Author Topic: MLB Hot Stove 2019-20 (Read 282656 times)

CTWarrior · « **Reply #1775 on:** October 08, 2020, 09:08:50 AM »

Quote from: CreightonWarrior on October 08, 2020, 06:19:59 AM

Showboating a home run (which is fine) and then melting down when the other team showboats a robbed home run (which is fine) is so on brand for Manny Machado.

I really, really, really hate that guy. My personal opinion is that showboating a home rune is fine, if it is way gone. I've seen so many instances of players admiring balls that barely snuck out or didn't get out and cost themselves bases. That infuriates me. Run full out until you are sure it is gone. If you hit one like Stanton the other night, take your time. If it is one row deep and the first base coach can congratulate you, you aren't running hard enough.

WI inferiority Complexes · « **Reply #1776 on:** October 08, 2020, 06:29:26 PM »

The Houston Astros- a team everyone hates and that finished the regular season below .500- winning it all would be “very 2020.”

CreightonWarrior · « **Reply #1777 on:** October 08, 2020, 06:35:47 PM »

Quote from: WI inferiority Complexes on October 08, 2020, 06:29:26 PM

The Houston Astros- a team everyone hates and that finished the regular season below .500- winning it all would be “very 2020.”

I’m really disappointed in the twins and A’s

CTWarrior · « **Reply #1778 on:** October 09, 2020, 08:43:19 AM »

Quote from: WI inferiority Complexes on October 08, 2020, 06:29:26 PM

The Houston Astros- a team everyone hates and that finished the regular season below .500- winning it all would be “very 2020.”

Jeez, if the Yankees end up beating the Rays it'll be like watching Nazis play Al Qaeda in the ALCS.

buckchuckler · « **Reply #1779 on:** October 09, 2020, 01:13:37 PM »

Another legend, Whitey Ford passed today.

DegenerateDish · « **Reply #1780 on:** October 09, 2020, 03:52:16 PM »

Since 2000, the best predictor of who will win a MLB playoff series has been a team’s regular season strikeout rate. 63% of the time in playoff series since ‘00, the team with the lower strikeout percentage has won a series.

Team with the lowest K% this season?

Houston Astros

MU82 · « **Reply #1781 on:** October 09, 2020, 11:52:08 PM »

Start spreading the news.

buckchuckler · « **Reply #1782 on:** October 10, 2020, 09:20:08 AM »

Quote from: MU82 on October 09, 2020, 11:52:08 PM

Start spreading the news.

That was a great game.

MU82 · « **Reply #1783 on:** October 11, 2020, 07:08:08 PM »

Hou in 7

LA in 5

shoothoops · « **Reply #1784 on:** October 12, 2020, 09:59:20 AM »

Joe Morgan has passed away at 77, per Bob Nightengale.

WI inferiority Complexes · « **Reply #1785 on:** October 12, 2020, 10:26:58 AM »

Quote from: shoothoops on October 12, 2020, 09:59:20 AM

Joe Morgan has passed away at 77, per Bob Nightengale.

I’m sure he was a nice enough guy, and I obviously feel for his friends and family, but the 21 years he did Sunday Night Baseball were pretty damn bad.

WI inferiority Complexes · « **Reply #1786 on:** October 12, 2020, 10:27:56 AM »

MU should call Rick Renteria, just to gauge his interest.

Pakuni · « **Reply #1787 on:** October 12, 2020, 10:36:09 AM »

Quote from: WI inferiority Complexes on October 12, 2020, 10:27:56 AM

MU should call Rick Renteria, just to gauge his interest.

If they don't, it just proves the administration has low expectations for the baseball program.

Anyhow, who's next on the South Side?
I wouldn't be mad if they hired Matt Quatraro.

The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole · « **Reply #1788 on:** October 12, 2020, 10:42:45 AM »

Is Hinch beyond redemption? Or will the pearl-clutchers complain about purity or something....

MUBurrow · « **Reply #1789 on:** October 12, 2020, 11:09:20 AM »

Quote from: Fluffy Blue Monster on October 12, 2020, 10:42:45 AM

Is Hinch beyond redemption? Or will the pearl-clutchers complain about purity or something....

He's just a couple years out from a huge cheating scandal on his watch, which he denied and even mocked opposing teams for alleging it was happening.

If they interviewed him, I personally wouldn't have a big problem with it. But I certainly don't blame people who wouldn't want him in charge of their team. If it were my team, I wouldn't want anything to do with him.

DegenerateDish · « **Reply #1790 on:** October 12, 2020, 11:14:24 AM »

Based on Hahn’s comments, it sure seems like Hinch or Cora. We’ll see though.

WI inferiority Complexes · « **Reply #1791 on:** October 12, 2020, 11:17:24 AM »

Coop, too? My goodness; who was the pitching coach before Don Cooper?

To answer my own question: Cooper replaced Nardi Contreras in July, 2002.

Pakuni · « **Reply #1792 on:** October 12, 2020, 11:28:41 AM »

Well, it won't be Ozzie Guillen.
I don't think Hahn's comments limit it to Hinch or Cora. "Recent experience in a championship organization" leaves a lot of wiggle room.

DegenerateDish · « **Reply #1793 on:** October 12, 2020, 12:00:24 PM »

I’ll go on record, it’s going to be AJ Hinch. I would put the odds at 2-1 it’s going to be Hinch. Too many connections between Hinch and people in the Sox organization. Unless someone else blows them away unexpectedly in the interview process, I think they already know there’s mutual interest with Hinch as well and he’ll be the hire.

tower912 · « **Reply #1794 on:** October 12, 2020, 12:38:50 PM »

Joe Morgan dead. Damn. It has been a bad year for my childhood heroes.

Jockey · « **Reply #1795 on:** October 12, 2020, 01:46:44 PM »

Quote from: tower912 on October 12, 2020, 12:38:50 PM

Joe Morgan dead. Damn. It has been a bad year for my childhood heroes.

Probably the second best 2B of all time.

Pakuni · « **Reply #1796 on:** October 12, 2020, 02:05:44 PM »

Quote from: DegenerateDish on October 12, 2020, 12:00:24 PM

I’ll go on record, it’s going to be AJ Hinch. I would put the odds at 2-1 it’s going to be Hinch. Too many connections between Hinch and people in the Sox organization. Unless someone else blows them away unexpectedly in the interview process, I think they already know there’s mutual interest with Hinch as well and he’ll be the hire.

I think he's clearly a front-runner, with the caveat that Hahn has to read the room - in this case, the clubhouse - to understand how that move would be received. Keuchel might have a big role in how that goes, as well as obviously Abreu.

drewm88 · « **Reply #1797 on:** October 12, 2020, 02:12:30 PM »

Quote from: Jockey on October 12, 2020, 01:46:44 PM

Probably the second best 2B of all time.

Maybe #1 once Javy moved over to SS.

HouWarrior · « **Reply #1798 on:** October 12, 2020, 02:23:31 PM »

Quote from: Jockey on October 12, 2020, 01:46:44 PM

Probably the second best 2B of all time.

No 1?
Honus Wagner
Rod Carew
Roberto Alomar
Jackie Robinson

tower912 · « **Reply #1799 on:** October 12, 2020, 02:24:57 PM »

Honus Wagner was a SS.

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