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#1251 Re: The Garden » The MLB Thread » 782 weeks ago
You're a Cubs fan Axlin? Thoughts on Theo?
He did a great job rebuilding the Sox depleted farm system, but his big ticket free agent signings were terrible. I hope for your sake, he changes his mindset on the free agent side of things. All in all though, I can't complain about 2 WS championships during his tenure, which he obviously had a lot to do with. Made some great trades during his time too.
Did they ever annonce the compensation part of the deal? I never heard anything.
I don't think they did. I think they're still haggling over compensation. Apparently, Bud'll have to make a decision. I think Matsuzaka might be the worst one of the FA signings. They had to pay/win out a 50 million posting fee and had to give him a 52 million contract. All for a guy that is essentially a 4th or 5th starter who seems to get injured annually.
OTOH, he really can't get any worse than Hendry in the latter part of his GM duties with the Cubs. He gave Soriano that contract and signed Milton Bradley.
Interesting stuff about the Marlins. The Buehrle and Ozzie connection to the White Sox make sense. I think Reyes is probably gone from the Mets if he hits FA. The Brewers are also interested. Marlins are supposed to be interested in Aramis Ramirez as well.
On the new Marlins ballpark--I'm interested in whether or not it is a hitter's park or a pitcher's park.
Oh yeah, they should have never changed the logo. I liked the old logo a LOT better.
#1252 Re: The Garden » The MLB Thread » 784 weeks ago
Not a big Cardinal fan, and personally i'll always remember Tony managing in an A's uniform, especially those great teams of the late 80's, but this is truely the most perfect "going out on top" story i've ever heard. Not only do you stage a comeback during the regular season to basically win the wild card on the last day of the season to get into the playoffs on the last game, BUT you go on to stage another comeback down to your last OUT in a World Series, to win it.
Just an amazing story. Congrats to Tony and best of luck in the future.
Whenever I think about his A's tenure, I think about the 1988 and 1990 World Series losses. I think more fondly about his Cardinals tenure. I believe 3 World Series appearance in 8 years is very impressive given the unpredictablility of the MLB playoffs. Off the field, LaRussa is an interesting guy. He is a vegan who listens to heavy metal.
The only thing that irks me about LaRussa is how he is sometimes started beanball wars on incidental stuff. Hit one of his guys by accident and he'll order retallion and start shit. Same thing with plays at second base. Take out the second baseman on a perfectly legal play and he'll order his team to retalliate. There was that one time a few years ago where they had this nasty game with the Cubs and Dusty Baker got really pissed at him.
Not mentioned in the thread--Ryan Howard blowing out his achilles after the NLDS division loss. I don't really know how they're going to replace him since their payroll is pretty high.
Grady Sizemore is a good buy low candidate for an AL team.
#1253 Re: The Garden » 2011-2012 NFL Season Thread » 784 weeks ago
Tebow should be made into a wildcat QB/HB/Slot WR. They could actually do some good with him on certain plays, especially in the Red Zone, but The Bronco's are making really strange decisions as of late.
And I predict they'll make an EXPLOSIVE trade offer for Luck. I hope The Dolphins take the top spot and make the trade. I'm not sold on Luck.
He'll be gone by the end of next year at the latest. McDaniels really screwed that franchise with all the shitty personnel moves.
You really think the Dolphins would trade the rights to Luck? I wouldn't unless another team gave me 3 #1 draft picks. With the draft cap, #1 draft picks are very cap friendly. The team hasn't had a qb since Marino retired after 1999. Luck has some warts but so do all QBs. I think you're wrong on this one--Sparano gets dumped and the new coach gets to coach Luck. The one caveat I would say is that Luck could "pull an Eli" and refuse to play there forcing a trade.
As long as Luck doesn't end up with the Colts, I'm going to be happy.
#1254 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns N' Roses Live From Rock In Rio » 788 weeks ago
Bono wrote:the big question is where was James Lofton tonight? haha
I hope he gets a chance to watch it. He'll laugh his ass off.
FWIW, the infamous 2006 Inland Invasion show was still on youtube a few months ago when I checked. I only listened to a few songs but they sounded horrible on that show.
#1255 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns N' Roses Live From Rock In Rio » 788 weeks ago
motherfucker.
get to rehearsal. or do karaoke in the living room.
This. I still don't know how he can sound that bad on some of the songs. It's not like they tour a lot and he has to expend a bunch of energy.
#1256 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns N' Roses Live From Rock In Rio » 788 weeks ago
Yeah the mix was definitely a problem. Sound was pretty soft for some songs and loud for the others.
#1257 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns N' Roses Live From Rock In Rio » 788 weeks ago
johndivney wrote:"the death of axl's GnR"
"wow what a disaster"
"a huge trainwreck"again, i didn't see the stream - only Estranged. but fuck me, there have been at least a dozen GnR concerts that have ended (& performed) more miserably this this RiR
what EXACTLY went wrong that has you people poo-pooing the gig so much? just Axl's poor performance & behaviour? i'd say that that's all typical enough, especially the first show of the year..
The fact Axl seemd bored to death right from the get go almost as though he didn't want to be there is a huge red flag. Rock in Rio means a lot to him he's said so in the past. It's the biggets stage in the world and he comes out liek that. No swagger, no fire, seemingly no confidence. It's almost lie in some way he realized this si't happening. I don't know. I bash on Axl a lot but even I thought the guy would come out on fire tonight and he literally sucked for 95% of the show and what's worse he was gettig all pissy about it yet he didn't seem to care at all about being there. he went through the motions big time.
Exactly. I only watched half the show but with the exception of a few songs, he was definitely going through the motions. The fire wasn't there for whatever reason.
#1258 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns N' Roses Live From Rock In Rio » 788 weeks ago
I don't know but I don't know how you recover from that other than to release an album and have an insanely kickass lead single.
Well that aint coming anytime soon. So he'll either have to improve his performance or reunite or do nothing.
#1259 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns N' Roses Live From Rock In Rio » 788 weeks ago
Yeah, I think it was after Patience. Then he shrugged and said something like "are we doing this'?. He clearly checked out at some point after Estranged or Better.
#1260 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns N' Roses Live From Rock In Rio » 788 weeks ago
Wow. Just wow. I can't get over how weird that was.
I stepped out during PC. Did Axl say anything after the song was over?
My youtube feed just showed a shot of Rio afterward. There was some guy talking in the background. After that the feed stopped.
