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alkeiper
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Max Scherzer rehabbing in Binghamton tomorrow. Can’t pass that one up.
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Through 64 games, Mike Trout is currently slugging a career best .662, which is just absurd...
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Paul Goldschmidt is 1 HR away from 300 for his career 
Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
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Chris Sale scheduled for a rehab start for the Portland Sea Dogs on Thursday.
And of course I have tickets for Friday night's game.
And of course I have tickets for Friday night's game.
alfdogg
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Happy Bobby Bonilla Day!
alkeiper
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Phillies going to Toronto for a two game series next week. Always a great opportunity to figure out exactly who the anti-vax idiots are on your team.
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As an old school MLB fan this one hurts. I loved staying up late watching Reds/Dodgers games, and he was always there in the old school Dodger Stadium. RIP
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Red Sox got smoked but Jackie Bradley Jr was in throwing 90 MPH heat with 78-81 MPH Change-Ups and 75-80 MPH Sliders... nutty stuff from a "position player" when most just throw knuckleballs and 50-65 MPH shit.
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This feels like a classic late '90s/early '00s Sox season. Good enough to be interesting (and frustrating when they suck) but never going to catch the absolutely dominant Yankees or make any noise in the playoffs. We just need El Guapo coming in from the bullpen.
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Hey. I reverse jinxed them. It appears they are going to win this series against the Yankees!
(Now watch them go 7-21 in August or something in vintage Boston fashion)
(Now watch them go 7-21 in August or something in vintage Boston fashion)
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alkeiper
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Hitters who are washed but can still identify a fastball are an underutilized pool for the home run derby.
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Delusional 60 year old Jose Canseco needs a shot at redemption and a chance to make good with MLB.
The Thread Killer
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The Jays fired manager Charlie Montoyo today. He is to be replaced on an interim basis by John Schneider, not to be confused with the guy who played Bo Duke on the Dukes of Hazzard.
I am quite surprised they fired him, it is very unlike them as an organization. Sure they are on a losing streak, but they are still playing above 500 and they are in fourth place contending for the AL Wildcard. I am kind of shocked the front office fired Montoyo so quickly. Toronto is notorious for letting their managers go down in flames before they fire somebody.
They won last night, they beat Philly but just barely. They hit into four double plays and they still aren't playing well. Last night when they finally won a game (and they barely won it was by one run) they were celebrating like they just won the World Series or something and it really left a bad taste in a lot of peoples mouths. It basically sounds like some of the players need a bit of a kick in the ass. They are very loose and joke around a lot, which is great if you are winning, but they are not. Rumour has it Montoyo was a soft touch and was starting to let the players basically call their own shots.
I am wondering if there is even more to this story that we don’t know yet.
John Schneider was a career minor leaguer in the Jays farm system. He apparently looked kind of promising in A ball, but once he made it up to AAA he didn’t do well and he got hurt a lot. He had a serious back injury and had to retire after several concussions. He had been acting as the bench coach for the Jays this year. Rumour is he was already being groomed for the big job, and if he performs well for the rest of the season they will give him the job full-time next year.
I am quite surprised they fired him, it is very unlike them as an organization. Sure they are on a losing streak, but they are still playing above 500 and they are in fourth place contending for the AL Wildcard. I am kind of shocked the front office fired Montoyo so quickly. Toronto is notorious for letting their managers go down in flames before they fire somebody.
They won last night, they beat Philly but just barely. They hit into four double plays and they still aren't playing well. Last night when they finally won a game (and they barely won it was by one run) they were celebrating like they just won the World Series or something and it really left a bad taste in a lot of peoples mouths. It basically sounds like some of the players need a bit of a kick in the ass. They are very loose and joke around a lot, which is great if you are winning, but they are not. Rumour has it Montoyo was a soft touch and was starting to let the players basically call their own shots.
I am wondering if there is even more to this story that we don’t know yet.
John Schneider was a career minor leaguer in the Jays farm system. He apparently looked kind of promising in A ball, but once he made it up to AAA he didn’t do well and he got hurt a lot. He had a serious back injury and had to retire after several concussions. He had been acting as the bench coach for the Jays this year. Rumour is he was already being groomed for the big job, and if he performs well for the rest of the season they will give him the job full-time next year.
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And it's such a roll of the dice firing manager for a young, developing team but hey, like you said maybe this is the kick in the ass that they need to go from potential future contender to actual present contender.
I wouldn't have done it. They had a bad week/road trip that coincided with a coach's daughter dying. There was a weird situation in the game last night, though, where they challenged a play at 1B even after Guerrero was telling them not to since he knew they'd lose.
Schneider managed a lot of the younger guys in the minors on their way up and was successful there.
LOL at them dumping this news at the start of NHL free agency, too.
Schneider managed a lot of the younger guys in the minors on their way up and was successful there.
LOL at them dumping this news at the start of NHL free agency, too.
alkeiper
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Mark Budzinski was the coach, he played for the Scranton/WB Red Barons about when his daughter was born. So that news was devastating. Montoyo played here in 1994-95 and I've heard a great deal of positive things about Montoyo as a person. His son battled a lot of heart issues after birth but is now doing well, so I've always rooted for Montoyo.
All these stories about him losing the room are pretty surprising since there hasn't been a whiff of that story in the local media until after he was canned.
The closest I've come to seeing anything like that has been the way he's talked about Yusei Kikuchi when he's struggled and he hasn't been that way with other pitchers who've had some bad stretches (Jose Berrios, mostly, but he hasn't been as bad), so I though that was mostly an isolated situation where the coaching staff was frustrated with something he was or wasn't doing.
The closest I've come to seeing anything like that has been the way he's talked about Yusei Kikuchi when he's struggled and he hasn't been that way with other pitchers who've had some bad stretches (Jose Berrios, mostly, but he hasn't been as bad), so I though that was mostly an isolated situation where the coaching staff was frustrated with something he was or wasn't doing.
The Thread Killer
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Yeah, here in the Toronto market he is always reported to be an extremely warm, sincere and likeable person. However there has been a lot of rumbling lately that he is not much for putting his foot down when it needs to be. There are some fans who have bitched and moaned about the fact that the team seems to always be laughing and joking around and don’t look like they are taking things all that seriously. Which as I said in my original post, is great when they are winning but it’s not a good look when they aren’t.
I am a little bit surprised it was Montoyo that got the chop though. I know some hardcore fans are calling for the head of Guillermo Martinez, the hitting coach. I would not be terribly surprised if he is not back next season. That’s assuming they don’t turn things around in a big way during the second half. I didn’t really think this current slide they are on called for the firing of anybody myself, but what do I know. I haven’t really been enamoured with any manager for this team since Bobby Cox.
The Thread Killer
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That is true, it hasn’t been so much the media saying anything about it as it has been fans on Twitter and talk radio and whatnot. And we all know how reliable of a source they can be.
EDIT: I am usually loathe to spend much time on Twitter to see what people think about…well, anything…but I figured I would spend some time scrolling to see what the reaction was to Montoyo’s firing.
The overwhelming sentiment seems to be: “How is it Charlie Montoyo gets fired but Tony La Russa still has a job?!”
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Looks like the hand injury to Sale wasn't bad as it appeared and he'll be back in 4 to 6 weeks.
But, when does Patriots training camp begin, @HarleyQuinn ?
But, when does Patriots training camp begin, @HarleyQuinn ?