tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post3934027242779797749..comments2024-03-29T10:55:53.251-04:00Comments on IT IS HIGH! IT IS FAR! IT IS... caught.: This weekend in Baltimore could be a farewell to BuckStanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758839786688249648noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-10583504945734332802021-07-09T22:16:55.559-04:002021-07-09T22:16:55.559-04:00
I really want the world to know about this great ...<br />I really want the world to know about this great man who brought back happiness into my life again after my husband left me and the kids 3 years ago for another women online when i contacted Dr Believe he cast a love spell for me within 48 hours my ex husband start calling me and begging for forgiveness for everything that have happened between us. I was so happy to have my family back together with love again here is the email of Dr Believe via believelovespelltemple@gmail.com a man with the great powers you can also call him or add him on Whats-app: +2348156148821<br />God bless you<br />I am very grateful for your help in my marriage.<br /><br /><br />Isiyku Abdulahihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933924115917890548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-84617205271418257172018-06-01T22:58:48.100-04:002018-06-01T22:58:48.100-04:00Hey Rufus T. Shitfly--
My, my--who jumped in to i...Hey Rufus T. Shitfly--<br /><br />My, my--who jumped in to initiate acrimony here--could it be you, Frenchie? <br /><br />I was bothering no one until KD showed up and started puling and hurling unfounded accusations. <br /><br />Suck on it, loser. When you have something original or insightful to say about something other than your rotted psyche--say, baseball or the Yankees, of all things!--then get back to us.<br /><br />If not, enjoy your obsessive-compulsive life as my Internet bitch slave--you and the three other little frustrated mentally ill loser boys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-50020333768582582462018-06-01T21:03:31.257-04:002018-06-01T21:03:31.257-04:00KD,
Your choice is correct. However, I don't ...KD,<br /><br />Your choice is correct. However, I don't think this dipshit douche bag asshole will go away without duque imposing limits on his access here. Makes you wonder why a self-hating loner would choose to annoy a bunch of old farts and their friends.<br /><br />Asshole,<br /><br />I found your IP address. Not surprising.<br /><br />72.47.218.35<br /><br />Rufus T. Fireflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00900151484482681328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-46141810544726778082018-06-01T21:01:11.353-04:002018-06-01T21:01:11.353-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rufus T. Fireflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00900151484482681328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-37465814028709470212018-06-01T18:33:59.846-04:002018-06-01T18:33:59.846-04:00Thanks, KD!
Old George did have a flair for the...Thanks, KD! <br /><br />Old George did have a flair for the marquee, which at first served him well in New York, town of the ultra-hype. But soon enough, he began to think he knew something about baseball. Big mistake.HoraceClarke66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16965472730239358589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-16772013635124093822018-06-01T18:05:29.573-04:002018-06-01T18:05:29.573-04:00KD takes his little ball and skulks home, but not ...KD takes his little ball and skulks home, but not before hurling an unfounded, undocumented slur about "bullying," thus exemplifying the very polemical skunkiness he hypocritically professes abhor.<br /><br />Exit KD from the arena to retreat to his bedroom, there to hug his Georgie doll and stick pins in his Buck doll. No one notices or cares.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-20300122619452335482018-06-01T14:50:51.002-04:002018-06-01T14:50:51.002-04:00and Girardi won Manager of the Year once. Doesn...and Girardi won Manager of the Year once. Doesn't mean it wasn't a good decision to fire Joe or that he was above criticism.<br /><br />BTW, you can't bully me. I'll write my opinion and am never cowed. <br /><br />no more responses to your posts from me. In the words of a brilliant contributor to this blog, You're dead to me now. KDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-2782747950428781312018-06-01T14:10:32.844-04:002018-06-01T14:10:32.844-04:00"We are all judged by the decisions we make a..."We are all judged by the decisions we make and their eventual outcomes." Yes, that's why Buck won Manager of the Year three times.<br /><br />You don't like the guy. You love George. These are your personal tastes. Duly noted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-41241451251526701812018-06-01T13:24:36.784-04:002018-06-01T13:24:36.784-04:00George spent money in a misguided, often insane wa...George spent money in a misguided, often insane way. The successful teams during his tenure were built by pros like Gabe Paul and Stick/Buck, not by George's compulsive spending and dysfunctional rages.Hazel Moteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14613263675293006345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-70436004666824664492018-06-01T07:50:41.641-04:002018-06-01T07:50:41.641-04:00Like it or not, we are all judged by the decisions...Like it or not, we are all judged by the decisions we make and their eventual outcomes. It's what gets you promoted, a raise in pay, or tenure in your College. Yet, nobody is perfect. Some times the correct call is made and it just doesn't work out. It happens. But some decisions are so bone-headed, so steeped in traditional ways of thinking, that it demands a price. Such was Buck's decision in that Wild Card game. I cut Oriole ownership and management no slack but I do have sympathy for their fan base. I have friends and family in Bawlmore. In my early and mid teens, I was an Oriole fan due to geography. I had a serious Brooks Robinson jones and still see him as the quintessential third baseman. Plus, a staff with four 20 game winners? come on!<br /><br />As far as Showalter goes, I'm no fan. He helped build our dynasty but many people also deserve as much credit, I'm sure. Time for the old guy to get a gold watch and move to southern Florida. <br /><br />another thing: I appreciated George, even with all his flaws, which I do recognize. He spent his money and ended up with an historic winner. And after that team was built, he did NOT sell it off to line his pockets as other owners would surely have done. He wanted to keep winning, albeit with a flawed philosophy. For his desire to win at all costs, I will always remember him fondly. KDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-29392808518242513732018-05-31T23:50:21.807-04:002018-05-31T23:50:21.807-04:00KD, much as I joke about Buck being "The Flyi...KD, much as I joke about Buck being "The Flying Dutchman" of baseball, I would never call him a loser, and I think he did great work for us. <br /><br />So did any number of other managers, scouts, general managers, and other top baseball men whose efforts George rewarded with the shaft.<br /><br />George was willing to spend money, I'll give him that. But his regime was like some kind of totalitarian state, in which people got punished for all kinds of weird and arbitrary things.HoraceClarke66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16965472730239358589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-10039700890329362022018-05-31T22:49:23.672-04:002018-05-31T22:49:23.672-04:00Again--that's a classic second-guess. You appe...Again--that's a classic second-guess. You appear omniscient because you know the flawed outcome. If it had worked out, you wouldn't be second-guessing. But if it confers on you the illusion that you know more about baseball than someone who won manager of the year three times and whose ossified thinking helped to revive a moribund franchise, the one you now root for, please do knock yourself out with schadenfreude, if that's what turns you on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-2730662677238878362018-05-31T20:32:45.743-04:002018-05-31T20:32:45.743-04:00 Showalters refusal to use his best relief pitcher... Showalters refusal to use his best relief pitcher when the season was on the line was a symptom of ossisifed thinking. Some individual decisions are more than just taking a roll of the dice. They show an inner flaw. An inability to be flexible. To do things the same way they’ve always been done. That’s Buck. The thinking mans loser. KDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-8276228668928533412018-05-31T19:11:51.886-04:002018-05-31T19:11:51.886-04:00from 0 to 60from 0 to 60Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-16286289515793845732018-05-31T19:11:25.461-04:002018-05-31T19:11:25.461-04:00Well--Torre and Zimmer never would have had that t...Well--Torre and Zimmer never would have had that team if not for Buck and Stick. They were handed a Maserati to drive first time around the block with the Yankees. Easy to go 9 to 60 in a nonce that way. Just think if they had been handed a Yugo, as Buck was. Would they have had the wisdom to rebuild in the same way?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-82025836340802579802018-05-31T17:17:48.344-04:002018-05-31T17:17:48.344-04:00Showalter is good at getting teams 'almost'...Showalter is good at getting teams 'almost' there. I'll give him that. But I don't think he would have done as well as Torre/Zimmer with that team. Rufusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-92138563465497282172018-05-31T16:36:57.568-04:002018-05-31T16:36:57.568-04:00I do think it was terrible that George fired Buck....I do think it was terrible that George fired Buck. But then, it was also unforgivable that George fired Bob Lemon the way he did—twice—and Michael, and Piniella. And unforgivable how he exploited Billy Martin, who badly needed some kind of emotional or mental help.<br /><br />He was a bad guy, through and through.<br /><br />In fairness, it's quite understandable that Buck did not necessarily trust The Great One in that 1995 situation. But what I, for one, was yelling at my TV about at the time was that Cone was seriously gassed. He had thrown over 140 pitches. Even outstanding pitchers are not the same pitchers they usually are at that level of fatigue, something managers often want to overlook in extremis.<br /><br />Bobby Valentine made the same mistake a few years later. Sure, under ordinary conditions you would trust Al Leiter to put away Luis Sojo. After 143 pitches, he's not really Al Leiter anymore.HoraceClarke66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16965472730239358589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-10236229863084297482018-05-31T16:06:28.149-04:002018-05-31T16:06:28.149-04:00WinWarblist -- As both Buck and Stick have made cl...WinWarblist -- As both Buck and Stick have made clear, George was in regular touch with them during his banned period. You don't think a tyrant like Steinbrenner was about to let a piddling ruling stop him from running roughshod over his shop, do you? In fact, during his ban he contacted Michael through intermediaries to insist that he trade Bernie Williams, according to Buck, who said, "If he wanted to communicate with you, he had ways." Buck said to Stick, "We're not going to do this, are we?" And Stick said, "I'll make pro forma contacts with every team but will not try to push a serious deal. Then I can go back to George and say we tried." So did exactly that, and went back to Steinbrenner and told him, "Nobody's interested." To which Steinbrenner responded, "See? I told you he stinks."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-85629762695590708482018-05-31T16:02:42.773-04:002018-05-31T16:02:42.773-04:00As for the Orioles--they always overachieved under...As for the Orioles--they always overachieved under Showalter, based on preseason projections--usually by a wide margin. Same with Arizona and Texas. And with its starting staff and starting eight decimated by injuries in 1995, it's a miracle that the Yankees advanced to the postseason at all. If MacDowell had recorded an out in that situation, you and others wouldn't get to indulge your taste for second-guessing. It's easy to strike a pose of retroactive omniscience based on the outcome rather than the probabilities facing a manager BEFORE he knows the outcome.<br /><br />Yes--he made strategic missteps in this or that instance. But he also won three Manager of the Year awards and ranked second among MLB managers in the rankings of Joe Sheehan of Baseball Prospectus and Sports Illustrated, one of the most respected baseball analysts in the business. And he's far from alone in his opinion.<br /><br />It's easy to allow petty spites to eclipse the historical record in such matters--the dark side of fandom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-43365189438210726712018-05-31T15:59:51.595-04:002018-05-31T15:59:51.595-04:00Anon, well said. There is another element to the ...Anon, well said. There is another element to the early '90s that should be remembered. George was banned from involvement in baseball operations by Fay Vincent. Hard to trade away the farm when you're not allowed in the building.TheWinWarblisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02781226471237787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-39130903631094124862018-05-31T15:52:58.917-04:002018-05-31T15:52:58.917-04:00John M, I prefer to use SUCK+ over unadjusted SUCK...John M, I prefer to use SUCK+ over unadjusted SUCK. I think SUCK+ gives a better picture, having been normalized for competitiveness, dickishness of opposing managers and ball(s) park factors.TheWinWarblisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02781226471237787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-41627461919720276852018-05-31T15:52:28.134-04:002018-05-31T15:52:28.134-04:00Buck and Stick collaborated on the youth-first pol...Buck and Stick collaborated on the youth-first policies of the early-to-mid-nineties. But by Stick's own testimony--and that of everyone who was around the team at the time--Showalter was a major influence in this policy. Bernie has said repeatedly that it was Buck who saved his career. And it was Buck, as manager, who insisted that Jeter be given number 2 because he recognized him as a special talent. And Showalter's few disagreements with Michael centered precisely on backsliding into the old ways--Showalter was adamantly opposed to acquiring Darryl Strawberry, Doc Gooden, and Ruben Sierra, all of whom compiled predictably abysmal WAR records while with the Yankees.<br /><br />There was additional subsequent backsliding that would no doubt not have occurred if Showalter had been there--for example, the retention of the mediocre Brosius and the concomitant shedding of the budding All-Star Mike Lowell, etc.<br /><br />Of course, the main reason why the policy of retaining the core five did not change after Showalter's departure is that all five turned out to be All-Stars. There's no mystery there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-36370227616554665002018-05-31T15:13:51.163-04:002018-05-31T15:13:51.163-04:00Anonymous, a well put defense of Buck but not one ...Anonymous, a well put defense of Buck but not one I haven't heard before. a couple of things don't square for me, however. (This is not an attack.)<br /><br />if it was Showalter that prevented the horrible trades that George wanted, why didn't they happen after Buck was fired? I'm not so sure it wasn't Stick who was the real hero back then. Has that history been written by unbiased observers? and if Buck is such a baseball genius, why couldn't he transform the Birds and get a few rings himself? Has Oriole ownership been that much worse that former Yankees ownership? (Think I might know the answer to that one...)<br /><br />Bonus question: can you explain why Buck did not use Z. Britton during that wild card game? was that a sound baseball decision? KDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-83896723606647000552018-05-31T15:01:24.470-04:002018-05-31T15:01:24.470-04:00A shame for Buck, of course. But then, he should h...A shame for Buck, of course. But then, he should have trusted in Mariano. And he can stop avenging himself by doing<br />things like trotting his best reliever out for a three-inning stint against us in April.HoraceClarke66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16965472730239358589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-64305086787091829972018-05-31T14:59:01.336-04:002018-05-31T14:59:01.336-04:00Very true, Rufus: "Always be merciless with ...Very true, Rufus: "Always be merciless with small teams."<br /><br />I did think that Buck was an outstanding manager, and hated to see him go. But then, I thought that Dick Howser was also a terrific manager, and that Lou Piniella and Gene Michael were pretty damned good.<br /><br />Didn't matter, back in the days of the Mad King.<br /><br />Torre's background of paternal abuse happened to give him the wherewithal to deal with George, and to shield his players from both the owner's wrath and the vulture media that predominates around here.<br /><br />Torre was never, I thought, a very good field manager. But he was uniquely able to calm the hysteria, and for that he deserves his Hall of Fame plaque.HoraceClarke66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16965472730239358589noreply@blogger.com