Comments on: Hire Tony LaRussa! http://hirejimessian.com/2009/09/08/hire-tony-larussa/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:57:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SK http://hirejimessian.com/2009/09/08/hire-tony-larussa/comment-page-1/#comment-46015 SK Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:30:34 +0000 http://hirejimessian.com/?p=5114#comment-46015 "Duncan immediately makes your pitching staff better and he helps you figure out what your needs are BEFORE free agency and the Winter Meetings." Does Kaplan think LaRussa and Duncan are going to quit their jobs before the end of the season when their team is in first place????  How else is Duncan going to make the pitching staff better before free agency (10 days after the WS or something, right) and the Winter Meetings?  Is DUncan going to run a camp for Marmol, Zambrano, Harden, etc., over the long Thansgiving weekend? “Duncan immediately makes your pitching staff better and he helps you figure out what your needs are BEFORE free agency and the Winter Meetings.”

Does Kaplan think LaRussa and Duncan are going to quit their jobs before the end of the season when their team is in first place????  How else is Duncan going to make the pitching staff better before free agency (10 days after the WS or something, right) and the Winter Meetings?  Is DUncan going to run a camp for Marmol, Zambrano, Harden, etc., over the long Thansgiving weekend?

]]> By: Bad Kermit http://hirejimessian.com/2009/09/08/hire-tony-larussa/comment-page-1/#comment-45970 Bad Kermit Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:01:59 +0000 http://hirejimessian.com/?p=5114#comment-45970 Yeah, they're out of it. Yeah, they’re out of it.

]]> By: Ryan Beariot http://hirejimessian.com/2009/09/08/hire-tony-larussa/comment-page-1/#comment-45969 Ryan Beariot Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:53:17 +0000 http://hirejimessian.com/?p=5114#comment-45969 ah, nuts. though i must admit i do like the fact that replies show up in a good place for them to go, so at least some good came of my blatherings. ah, nuts. though i must admit i do like the fact that replies show up in a good place for them to go, so at least some good came of my blatherings.

]]> By: E=mc2 http://hirejimessian.com/2009/09/08/hire-tony-larussa/comment-page-1/#comment-45968 E=mc2 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:22:05 +0000 http://hirejimessian.com/?p=5114#comment-45968 Hello, youthful optimists...I've been in the lab, studying professional sports organizations that have strong management/leaders. After reviewing the data I have concluded "Wait 'till next year." Fondly, Albert Hello, youthful optimists…I’ve been in the lab, studying professional sports organizations that have strong management/leaders. After reviewing the data I have concluded “Wait ’till next year.”

Fondly, Albert

]]> By: Ryan Beariot http://hirejimessian.com/2009/09/08/hire-tony-larussa/comment-page-1/#comment-45967 Ryan Beariot Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:51:21 +0000 http://hirejimessian.com/?p=5114#comment-45967 on an unrelated note, and this could be my optimism coming into play here, but we arent officially out of anything at this point. i mean, yes, we're 7.5 games back of the wild card.  But.... the rockies are playing mostly NL west teams the rest of the way, and that division should mediocre itself out into a fairly mediocre season, if things get lucky.  plus they end their season against the Tardinals, the brewers, and then LA.  if larussa and torre arent playing their starters to "keep them rested for the playoffs" then both of them should be ousted from their jobs forever. The giants have 6 games against LA and 4 against us, along with 3 against colorado.  if they lose all those first ten and the split breaks well for us in the colorado-sf series.... the marlins have 6 games against the phillies.  and yes, i dont want to face the phillies if we get to the playoffs (hell, i dont want to face any of the 3 NL teams) i certainly dont want to face them with the wild card on the line.  they also have 3 against Atlanta, who is also trying for a wild card berth but doesnt have the strength for the long haul.  the marlins also have 4 games against the Reds, and dusty is going to throw the best line up he can out there so he doesnt spoil the races, or whatever that BS is.  yeah, we face the reds too, but we can take them. meanwhile, our schedule has 3 games against the pirates, 4 against SF, 3 against St lousy, and 7 against those cheese eating fuckfaces north of us.  i'm not saying its gonna be easy, i'm just saying that maybe, just freaking maybe, if aramis gets better, derrek stays on his pace, jeff baker keeps hitting, Milton stops being a cancer, marmol stays effective, and Alfonso Soriano/Jake Fox gives us some production in Left Field..... we can get swept in the first round of the playoffs again.  Fucking dammit, i hate this team. on an unrelated note, and this could be my optimism coming into play here, but we arent officially out of anything at this point.

i mean, yes, we’re 7.5 games back of the wild card.  But….

the rockies are playing mostly NL west teams the rest of the way, and that division should mediocre itself out into a fairly mediocre season, if things get lucky.  plus they end their season against the Tardinals, the brewers, and then LA.  if larussa and torre arent playing their starters to “keep them rested for the playoffs” then both of them should be ousted from their jobs forever.

The giants have 6 games against LA and 4 against us, along with 3 against colorado.  if they lose all those first ten and the split breaks well for us in the colorado-sf series….

the marlins have 6 games against the phillies.  and yes, i dont want to face the phillies if we get to the playoffs (hell, i dont want to face any of the 3 NL teams) i certainly dont want to face them with the wild card on the line.  they also have 3 against Atlanta, who is also trying for a wild card berth but doesnt have the strength for the long haul.  the marlins also have 4 games against the Reds, and dusty is going to throw the best line up he can out there so he doesnt spoil the races, or whatever that BS is.  yeah, we face the reds too, but we can take them.

meanwhile, our schedule has 3 games against the pirates, 4 against SF, 3 against St lousy, and 7 against those cheese eating fuckfaces north of us.  i’m not saying its gonna be easy, i’m just saying that maybe, just freaking maybe, if aramis gets better, derrek stays on his pace, jeff baker keeps hitting, Milton stops being a cancer, marmol stays effective, and Alfonso Soriano/Jake Fox gives us some production in Left Field…..

we can get swept in the first round of the playoffs again.  Fucking dammit, i hate this team.

]]> By: Grow Stubs Grow http://hirejimessian.com/2009/09/08/hire-tony-larussa/comment-page-1/#comment-45966 Grow Stubs Grow Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:22:00 +0000 http://hirejimessian.com/?p=5114#comment-45966 Given his propensity towards the booze, and IL's recent liquor tax hike, I really don’t see Tony coming to Chicago as the skipper.  If he does however, you can bet your Josh Hancock jersey that the infamous Chicago red light camera's will catch him asleep at the wheel, in a vodka/gin/spaghetti sauce induced haze (again), before the contrast ratio of Kaplan's spring training tan fades from "authentic AZ sunshine" to "radioactive CHI tanning bed".  Now Mark DeRosa on the other hand…his faux-beard alone could field a winning team all Cub fans would enjoy, and with Todd Walker at his side as Vice Manger he’d be unstoppable (not to mention his cancer curing properties, etc., Amen). Given his propensity towards the booze, and IL’s recent liquor tax hike, I really don’t see Tony coming to Chicago as the skipper.  If he does however, you can bet your Josh Hancock jersey that the infamous Chicago red light camera’s will catch him asleep at the wheel, in a vodka/gin/spaghetti sauce induced haze (again), before the contrast ratio of Kaplan’s spring training tan fades from “authentic AZ sunshine” to “radioactive CHI tanning bed”.  Now Mark DeRosa on the other hand…his faux-beard alone could field a winning team all Cub fans would enjoy, and with Todd Walker at his side as Vice Manger he’d be unstoppable (not to mention his cancer curing properties, etc., Amen).

]]> By: berkeleycubfan http://hirejimessian.com/2009/09/08/hire-tony-larussa/comment-page-1/#comment-45965 berkeleycubfan Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:16:58 +0000 http://hirejimessian.com/?p=5114#comment-45965 I thought I was reading a Robert Anton Wilson novel when I got to the Lou on Lou part...it's all a conspiracy! I thought I was reading a Robert Anton Wilson novel when I got to the Lou on Lou part…it’s all a conspiracy!

]]> By: Fork http://hirejimessian.com/2009/09/08/hire-tony-larussa/comment-page-1/#comment-45964 Fork Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:55:18 +0000 http://hirejimessian.com/?p=5114#comment-45964 Dave Duncan resents the inference that he gives steroids to his pitchers. HGH, my friend...H-G-H. Dave Duncan resents the inference that he gives steroids to his pitchers.

HGH, my friend…H-G-H.

]]> By: JerBear50 http://hirejimessian.com/2009/09/08/hire-tony-larussa/comment-page-1/#comment-45963 JerBear50 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:04:20 +0000 http://hirejimessian.com/?p=5114#comment-45963 Ya know, now that I think about it there are a couple players I wouldn't mind seeing die in a drunken, fiery car crash... All right Kaplan, I'm sold. Ya know, now that I think about it there are a couple players I wouldn’t mind seeing die in a drunken, fiery car crash… All right Kaplan, I’m sold.

]]> By: Ryan Beariot http://hirejimessian.com/2009/09/08/hire-tony-larussa/comment-page-1/#comment-45962 Ryan Beariot Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:14:31 +0000 http://hirejimessian.com/?p=5114#comment-45962 When Lou was fighting Lou, was i supposed to get flashbacks to Army of Darkness? and which Lou was the goody little two shoes? When Lou was fighting Lou, was i supposed to get flashbacks to Army of Darkness? and which Lou was the goody little two shoes?

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