Last week the Cardinals lost two straight to the Phillies at home. Goldschmidt, a candidate for MVP and Gold Glove honors went 0'fer in these two games. Arenado, he of another Gold Glove season and 30 HR and 100 RBI, was 1-7. Fire these two slackers. They are paid to perform, now dance! Ollie Marmol blew a 2 run lead in the first game allowing his closer and that guy's replacement to give up 6 runs. First the bum, he should have seen it was going south and done gotten the closer out and put in a better reliever.
Last week the Mets lost at home to the Padres. Francisco Lindor hit .200, with 1 HR and 1 RBI. He clearly is not worth the 30+ million they are paying him as he couldn't even help his team out of the first round of the playoffs. And fire the manager as he couldn't even keep his team out of this series and get them a first round bye. I mean, one game. He couldn't have helped his team wn one more game? Plus, why did he let Scherzer pitch the 3rd time through the order when it was so obvious that he didn't have it that day, havng given up 3 runs in the first 4 innings? Plus, knowing Bassitt was not a quality playoff pitcher, why did he go to him in game 3 and why did he leave him in so long. I mean, hell, he ended up using 6 relievers anyway. Why didn't he use a bullpen game?
I am a Guardians' fan. Why am I bringing this stuff up? Because of what I am hearing and reading this morning. Francona needs to manage better. Dolan is a cheapskate. Our players are not good enough or they are chokers.
Here's a news flash: going out and obtaining high-priced players doesn't guarantee you anything.
I am going to say this once and be done with this thought:
GOING OUT AND GETTING HIGHLY-PAID PLAYERS HELPS TEAMS OVERCOME NOT PLAYING THE GAME THE RIGHT WAY.
As the Highlander says 'There can be only one". Every other team except the one that wins the WS will have ownership that did not do enough to bring in good players. Every other team will have a manager who didn't make the right moves. Every other team will have players who didn't perform well enough when the spotlight was brightest.
I get the desperation. You never know when you are getting back to the playoffs. This franchise hasn't won a WS since 1948. I get it all. But just like when the 1994 Cleveland Indians became the 1995 Cleveland Indians by bringing in Dennis Martinez and Orel Hersheiser, I think the 2023 Cleveland Guardians will have added some key players who will make a difference.
But that ain't happening right now so enjoy the ride and let's root for our team to win playing its brand of baseball. Frankly, I really, truly, believe that if we play our brand of baseball it will take a Herculean effort for the Yankees to win. Translated, I truly believe that we can win this series just playing baseball like we have for the last month.
And, for those of you who don't attend games and still want to bitch, get your butts out to games and support your team. Then you can have a negative opinion if you choose.
One fnal set of thoughts:
- Last night was only one game
- We had our #3 starter going against New York's #1 starter IN NEW YORK!!!
- Ramirez and Kwan hit the ball well and Gimenez got a hit
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