Who calls the first "closed-door meeting"?
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Who calls the first "closed-door meeting"?
Tonight is the first night I've actually let real doubt creep in.....
So who is the leader? Who has the wherewithal and credibility to light a fire under this team's backside? I sense a lack of fortitude so far. Anyone with the stones? Can it work?
So who is the leader? Who has the wherewithal and credibility to light a fire under this team's backside? I sense a lack of fortitude so far. Anyone with the stones? Can it work?
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Yeah. What we're really missing is GRIT and DETERMINATION and DESIRE and other words that can be UNNECESSARILY CAPITALIZED.

**** your asterisk.
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Schadenfreude wrote:Yeah. What we're really missing is #GRIT and #DETERMINATION and #DESIRE and other words that can be UNNECESSARILY CAPITALIZED.
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ok....
it's gonna happen next week... (or thereabouts...)
it's gonna happen next week... (or thereabouts...)
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henry blanco
galacticos2 wrote:MLB needs to introduce an Amnesty clause. Bautista would be my first victim.
Bautista outplays his contract by more than $70 million over the next four seasons (2013-2016).
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If Dickey has another good outing, and if he's not injured, he's the guy. Has to be someone who's performing. Everyone else is working on their flaws.
Or Happ. Or we fly Rickey back.
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Or Happ. Or we fly Rickey back.
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They clearly need Randy Carlyle's leadership.
One flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoo’s nest.
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Randle McMurphy wrote:They clearly need Randy Carlyle's leadership.
Don't slag Carlyle.

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Lawrie and JP will have a bros only meeting. The whole team will be invited.
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RTCaino wrote:Lawrie and JP will have a bros only meeting. The whole team will be invited.
However, the doorman will turn away much of the team for insufficient swag. Bautista's facial hair will be allowed in, as will Kawasaki's dance moves, but the rest will be forced to wait it line for hours before being told that there isn't room left in the player's lounge.

**** your asterisk.
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Unlike this thread, baseball is a funny game. It's not a game where trying harder helps, like say, basketball. Closed door player only meetings aren't going to accomplish a thing.
I witnessed most of Dave Winfield's career, and except for one - sorry, ONE! - key hit in the 1992 WS, the guy was a choke artist extraordinaire. In the 1981 WS against the relatively untalented Dodgers (shoulda been the Expos
) he went 1 for 22 and the Yankees went down in flames. When asked if he choked his response was: "No, I was trying to0 hard."
Bau and EE aren't used to dealing with the expectations on them this season. But they have another 140 games to figure it out.
I witnessed most of Dave Winfield's career, and except for one - sorry, ONE! - key hit in the 1992 WS, the guy was a choke artist extraordinaire. In the 1981 WS against the relatively untalented Dodgers (shoulda been the Expos

Bau and EE aren't used to dealing with the expectations on them this season. But they have another 140 games to figure it out.
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tecumseh18 wrote:Unlike this thread, baseball is a funny game. It's not a game where trying harder helps, like say, basketball. Closed door player only meetings aren't going to accomplish a thing.
I witnessed most of Dave Winfield's career, and except for one - sorry, ONE! - key hit in the 1992 WS, the guy was a choke artist extraordinaire. In the 1981 WS against the relatively untalented Dodgers (shoulda been the Expos) he went 1 for 22 and the Yankees went down in flames. When asked if he choked his response was: "No, I was trying to0 hard."
Bau and EE aren't used to dealing with the expectations on them this season. But they have another 140 games to figure it out.
Disagree with Winfield being a choke artist his whole career. That was one playoff series and the Yanks never returned to the playoffs after that until the mid 90's after Winfield was long gone but it certainly wasnt his fault they never went to the playoffs. He was very productive every year including September when the Yanks were in some pennent races. His failure in the 1981 WS was magnified because Steinbrenner famously called him Mr May because he was in the shadow of Reggie Jackson.
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tecumseh18 wrote:Unlike this thread, baseball is a funny game. It's not a game where trying harder helps, like say, basketball. Closed door player only meetings aren't going to accomplish a thing.
I witnessed most of Dave Winfield's career, and except for one - sorry, ONE! - key hit in the 1992 WS, the guy was a choke artist extraordinaire. In the 1981 WS against the relatively untalented Dodgers (shoulda been the Expos) he went 1 for 22 and the Yankees went down in flames. When asked if he choked his response was: "No, I was trying to0 hard."
Bau and EE aren't used to dealing with the expectations on them this season. But they have another 140 games to figure it out.
Disagree with Winfield being a choke artist his whole career. That was one playoff series and the Yanks never returned to the playoffs after that until the mid 90's after Winfield was long gone but it certainly wasnt his fault they never went to the playoffs. He was very productive every year including September when the Yanks were in some pennent races. His failure in the 1981 WS was magnified because Steinbrenner famously called him Mr May because he was in the shadow of Reggie Jackson.
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tecumseh18 wrote:Unlike this thread, baseball is a funny game. It's not a game where trying harder helps, like say, basketball. Closed door player only meetings aren't going to accomplish a thing.
I witnessed most of Dave Winfield's career, and except for one - sorry, ONE! - key hit in the 1992 WS, the guy was a choke artist extraordinaire. In the 1981 WS against the relatively untalented Dodgers (shoulda been the Expos) he went 1 for 22 and the Yankees went down in flames. When asked if he choked his response was: "No, I was trying to0 hard."
Bau and EE aren't used to dealing with the expectations on them this season. But they have another 140 games to figure it out.
Disagree with Winfield being a choke artist his whole career. That was one playoff series and the Yanks never returned to the playoffs after that until the mid 90's after Winfield was long gone but it certainly wasnt his fault they never went to the playoffs. He was very productive every year including September when the Yanks were in some pennent races. His failure in the 1981 WS was magnified because Steinbrenner famously called him Mr May because he was in the shadow of Reggie Jackson.
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Jose Bautista when he's done putting his makeup on.
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Mark DeRosa wins.
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SharoneWright wrote:Mark DeRosa wins.
When do we add him to the level of excellence?
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SharoneWright wrote:Mark DeRosa wins.
Surprised when I read that in the paper this morning. Who would have thought it'd be him and not one of the bigger "name" vets. Hopefully the meeting triggered last night's win....
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Balki-B wrote:SharoneWright wrote:Mark DeRosa wins.
Surprised when I read that in the paper this morning. Who would have thought it'd be him and not one of the bigger "name" vets. Hopefully the meeting triggered last night's win....
It didn't. They still flubbed an easy double play in a huge situation, and it's not like EE hit 2 homers because Mark Derosa told him he needed to be better at hitting.
9. Similarly, IF THOU HAST SPENT the entire offseason predicting that thy team will stink, thou shalt not gloat, nor even be happy, shouldst thou turn out to be correct. Realistic analysis is fine, but be a fan first, a smug smarty-pants second.