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I don't think you can obsolve Jerry in this Chuck. 

Here is what is funny to me.  The one whole season and this small season are the two that Dipoto has been gm and they have sucked big donkey balls.
 
At least Sosh has a track record of success.  How can anyone argue that Dipoto is some great baseball mind when he has no record to prove that.  I remember a poster talking about looking at the scoreboard.  Well I am looking at the scoreboard and so far Dipoto is a fail.  Bad FA contracts, bad pitching acquisitions and a bad team.
 
I also giggle at the notion that Dipoto is somehow not doing what he wants.  He chose to be here with Sosh as the manager.  He agreed and if there was some kind of statement from Arte that Sosh would not be fired, which I highly doubt, then he came here with his eyes wide open.
 
Dipoto may end up successful, but so far he's done nothing to prove that will be.

I want to see some fire from this team.  I would love to hear a player or coach say "We stink". 

Yes. That's literally their job description.

Hard to have an off year when you've only had one other year

Trading him based on a week or so of solid play from Jimenez?
What could possibly go wrong there.

My thinking on voting for Arte is that this is a total cluster blankety-blank from farm to MLB.
Arte is the one who oversees everything. and has become waaaay too 1980s Steinbrenner like.

YofT hit on it. Arte gets significant blame in all of this.

I am leaning towards Arte Moreno.

They aren't this bad, but the issue is just how good are they?

case in point
gm 1 - great pen W
gm 2 - downs gets the loss
gm 4 - downs gets the loss
gm 6 - pen enters down 4-3.  Makes it 7-3.  game over
gm 7 - pen comes in up 5-4.  Lose 9-5
gm 8 - pen enters down 5-4 and makes it 10-4.  game over
gm 9 - pen enters down 3-1 and an inning later, it 6-1.  game over
 
the pen has played a major role in 7 of our 9 games. We are 1-6 in those games.   

Please just win tomorrow and take the series against Houston.

Classy move.

That 1/2 game lead is really like holding on to the lifeboat guardrail after the Titanic sinks. Until someone pulls you in your still dead in the water.

If only she had a place to bring this story to the greater public. Something like a round table discussion on a late night talk show where the round table guests talk about things that have happened in their lives and such. I bet if it made it to TV, Arte might take notice. His team is already pretty embarrassing, I would hate for the fan experience at his stadium to become that too.

So by skipping him on off days and say he misses 6 weeks, he will miss 7 starts (would have had 8-9). 
 
Those teams:
Astros (2)-We have to have someone who can beat them
Rangers
Mariners
Orioles
Royals
White Sox
 
I see no reason why we shouldn't win four of those games. The issue will be in the bullpen, Richards has been a key component early on. 

Kinsler is not gonna bite. Has to last batter.

we lost by 1 in both games, on the road against a top team.  I'll take it...for now.

Remember the episodes about the bar when they were on the farm?  If the Gov hooked up with that group......

This is my view on it. For example I watched the tail end of Felix Hernandez' perfect game and was cheering for him, even though I'd never do so if he were playing against the Angels (admittedly the Rays were more of a threat to the Angels than the Mariners anyway)
 
I was also hoping to see Darvish at least get a full bid (I would've been annoyed had Washington pulled him out due to pitch counts after the 8th for example, although I would've enjoyed seeing "Fire Washingon" threads in all the Rangers forums).
 
Realistically there was pretty much no way the Astros were going to come back anyway. I was pulling for Darvish to at least get a full bid. He did. I wanted to see him possible get it but at the same time that didn't stop me from laughing at loud and cheered a bit bwhen it was broken up. 
 
 
 
Aybar's bunt was a bit different in that it was only a 3-0 lead and the Angels nearly came back. Saying that a team should handicap themselves out of respect for a no-hitter is in progress is lame. 

Feel free to @#$%^ check in at any time. 

Who is Jeff Sullivan and who cares what he thinks?
 
Some of Greg Maddux's best seasons was sporting a fastball in the high 80's. Weaver's no hitter last year, his average fastball for the night 89 MPH for the game.
 
I'll take a smart pitcher over a strong arm and nothing between the ears any day of the week. 

It was a good episode, not good for a season finale though.

Sometimes I wish they didn't make Spring Training stats public, because they really don't tell you anything.