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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #125 on: April 29, 2024, 11:03:13 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on April 27, 2024, 06:11:33 pm
I'm from Pittsburgh. 'Nuff said. They will not get to the World Series in my lifetime. Thankfully, I'm old enough to have seen Clemente, Stargell, et al., in person.
If the Red Sox and Cubs can win in my lifetime... anything is possible.
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #126 on: May 02, 2024, 10:42:23 pm »


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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #127 on: May 06, 2024, 03:31:17 pm »
Great graphic, @DCPatriot!




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Here's a graphic no team or fan would ever want, yet here we are.  8888crybaby

What the heck?????

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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #128 on: May 06, 2024, 04:02:04 pm »
Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on May 06, 2024, 03:31:17 pm
Great graphic, @DCPatriot!




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Here's a graphic no team or fan would ever want, yet here we are.  8888crybaby

What the heck?????

That is what happens when the front office completely forgoes any pitching depth (esp. bullpen) during the previous off season.   Saw this coming, but not at this level.  A strong season by JV, Valdez,  just might get us to .500 by end of season.

OTOH, it was a fun run, and time for some other fans to enjoy
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #129 on: May 06, 2024, 06:38:33 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on May 06, 2024, 04:02:04 pm
That is what happens when the front office completely forgoes any pitching depth (esp. bullpen) during the previous off season.   Saw this coming, but not at this level.  A strong season by JV, Valdez,  just might get us to .500 by end of season.

OTOH, it was a fun run, and time for some other fans to enjoy

Middle relif is highly underrated.
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #130 on: May 07, 2024, 02:24:41 am »
Here's a text I got from my son-in-law (a decades-long baseball fan who bleeds Dodger blue).

From the USA Today farm system rankings:

2) Houston Astros.... have not had a great farm system for quite some time now and perhaps that lack of attention to their lower levels is finally starting to take its toll... this team doesn't seem to have much going for it on the pitching side...

That "2" ranking is second-worst btw  😞

Isn't that what Jeff Luhnow was so good at? Was Dana Brown supposed to fill those shoes? What's Jim Crane's roll? Help me out, Astros fans. Who has let us down?


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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #131 on: May 07, 2024, 04:58:06 am »
Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on May 07, 2024, 02:24:41 am
Here's a text I got from my son-in-law (a decades-long baseball fan who bleeds Dodger blue).

From the USA Today farm system rankings:

2) Houston Astros.... have not had a great farm system for quite some time now and perhaps that lack of attention to their lower levels is finally starting to take its toll... this team doesn't seem to have much going for it on the pitching side...

That "2" ranking is second-worst btw  😞


Isn't that what Jeff Luhnow was so good at? Was Dana Brown supposed to fill those shoes? What's Jim Crane's roll? Help me out, Astros fans. Who has let us down?
I have written 1000 word posts at baseball forums of how unfairly Luhnow was blamed for the cheating scandal.  I still stand by that 100%.

What you are witnessing is the dynasty that he built has been torn down systematically by the likes of Crane, Bagwell, and Dusty Baker.
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #132 on: May 07, 2024, 05:38:49 am »
Quote from: catfish1957 on May 07, 2024, 04:58:06 am


What you are witnessing is the dynasty that he built has been torn down systeatically by the likes of Crane, Bagwell, and Dusty Baker.

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For what purpose?  :shrug:
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #133 on: May 07, 2024, 12:47:53 pm »
Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on May 07, 2024, 05:38:49 am
@catfish1957

For what purpose?  :shrug:

No purpose, just in the highly competitive world of MLB, competence reigns.  And Luhnow built the infrastructure of a team that competed at the highest level for 10 years.  We are now seeing the decline with post 2020 neglect. 
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #134 on: May 07, 2024, 06:22:16 pm »
I'm so old, I remember the disappointment, when the Buffalo Bisons of the International League had their road games on radio.  Must have been 7 or 8 years old!

Found out there was no 'booth'... the pitches/plays were sent to the studio on "Ticker Tape" and that the play-by-play guys were acting them out...emotion and all!    9999hair out0000

No different than today, not having FIOS or CABLE TV and getting the play-by-play on ESPN internet and pretending that you're broadcasting the game in real time.
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #135 on: May 07, 2024, 07:18:01 pm »
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #136 on: May 07, 2024, 10:06:23 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on May 07, 2024, 12:47:53 pm
No purpose, just in the highly competitive world of MLB, competence reigns.  And Luhnow built the infrastructure of a team that competed at the highest level for 10 years.  We are now seeing the decline with post 2020 neglect.

@catfish1957

Okay. Maybe I misunderstood your use of "systematically."
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