GuliblGuy

Chuck, get the towels !!!
The circle-jerk is about to begin

Giant tickle orgy between multi-millionaires. 
 
Nothing to see here. 

"This is going to be fun, firing everyone"
 

Best.Bat Flip.
Ever.

Or, as it will be spelled here, EpPler.

i'd ask my wife to cook our regular thanksgiving meal.
 
mashed potatoes with gravy
dressing
sweet potatoes/yams (not the kind that are baked with those stupid little marshmallows - this is a can of yams cooked with butter, oranges, and brown sugar, more like a dessert than a side dish)
meat loaf
acorn squash 
kings hawaiian dinner rolls
martinelli's apple grape sparkling cider
pear crisp with a big huge glob of vanilla ice cream for dessert
 
if not that, then there's this sensational veggie calzone at a place in pasadena called big mama's brick oven ny pizza. they also have garlic puffs.
 
if we're going for just a buttload of empty calories, then grilled cheese from INO, fries from mcdonalds, and a huge mountain dew from taco bell.

Just f*ck already

You're killing me, Smalls. The Sandlot reference went right over your head.

I like little sparky peeking over the girl's shoulder right as Bags went for the boob.

Probably as hard as a baseball

Pretty sure this didn't help. 

Last year we pre-tailgated at the Tilted Kilt..Of course, it did lead to this later in the day:
 

Was he bald, and had pockets full of money?  Or was he young, and trying to punk someone while filming it on his nikon camera?

Almost anything would be better than "Buttercup".

I was expecting a whole lot more from this thread.

Your maybe sounds a lot better than Derek's maybe.

Count me in, always sounded fun.

Count me in, always sounded fun.

oh that was Pete Rose?  I thought I was watching Drunk Uncle going on a rant to Frank Thomas in the post game show.

Dick Enberg and Rory Markus will always stand out.
Al Wisk, Al Conin, and Mario Impemba were all fine in my book as well. Impemba/Sutton was a solid team for two years.

If anyone thinks this was about MS's unwillingness to use advanced metrics then the big picture has been missed.  
 
I actually think MS will use certain metrics and it's clear he's implemented some of this into his style.  
 
This was about the fact that Dipoto wanted to run the show and he was handcuffed in several directions.  He even said that he wasn't able to help the club the way he wanted to.  
 
his budget was pulled out from under him by the pujols and hamilton signings
he was forced to use a pre-existing manager and coaching staff
his farm director wasn't of his choosing
he tried to provide data to the team to help them win and it wasn't implemented to his liking
 
so every little thing he did was a battle.  he was constantly forced to compromise the way he wanted to do things.  
 
Not only did that wear on him (clearly), but it undermined his authority and bred a lack of respect and trust for what he was trying to do.  It was an accumulation of headaches that shouldn't have been.  He was constantly asking permission to do things he shouldn't have needed to.  
 
When your owner effectively brings in big named players
and your manager gets to pick and choose the which of your ideas he wants to implement 
and you have to ask supposed subordinates if its ok to do certain things
 
then who are the guys on the field accountable to?  
 
this organization set him up to not receive the respect he was entitled to based on his position.  
 
and when he held a meeting with his coaches and manager indicating 'this is how I want things done' he got inappropriate resistance from someone who should have been keeping their mouth shut for fear of losing their job but that persons job wasn't accountable to Jerry. 
and when he held another meeting with the players indicating 'this is how I want things done' he got inappropriate backlash from someone because that someone is more accountable to the owner and manager than the gm.  
 
and like that.....he's gone.  

Word is, while clearing out his desk, Dipoto left the Sosh bobblehead behind. It was a strong message

Solid thread. Being condescending to people that you don't know based on speculation is special