Veruca Salt was a Reds fan
Veruca Salt was a Reds fan
Which year should the Reds have fired Sparky Anderson? After the 1970 season, or '72 or '73? How about McKechnie? He should have been canned after 1939. Same for Hutchinson after they got their hats handed to them in 1961?
World Series titles are great, they're the ultimate goal, but the reality is, you don't always win them.
“In the same way that a baseball season never really begins, it never really ends either.” - Lonnie Wheeler, "Bleachers, A Summer in Wrigley Field"
The Baseball Emporium - Books & Things.
The Baseball Bookstore
http://tsc-sales.com/
http://tscsales.blogspot.com/
http://silverscreenbooks.com/
Cute. But, if not now, when? It isn't 1975 -- small market teams can't keep windows open forever in this day and age. By your logic, we could join the Cubs in the 100+ year wait club and it would be OK so long as the team consistently has winning seasons.
Regardless, any manager that doesn't win a championship is open to questions. There's no manager who will be insulated from criticism, and that's especially true of a manager who doesn't have a ring.
Cincinnati Reds: Farm System Champions 2022
I'm a little confused, CE. Last summer, you were taking the stance the Reds should not trade Devin Mesoraco because small market clubs have to keep their farm systems stocked to compete. Now you seem to be suggesting that windows don't stay open for very long, hinting that the Reds should be doing everything they can to win now.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
The Reds haven't acted like a small market team recently and they have a fairly sizeable window right now. Teams don't often go from zero to sixty as fast as you wish. There is a maturation process that takes place as well. And if you don't believe that, then why aren't you as critical of the players who were actually on the field?
Joe P
Ultimate success is no longer judged over 162 games. Your grade will be determined by the final exam. Success is assessed during the first three weeks of October, when a hot pitcher, a zoned-in hitter, a series of double play balls or a favorable call from the umpire can make all the difference.
http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/39913534/
You're the new guard CE
Have at it, it's your world now
Fool's errand to put all your baseball hopes in the postseason. If it happens, consider yourself lucky. If not, enjoy the ride.Ultimate success is no longer judged over 162 games. Your grade will be determined by the final exam. Success is assessed during the first three weeks of October, when a hot pitcher, a zoned-in hitter, a series of double play balls or a favorable call from the umpire can make all the difference.
So let's not play the post-season at all. Just give the team with the best record a trophy and move onward to the offseason.
Last edited by Caveat Emperor; 10-21-2012 at 11:43 AM.
Cincinnati Reds: Farm System Champions 2022
Meanwhile in Gotham City
Between All and Nothing Lies Yanks’ New Reality
On the field, the Yankees are just like everybody else in the postseason. That is, they are susceptible to poorly timed slumps and devastating injuries and egregious umpire calls and rotten scheduling. Their 27 championships and high expectations offer no guarantees of October magic.
Did the Yankees fail this season? Yes and no. Every team wants to win the World Series, so the Yankees are one of 29 that will fail to meet that goal this season. But four days of astonishing ineptitude against the Tigers should not obscure what came before.
“The bottom line is very simple: the season ended in a very disappointing way because our goal is to win the World Series,” the team president, Randy Levine, said after flying home from Detroit on Friday. “But the fact of the matter is, despite that, we won 95 games, the best in the American League, and we made it to the A.L.C.S.
"There's more to life than winning a championship. There's the magic of summer days at the ballpark. They can never take that away from us."
- Every Cubs fan for the last 100 years.
Cincinnati Reds: Farm System Champions 2022
Between the Champs not being worth anything nowadays and the Champs being the only thing that defines success, I think there is a definite psychic impact from this past season.
Board Moderators may, at their discretion and judgment, delete and/or edit any messages that violate any of the following guidelines: 1. Explicit references to alleged illegal or unlawful acts. 2. Graphic sexual descriptions. 3. Racial or ethnic slurs. 4. Use of edgy language (including masked profanity). 5. Direct personal attacks, flames, fights, trolling, baiting, name-calling, general nuisance, excessive player criticism or anything along those lines. 6. Posting spam. 7. Each person may have only one user account. It is fine to be critical here - that's what this board is for. But let's not beat a subject or a player to death, please. |