Hey! I just realized something

[LonghornCDR]

Gar gets to manage the NL at the All-Star Game next year.  How cool is that?!

[Bill McLuggage]

Very cool, except some fuckwit Page 2 non-reporter at ESPN is going to second guess him for taking the starter out after 2 hitless innings.

[Limey]

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Very cool, except some fuckwit Page 2 non-reporter at ESPN is going to second guess him for taking the starter out after 2 hitless innings.

Fuckwits at ESPN have already stated that Garner was overmatched in the WS.  He'll be facing Guillen again, so next year's WS home field advantage goes to the AL then I suppose.

[tophfar]

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Very cool, except some fuckwit Page 2 non-reporter at ESPN is going to second guess him for taking the starter out after 2 hitless innings.

I used to get so pissed at that column, but then you have to realize that it's not actually a criticism, they are just paid professional frontrunners, and mercenary ones to boot.  they don't just frontrun for one team, they'll do it for whoever ESPN tells them to.  

don't get me wrong, the column is a steaming pile of dogshit, and the two writers are fuckwits, but they are paid to do nothing more than tell people that whatever the losing team/manager/coach did, they were wrong and should have picked option B, C, A, or 4.  

Because we all know that in the world of sports its a zero sum game.  if you pick door number 1, and you lose, then OBVIOUSLY door number 2 was right, and you are an idiot for not knowing that.

but they are just coporate mouth whores spewing garbage because ESPN told them to.  their "opinions" can never be wrong, because it's after the fact, and more to the point, the frontrunners from the losing team get to feel important and 3-percentile smart because some twat on espn.com agrees with them.  

they just aren't worth the time, or the bandwidth.

[TangerineDream]

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Very cool, except some fuckwit Page 2 non-reporter at ESPN is going to second guess him for taking the starter out after 2 hitless innings.

I used to get so pissed at that column, but then you have to realize that it's not actually a criticism, they are just paid professional frontrunners, and mercenary ones to boot.  they don't just frontrun for one team, they'll do it for whoever ESPN tells them to.  

don't get me wrong, the column is a steaming pile of dogshit, and the two writers are fuckwits, but they are paid to do nothing more than tell people that whatever the losing team/manager/coach did, they were wrong and should have picked option B, C, A, or 4.  

Because we all know that in the world of sports its a zero sum game.  if you pick door number 1, and you lose, then OBVIOUSLY door number 2 was right, and you are an idiot for not knowing that.

but they are just coporate mouth whores spewing garbage because ESPN told them to.  their "opinions" can never be wrong, because it's after the fact, and more to the point, the frontrunners from the losing team get to feel important and 3-percentile smart because some twat on espn.com agrees with them.  

they just aren't worth the time, or the bandwidth.

Bravo!

[WulawHorn]

What sucks about this is that it is about three years too late.  Doesn't the manager now (after all the Torre favoritism) have just about zero imput on the composition of the team.  I think its voted on by players for the reserves now, along with most of the pitchers.  I think the manager has like 2 or 3 wild card choices.

Here's hoping to see bidge next year if he has another decent first half of the season like he has the last two years with one of those wildcards.  Bagwell too if he does anything in what will likely be his last go round...