The Official 2018 Major League Baseball Thread

[nando714]

On 6/21/2018 at 8:31 AM, Lou said:

look who has a new favorite team 

Looks like Oakland is about to leap frog the angels this week.

just saying

[Stradling]

1 hour ago, nando714 said:

Looks like Oakland is about to leap frog the angels this week.

just saying

You must be pumped

[nando714]

4 minutes ago, The Boogie Man said:

You must be pumped

I’m sad

We get less from more

they get more from less 

 

[Homebrewer]

3 hours ago, nando714 said:

I’m sad

We get less from more

they get more from less 

 

Has any manager had less success with more payroll than MS?

I doubt it.

[Troll Daddy]

 

[Stradling]

16 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

Has any manager had less success with more payroll than MS?

I doubt it.

Yes of course.  The Yankees and Dodgers haven’t won a championship in a combined 40 years and in the last decade they have spent Billions on payroll.  I think the Dodgers have spent close to $2.5 billion the last decade.  So yes.  And don’t pretend you would consider Sosh a success if we were losing in the playoffs.  You wouldn’t.  

[Homebrewer]

15 minutes ago, The Boogie Man said:

Yes of course.  The Yankees and Dodgers haven’t won a championship in a combined 40 years and in the last decade they have spent Billions on payroll.  I think the Dodgers have spent close to $2.5 billion the last decade.  So yes.  And don’t pretend you would consider Sosh a success if we were losing in the playoffs.  You wouldn’t.  

And the Yankees and Dodgers have fired a few managers over that time..

And don’t pretend you would consider Sosh a success if we were losing in the playoffs.  You wouldn’t.  

Actually, if you followed me on twitter you would know, that my biggest bitch with Scioscia is his dismal record when he does get, er, ride a team into the playoffs.  

My question still stands...has any single manager has less success with the talent and payroll he has been handed? My guess is he leads baseball all time in that category.

[GrittyVeterans]

27 minutes ago, The Boogie Man said:

Yes of course.  The Yankees and Dodgers haven’t won a championship in a combined 40 years and in the last decade they have spent Billions on payroll.  I think the Dodgers have spent close to $2.5 billion the last decade.  So yes.  And don’t pretend you would consider Sosh a success if we were losing in the playoffs.  You wouldn’t.  

Well, the Dodgers got rid of Don Mattingly after making the playoffs 4 times in a row. Yankees just got rid of Girardi after going to the ALCS. 

I think it's a valid question

[Troll Daddy]

 

[nando714]

36 minutes ago, The Boogie Man said:

Yes of course.  The Yankees and Dodgers haven’t won a championship in a combined 40 years and in the last decade they have spent Billions on payroll.  I think the Dodgers have spent close to $2.5 billion the last decade.  So yes.  And don’t pretend you would consider Sosh a success if we were losing in the playoffs.  You wouldn’t.  

Yankees 2009

sincerely , 

brian Fuentes 

[m0nkey]

1 minute ago, nando714 said:

Yankees 2009

sincerely , 

brian Fuentes 

What he said was close enough to correct. He just chose to combine them with the long ass Dodgers drought

[Stradling]

18 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

And the Yankees and Dodgers have fired a few managers over that time..

And don’t pretend you would consider Sosh a success if we were losing in the playoffs.  You wouldn’t.  

Actually, if you followed me on twitter you would know, that my biggest bitch with Scioscia is his dismal record when he does get, er, ride a team into the playoffs.  

My question still stands...has any single manager has less success with the talent and payroll he has been handed? My guess is he leads baseball all time in that category.

Yes because my answer still stands.  

[Stradling]

*39 years

[nando714]

20 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

Well, the Dodgers got rid of Don Mattingly after making the playoffs 4 times in a row. Yankees just got rid of Girardi after going to the ALCS. 

I think it's a valid question

Girardi lost in 7 games too. 

May be our skip in 2019

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, nando714 said:

Girardi lost in 7 games too. 

May be our skip in 2019

I like his chances.  That will be funny because Yankee fans hated him for the same reasons everyone hates Scioscia.  

[Lou]

1 hour ago, Homebrewer said:

And the Yankees and Dodgers have fired a few managers over that time..

and that didn't help

[WeatherWonk]

Anybody see Grichuk's amazing catch against the Astros? Completely stole a homerun from Springer that would have tied the game in the bottom of the ninth inning. Grichuk also hit a homer that was measured at 471 ft.

But we have Kole Calhoun.

[Lou]

lol Grichuk sucks 

[GrittyVeterans]

48 minutes ago, Lou said:

and that didn't help

Yanks won the WS the year after Torre was let go. This is Boone's first year

[Homebrewer]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

and that didn't help

And the Dodgers have been to the playoffs what 5 or 6 straight years? and after changing managers in 2016 have been to the NLCS in 2016, then to the WS the next year.

Not sure what your point is.

[Lou]

they haven't won a World Series since 1988. if you don't remember 1988, allow me to refresh your memory. . . 

 

 

 

good times 

[WeatherWonk]

6 hours ago, Lou said:

lol Grichuk sucks 

So does Kole..............for a lot more money. And Grichuk is five years younger.

[Stradling]

I missed the press conferences where Mattingly and Girardi got their ten year contracts and then later were fired.   

[GrittyVeterans]

10 minutes ago, The Boogie Man said:

I missed the press conferences where Mattingly and Girardi got their ten year contracts and then later were fired.   

No one in their right mind would give a manager a 10 year deal except for Arte. The best managers get 5 year deals, 10 was completely unprecedented 

[WeatherWonk]

Someone's claim that Sosh may be the highest payroll manager with the fewest playoff wins probably does hold true from 2010 on.  That's eight years, which is a long time for a manager, these days. Even managers with more success in the playoffs have been let go by the Dodger, Red Sox, Tigers and Yankees. Some big payrolls in there. 

This is pretty much mirrored by Arte's success in spendy free agents.

I guess billboards are a lot easier to manage than people.