Author Topic: The Madness (Read 3881 times)

juliogotay · « **on:** May 26, 2007, 08:12:20 am »

Justice's blog in today's comical sucked me in with an intriguing headline We're About to Learn An Awful Lot About McLane and Purpura. It's is nothing more than a promo piece for his column which encourages management for not dumping the struggling vets and bringing up the RR and CC players. Put Brooks Conrad at SS is one suggestion. The kids at CC may be the future. Great, Richard. Bring up the core of a AA team that is woefully under .500. This guy is stealing money to get away with this shit.

JimR · « **Reply #1 on:** May 26, 2007, 09:12:28 am »

Quote from: juliogotay on May 26, 2007, 08:12:20 am

Justice's blog in today's comical sucked me in with an intriguing headline We're About to Learn An Awful Lot About McLane and Purpura. It's is nothing more than a promo piece for his column which encourages management for not dumping the struggling vets and bringing up the RR and CC players. Put Brooks Conrad at SS is one suggestion. The kids at CC may be the future. Great, Richard. Bring up the core of a AA team that is woefully under .500. This guy is stealing money to get away with this shit.

actually, who you learn about in times like these are "fans." it is easy to say "we" and "us" during championships or the WS. not so easy when the team's play is an insult to the Bad News Bears. losing tests the character of the team and management, sure, but it tests ours more.

juliogotay · « **Reply #2 on:** May 26, 2007, 09:33:09 am »

How true. I turned it off last night in the 8th but I'll be back there again tonight.

Question for you Jim R. or anyone else that sees RR regularly. Has Conrad ever worked at SS? Is this as ridiculous an idea as I think it is?

I saw Sacccamanno play a good bit at AA and he never impressed me much. BUt he caught fire late last year and is continuing to put up numbers. Is this guy a legit 3B candidate?

Man, that Reynolds is impressive for Arizona.

mihoba · « **Reply #3 on:** May 26, 2007, 09:35:34 am »

Quote from: Jim R on May 26, 2007, 09:12:28 am

actually, who you learn about in times like these are "fans." it is easy to say "we" and "us" during championships or the WS. not so easy when the team's play is an insult to the Bad News Bears. losing tests the character of the team and management, sure, but it tests ours more.

I was chatting with a work buddy of mine this morning. He said "I don't remember the Colt 45s being this bad."

I couldn't argue with him, and I sure don't want to look it up.

Jacksonian · « **Reply #4 on:** May 26, 2007, 09:43:59 am »

Quote from: juliogotay on May 26, 2007, 09:33:09 am

How true. I turned it off last night in the 8th but I'll be back there again tonight.

Question for you Jim R. or anyone else that sees RR regularly. Has Conrad ever worked at SS? Is this as ridiculous an idea as I think it is?

I saw Sacccamanno play a good bit at AA and he never impressed me much. BUt he caught fire late last year and is continuing to put up numbers. Is this guy a legit 3B candidate?

Man, that Reynolds is impressive for Arizona.

Conrad is not a shortstop.

Saccomanno has had arm issues in the past. So I'm not sure he can play 3B regularly He has to keep it up with the bat for the whole year. This looks like a career year for him. It's unlikely he'll show enough to earn a shot at the bigs. But, weirder things have happened.

Alkie · « **Reply #5 on:** May 26, 2007, 09:48:45 am »

Calling up all the prospects is shortsighted, sure, but it's also incredibly stupid from a business standpoint, a baseball standpoint, a managerial standpoint, an entertainment standpoint, and a cognitive standpoint.

Limey · « **Reply #6 on:** May 26, 2007, 10:08:46 am »

Not that I'm joining the coalition of the stupid in calling for Gar's removal (although I do understand why it is a topic for discussion - because it's the knee-jerk reaction that often occurs in situations like this), but it's a shame that this guy isn't a baseball player. He's in management now, and just took a team that was dead last in the championship (one level below the Premiership) and that had just lost to the worst team in football. ET finish the damn story: they just finished the season as league winners, and will be in the Prem next year.

You'd play for this guy, because he's a genius, and because you'd be too scared not to.

Fredia · « **Reply #7 on:** May 26, 2007, 10:35:20 am »

Quote from: Limey on May 26, 2007, 10:08:46 am

Not that I'm joining the coalition of the stupid in calling for Gar's removal (although I do understand why it is a topic for discussion - because it's the knee-jerk reaction that often occurs in situations like this), but it's a shame that this guy isn't a baseball player. He's in management now, and just took a team that was dead last in the championship (one level below the Premiership) and that had just lost to the worst team in football.

You'd play for this guy, because he's a genius, and because you'd be too scared not to.

being scared is one of my fave scenes in Bull Duram where he does the famous loli gag line. maybe get that guy in the astros lockerroom and tell them they are lolligagging

The Spleen · « **Reply #8 on:** May 26, 2007, 10:49:36 am »

Quote from: Alkie on May 26, 2007, 09:48:45 am

Calling up all the prospects is shortsighted, sure, but it's also incredibly stupid from a business standpoint, a baseball standpoint, a managerial standpoint, an entertainment standpoint, and a cognitive standpoint.

Check. This is not 1991. There is nothing even close to the base of young talent... both in new major leaguers and minor league prospects... that existed then.

otterjb · « **Reply #9 on:** May 26, 2007, 10:52:07 am »

In four of the past six consecutive losses, the Astros have been outscored 45 to 6. The run differential in those four games makes losing perspective over the fact that they were only four games much easier to do.

They're 7 games out with 114 to play.

matadorph · « **Reply #10 on:** May 26, 2007, 11:05:37 am »

Quote from: Alkie on May 26, 2007, 09:48:45 am

Calling up all the prospects is shortsighted, sure, but it's also incredibly stupid from a business standpoint, a baseball standpoint, a managerial standpoint, an entertainment standpoint, and a cognitive standpoint.

No no no no no!

The disAstros is total shit right now. What we needs to do is send these guys a message. If they think it's okay to suck then we should send the crappy ass players like Palmeiro, Everett, Ensberg, Lane, Ausmus, Woody, and Wandy down to Round Rock. Call up Bogusevic and Patton and anybody in the minors who can hit. We spent a first round pick on that Sapp kid. What's the point if he aint gonna play for the Astros? It aint gonna git no worse, and them players need some experience in the Show anyway. These guys are the future and the Astros are lettin em rot on the vine!

matadorph · « **Reply #11 on:** May 26, 2007, 11:12:10 am »

Quote from: juliogotay on May 26, 2007, 08:12:20 am

Justice's blog in today's comical sucked me in with an intriguing headline We're About to Learn An Awful Lot About McLane and Purpura. It's is nothing more than a promo piece for his column which encourages management for not dumping the struggling vets and bringing up the RR and CC players. Put Brooks Conrad at SS is one suggestion. The kids at CC may be the future. Great, Richard. Bring up the core of a AA team that is woefully under .500. This guy is stealing money to get away with this shit.

My curiosity got the best of me. The comment section that follows is bumper-to-bumper stupid.

Jacksonian · « **Reply #12 on:** May 26, 2007, 12:34:11 pm »

Quote from: matadorph on May 26, 2007, 11:12:10 am

My curiosity got the best of me. The comment section that follows is bumper-to-bumper stupid.

Self. Con. Trol.

drew corleone · « **Reply #13 on:** May 26, 2007, 02:29:48 pm »

Quote from: otterjb on May 26, 2007, 10:52:07 am

They're 7 games out with 114 to play.

And as capable of making a run as anyone else in the division.

JimR · « **Reply #14 on:** May 26, 2007, 03:36:01 pm »

Quote from: juliogotay on May 26, 2007, 09:33:09 am

How true. I turned it off last night in the 8th but I'll be back there again tonight.

Question for you Jim R. or anyone else that sees RR regularly. Has Conrad ever worked at SS? Is this as ridiculous an idea as I think it is?

he has played 2B, 3B and LF (don't all RR middle infielders?) but never SS. it is a completely idiotic idea.

JSAstrosFan · « **Reply #15 on:** May 26, 2007, 03:46:02 pm »

Quote from: juliogotay on May 26, 2007, 09:33:09 am

I saw Sacccamanno play a good bit at AA and he never impressed me much. BUt he caught fire late last year and is continuing to put up numbers. Is this guy a legit 3B candidate?

I haven't been to all that many games in RR this year, but so far I haven't seen Saccomano play anything other than 1B. I've only seen Conrad and Ransom on 3B.