2016 MLB Season Thread Baseball • Page 101

Darvish with two scoreless innings on his first rehab start. Couple of strikeouts and a walk, touching 95 with his fastball. Good start to his return.

 

So how many of the Yankees does Price strikeout tonight? 18? Lol ugh. I don't think I should watch.

 

We'll be lucky if we make it to 2nd base. And that'll depend if Price walks 2 in a row.

 

It feels like 13 years ago that we got like 8 or 9 hits in a row off him in Detroit lol

 

probly gonna get rained out anyway

 

As I was saying...

And oh man... I can't tell who it is but I can see Harry and Lloyd from Dumb and Dumber in the back right hand side. Team is brilliant.

 

Lackey looks like a long lost Oregon Militia Occupier.

 

God they overanalyze and just beat shit into the ground on ESPN.

 

I'm so tired of this Joe Maddon cool guy routine.

 

What's so tiring about it? It's obviously working. No reason a guy can't keep a fun and relaxed clubhouse atmosphere.

 

Why though?

 

I don't think it makes a big difference. Let's face it. When Maddon has been very successful in TB and Chicago he was given this wealth of talent in both cases. I doubt him having some guy playing guitar in CF or having a pajama party is really helping the play on the field. But maybe that's why people are dying to play for him. What do I know?

 

Also this. Say what you want about him but ESPN/Red Sox fans haven't shut the fuck up about how that is one of the greatest pitching performances since it happens. Sort of funny that they are suddenly leaving this out.

Curt Schilling not happy ‘bloody sock’ game cut from Red Sox-Yankees ’30 for 30′

 

This, in my honest opinion, just sounds like a Cardinals fan who is salty because the Cubs are good again. Also, I don't know what to tell you if you don't think creating a good clubhouse atmosphere leads to good team chemistry, which affects the on-field results.

 

When I played sports we always did retreats and stuff like that bc it made us closer and we played more as a team bc we trusted each other and bonded.

 

I had the same thought when he was in TB and I like following TB because I go to their AAA games a lot. Your right I'm probably more so being a Cardinal fan with his antics right now. But I don't think his off the field stuff does anything. His GMs have spent years accruing young talent and his style reaps the benefits of that.

 

So many reasons to hate ESPN. And I'm a Yankees fan. How do you edit that out? And don't get me started on that cheesefest of a Sunday Night Baseball broadcast last night. Aaron Boone imitating David Ortiz? Fuck.

 

Maddon is tacky.

The SNB broadcast is waayyyy better with the current booth.

 

Baseball on ESPN unbarable.

 

Ridiculous to say that a good clubhouse atmosphere doesn't help a team. It's at least 50% responsible for the 2013 Red Sox

 

A team that started Jonny Gomes, Jarrod Saltalamachia, Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks, Ryan Dempster, and Felix Doubront won a World Series. Most of them attributed a lot of their success to the atmosphere in the clubhouse and the city. But nah, it has nothing to do with success. lmao

 

I'm not saying good clubhouse atmosphere doesn't do anything. I'm saying making every plane ride dress like bozo does nothing. Maybe it's me and I'm just old and crotchety but I'd be so pissed if I had to find a weird suit and wear it. I cringe whenever I see stuff like this in the workplace.

 

I'll believe his style works when he goes to the Dodgers and manages a truly talented team that just underperforms before him.

Managers are overrated.