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    Quote Originally Posted by striker42 View Post
    RIP Joe Morgan. Been a rough stretch for baseball greats.
    jesus. can't remember a stretch like this. sucks.

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    In a surprising move, IMO, the White Sox and manager Renteria have agreed to "part ways".

    For now, you have the Red Sox and White Sox looking for a new manager. I have a feeling that this will finally be the offseason that we lose Ron Washington. And I hate it because I love the guy.
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    Agree with all that this past summer has seen the passing of a slew of all-time baseball greats. Mind-boggling.

    Joe Morgan was probably the most important gear in the Big Red Machine, but people forget that he got his start with the Houston Colt .45s (they became the Astros in 1965). I still have his beat-up rookie card from 1965 (which also featured former Brave Sonny Jackson).



    As much as I hated the Big Red Machine, I always loved Joe Morgan. The guy played with energy and he had an unbelievably high baseball IQ on the field. He was one of the first second basemen I remember who was an all-around offensive threat. So many second basemen of that era were defense-first, put-the-ball-in-play kind of guys. Morgan blew up that mold.

    For younger fans, Joe played a key role in vaulting the Braves into the 1982 playoffs when as a member of the Giants, he hit a key 3-run homer on the last day of the season against the Dodgers that provided the Braves with the one-game edge in the NL West standings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanforlife88 View Post
    In a surprising move, IMO, the White Sox and manager Renteria have agreed to "part ways".

    For now, you have the Red Sox and White Sox looking for a new manager. I have a feeling that this will finally be the offseason that we lose Ron Washington. And I hate it because I love the guy.
    I suspect Cora is at the top of the White Sox list.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanforlife88 View Post
    In a surprising move, IMO, the White Sox and manager Renteria have agreed to "part ways".

    For now, you have the Red Sox and White Sox looking for a new manager. I have a feeling that this will finally be the offseason that we lose Ron Washington. And I hate it because I love the guy.
    I dunno... you think Wash wants to get back into a full time managers gig or continue to be the best assistant coach in the business. He seems to really enjoy what he's doing now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CrazyTrain View Post
    I dunno... you think Wash wants to get back into a full time managers gig or continue to be the best assistant coach in the business. He seems to really enjoy what he's doing now.
    He has interviewed for several opening manager positions the past few offseasons
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    lol Astros. Altuve error leads to 3 run homer by Rays

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    lol Astros. Altuve error leads to 3 run homer by Rays
    Altuve with legit yips. Yikes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    lol Astros. Altuve error leads to 3 run homer by Rays
    sooo happy they're going to take care of the Astros.
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    It's weird that Swanson still looks like he's in college, and Bregman looks like he's a middle-aged middle-manager at a paper company.
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    You know, 2020 would be the year something nearly unprecedented like a 3-0 comeback would happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CyYoung31 View Post
    You know, 2020 would be the year something nearly unprecedented like a 3-0 comeback would happen.
    Braves might just mount such a comeback.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jpx7 View Post
    It's weird that Swanson still looks like he's in college, and Bregman looks like he's a middle-aged middle-manager at a paper company.
    Cheating ages you

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    Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
    Cheating ages you
    As does living in Louisiana for three years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DirkPiggler View Post
    As does living in Louisiana for three years.
    Try ten, there is no going back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oklahomabrave View Post
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    Lot of good fishing there, but I get it.
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    If you are white and religious Louisiana is a great place for you. Otherwise I would advise avoiding it like the plague. I say this not as a black person who has been victim of it but as the white guy who knows what people there say when the black people arent in the room.



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    Rays are a beast of a team

    I would have liked to of seen Arozarena not stumble there and a clean catch by Smith. Could of been a Sid moment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    Rays are a beast of a team

    I would have liked to of seen Arozarena not stumble there and a clean catch by Smith. Could of been a Sid moment.
    I just love their balance throughout the line-up. There's not what I would call a headliner on their offensive side of things, but they are ye olde tough out 1-9.

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