Yeah, I didn't know either and I agree. The first I ever heard of it was with Tatis.

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Everything is computer.

I've seen (and umped) little league games where there is one hittable pitch out of every five or six. Not necessarily a strike, just something a kid can physically get the bat on.

Little League should be, "if its close, swing." Doesn't matter what the count is. This guy sounds like a giant douche.

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When I was first following baseball in the 70s, most hitters were told to never swing on 3-0, because they weren't good enough hitters and likely would only get a single anyway, so just make the pitcher throw strikes and take the walk. Only All-Star level hitters were "given the green light" on 3-0.

But analytics and ballpark design have changed all of that. Now all you are going to do on 3-1 is hit a slider into the shift, so you may as well sit on a 3-0 fastball and try to hit it out.

TLR, Russo, and other old men are stuck in that philosophy. And then add in the Cartmanesque "Respect my authoritaaay!" aspect.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Youre acting like he hit a game winning 3 run jack and LaRussa shit on him for ignoring a 3-0 take sign. They were up 11 runs .

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

LaRussa shit on him for not respecting Tony's sign. While being a foreigner.

11 runs has very little to do with it.

I posted a few pages ago what I thought Tony should have said after the game. He insists on making it worse. Because he's stubborn the way a bad Sargent is stubborn.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Just quit shitting on a guy who took 10 years to get here. If not, how about not going OUT OF YOUR WAY to shit on him.

Yermin Mercedes will be fine.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

I think we’ve lost the plot a bit.

The Twins put in an obese bench player to lob the ball over the plate. It was all chuckles when he got the first two guys out, but some inviolable honor code was threatened when Yermin shit pumped a pitch to straightaway center.

If the Twins wanted to stop trying, fine. Just don’t be bitches when the results reflect the level of effort.

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Given that, I thought it was poetic justice when the Twins reliever managed to not hit him with a pitch, and then got the heave ho.

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It's clearly a shot Frank. There is no objective truth in this matter. Fun is winning and winning is fun, and the team is winning.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

I was looking up LaRussa's career numbers, and I came across this from Connie Mack. It's his code of conduct from 1916:



We've now evolved to the point that black and Latin players need to taunt because it's their culture or something.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

You're wrong, and water is wet.

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TLR, Russo and all other Eyeties need to be deported back to Italy. They didn't send us their best people (because they have none).

Christ on a Christmas cookie, are we still talking about this? It's over. Let's just keep watching good baseball.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

LaRussa isn't fun and "everybody" knows it. I mean there was an anonymous clubhouse source to attest to it according to ESPN, and confirmed by the Score. The media can't go after him for the team not playing well so it's this nonsensical bullshit.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

I didn't say this.

You're still wrong, and water is still wet.

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You said the report that he wasn't fun was true rather than a shot at him. LaRussa seems like he knows how to party btw.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

This is the statement I bolded and replied about. There is a qualifier in there.

I also narrowed it down to the last week, which is what the power rankings were based off of. So looking at the last week of White Sox baseball, there are three things that aren't fun. Their loss on Saturday, their loss on Tuesday, and TLR opening his mouth about the Mercedes homer.

So yes, it was not so much a shot as it was true.

Water? Still wet. You? Still dumb.

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It's not surprising that you believe that this is "truth" rather than a politically motivated media opinion given your simple view of the world.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

I knew you would turn this into some bullshit political referendum, so earlier I went back and read all of the Sox power rankings that is right there in the history in that link you posted. Doolittle doesn't mention LaRussa once before that recent post. Go back and read the Sox rankings if you don't believe me.

I'm not saying some bias against TLR doesn't exist, but in this case, using the link you posted and words you quoted, it does not appear that there is any political reference or agenda being pushed whatsoever. This is one guy, Doolittle, praising the Sox while mentioning that the manager is "possibly" taking away from the fun of it all. You don't have to like it, but that is a true statement. GTFO with a reply other than, "Yeah. I guess you were right, Frank."

Water cannot get any wetter, on the other hand, you are getting a hellava lot fucking dumber.

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Good thing you carry Tampons to soak up liquids. ESPN has trashed the La Russa hire from the beginning. Including running unnamed source stories about a divided clubhouse. So yeah saying the manager isn't fun in a power ranking write-up about the top team in baseball is an agenda driven jab at him. Not "the truth", as if truth isn't being manufactured about this.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

In what hole is Frank dripping liquids such that he needs a tampon? Asking for a friend.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

GTFO.

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The tampon bit may warrant its own thread. I’m curious what the hell is going on, but lack the courage to ask directly.

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The tampon thing is Caller Bob's pet name for me because he's an genius. Not to be out done in imbecilness, WFR has adopted it as well.

That's it. There's nothing more to it.

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Different fonts and stomping your feet don't change the fact that there is no truth that LaRussa is holding back the team or preventing them from "having fun". They look improved from last year and more focus. Fun is winning.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

It's because you are a walking tampon purse, and I was the one who originally called that out. Frank I'm sure you are a nice guy, but you aren't very smart.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

It just keeps cropping up. It is an odd insult unless they know something the rest of us do not.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

I did not say this. Nor did Doolittle in his write up.

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So nobody’s used or been accused of using a tampon? Is this an indirect way of questioning your masculinity, musky though it otherwise may be?

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