) got screwed on a couple of bunt attempts
And Dusty came out to argue but seemed like it was half hearted at best. Anyone else remember that?
"They're the ones that gave you the keys, they can’t get upset when you crash the car" -- 'tHan on my being a mod
You can't run with a toothpick in your mouth
That’s a good way to get hurt!
"Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!"
by "Red" Moskau on Feb 26, 2010 4:47 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not necessarily saying the losing is all Dusty's fault
But the Chicago media is saying Lou’s job is in jeopardy.
Mostly I’m surprised that the media hasn’t made the same claim about our manager who has a losing record in this town and is in the final year of his contract with an impulsive owner.
Although you gotta wonder how many more wins the Reds may have picked up if he didn’t mess with Aaron Harang again last year. Three wins away from .500, perhaps an Aaron Harang who didn’t pitch after a lengthy rain delay could have picked up 3 more wins for the team.
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
Lou's got $60 million more in payroll
and they had 5 more wins than the Reds last year.
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More Dusty thoughts
1. Dusty has a 2-year history with the Reds. His loyalty is that he is paid by the team. His objective is to win games because that’s his job.
2. Replacing him at year’s end isn’t the same thing as firing him. The Reds can create a job for him or move him into the front office or into a scouting or talent management role.
3. Dusty may have better offers somewhere else. He might just want to retire. Because he hasn’t said as much may mean nothing.
4. He might want to win a pennant first. Well, that would be nice.
5. The Reds can do much better but we need to be careful what we wish for.
I just knew that I would now be having train sex with a very odd broad in no time. I didn’t expect the bitch to shoot me though. (Pops Daniels)
Lou's a better manager than The Dusty
by Highlifeman21 on Feb 24, 2010 11:23 AM EST up reply actions
maybe 10 years ago that was true
but now, they’re not that different.
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I'd much rather have Lou.
He doesn’t need to bat a shortstop second.
I don’t see Lou costing us wins. I’ve seen Dusty do it.
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. - Satchel Paige
by PeteyHendrix on Feb 24, 2010 12:29 PM EST up reply actions
Lou would bat the water cooler second if El Cabrera pisses him off enough
Man Thongs - The perfect male skater uni.
Lou would take a bat to a water cooler
I miss that kind of rage in a manager.
by Brendanukkah on Feb 24, 2010 10:21 PM EST up reply actions
Dusty bats water coolers all the time
it’s called the leadoff hitter
by Daedalus on Feb 25, 2010 6:20 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Lou had some heat last year
there were times where he seemed out of it and left pitchers in long after they were effective, or would make odd in game decisions in general. People up here seem to think he is getting too old. After games he looked really tired in his post game press conferences.
Volquez, Bailey, Cueto, Chapman, and Leake. The future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Feb 24, 2010 8:37 PM EST up reply actions
Pregnancy takes a lot out of you...
and he looked like he was at 7 months all season long
"Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!"
by "Red" Moskau on Feb 26, 2010 4:50 PM EST up reply actions
Lou knows when to get kicked out of games
That’s a big damn difference
You should follow me on twitter @DavefrmLville....the Onion does!
by Dave from Louisville on Feb 24, 2010 8:08 PM EST up reply actions
Sure, but players don't like playing for Lou anymore
I’m sure some do, but in general, no. The Reds players loved him and so did the Mariners. I think coaching in Tampa screwed him up. He’s not the same coach he was before then.
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Lou is a grumpy old curmudgeon
His rage is too misplaced to be effective these days.
But, hell who wouldn’t be in a constant rage trying to manage the cuns,
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