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Embarrassing performance tonight.

Wtf. Are they even trying to lose?

Thankfully Profar comes through with a clutch K.

Some really unclutch PAs. It’s like they’re trying to blow this easy loss.

Indeed. Had them on the ropes, but ultimately couldn’t give up a single run.

Would’ve looked great on a contender.

Always an organizational danger in any industry (and life generally). If you’re not always self-interrogating and looking to be elastic in your thinking/dealing, you’re doomed to ossify, and wither in the autumnal breeze of your own excretions.

At least the deadline acquisitions Anthopoulos did make are helping keep the team in tank mode!

Nobody owns this domain yet. Might be a good collective use of our forum dues.

100%. Not much else to be said that hasn’t been said—but this is a big strike-one for me, given (as I said) the inflection point they’re at as an organization. Strike-two would be failing to replace Snitker competently. Strike-three would be a faceplant this offseason.

I’m with you. I don’t rush to change course over weak and/or short-term data. But we’re nearing an inflection point. An unequivocal failure at this deadline is the first domino, but a poor offseason will likely send us to the end of Anthopoulos’ rope.

Extent the daybis, please, AA!

Agreed. Getting nothing of substance done would be a huge L.

Hoping for some last-minute scratches from the lineup.

The Diamondbacks are doing this right. Don’t hate that, as they’re my current proximity-based second team.

Easy to forget in the Big 25 that the Saint Louis Cardinals and anyone who supports them are some of the worst people out there.

Nice to see you, friend!

Slightly more defensible. Not unloading guys now, meanwhile, is a downright dereliction of duty.

I still think he’s earned a lot of faith for the foundation of success he’s built over the past almost-decade. And I think he’s made a lot of good, and some great, decisions for the franchise. And I still remember, moreover, how forlorn and rudderless the organization felt in the years prior...

After so many moons, the fire tends to flicker out faster. But that’s how she keeps the assembly-line moving.