hawkdrummer1
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Whenever I hear the term "Trapper keeper" I can't help but think of...
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The next decade's Drew Tate.
Disturbing.
...............and all of a sudden why the hell do I want to streamline Cannon Ball Run with Burt Reynolds.
Just needs to let his hair grow long with it. Go 70s retro QB look.
Just a tweet to a couple of recruits to join Swarm '20. It included, "You are either with us or against us, and you are not going to want to be against us." More evidence of bravado, which I like.
Is there another position in all of sports in which bravado is so important? Maybe a go-to scorer in basketball?
hawkdrummer1
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closer in MLB?
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Robowe
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Myself being a third-generation Braves fan, it has to be Craig Kimbrel. Nobody stares you down like Craig Kimbrel.
Robowe
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Myself being a third-generation Braves fan, it has to be Craig Kimbrel. Nobody stares you down like Craig Kimbrel.
The Mad Hungarian pitched for the Braves too. I know you like umpires ... this is a good one with Al and the ump.
Robowe
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Myself being a third-generation Braves fan, it has to be Craig Kimbrel. Nobody stares you down like Craig Kimbrel.
And, to say Al was high strung may have been an understatement.
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And last but definitely not least, here’s my favorite manager of all time other than Bobby Cox, Sir Wally Backman showing his players some love.
Northside Hawk
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Lee Elia never said it better.
My favorite part is when he tells Doc to get ready to go out for a beer. Wally was already drunk. He and Lenny Dykstra were known to drink in the clubhouse during games.
Wally was rumored to be the White Sox top target for their opening manegerial position in 2004. He had skeletons in closet, something about inappropriate groping of a woman. The Sox turned to Ozzie Guillen, fresh of a championship with Florida in 2003 as their third base coach. He would soon have another Championship as White Sox manager.
Northside Hawk
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Earl was decades ahead of his time. He had his pitchers throw strikes, change speeds, let the defense to the work. On offense he believed in running up pitch counts, getting men on base, then hitting the three run homer. It worked then and would work even better now, with the smaller parks, lively baseballs, etc.
hawkdrummer1
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Stuff like the above is why I chuckle at baseball...despite loving and playing it all day long as a kid. There are these "unwritten rules" that are so sacrosanct..don't toss your bat, don't run too fast on a home run trot...or too slow...don't "steal signals" ...yet a manager can just go ape shit and scream in an umpire's face and it's just part of the game.
Robowe
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Good stuff. The ump Bill Haller's brother was a major league player Tom Haller, a 3 time All-Star.
Robowe
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Wally Backman was named manager of the Diamondbacks in 2004. He lasted 4 days.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1916771
