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08-09-2010, 05:18 PM
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Don Wakamatsu canned
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08-09-2010, 05:22 PM
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Socratic Gadfly
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Re: Don Wakamatsu canned
Can't blame the M's. He was given a team that should have competed and it's in last place well below .500.
Still think he could be a good manger in the future. If anything, another manager on the market gives the Reds more negotiating power when they talk to Baker at the end of the season.
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08-09-2010, 05:29 PM
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Narron is still out there too, does that give the Reds power? Most GM's give their team some offense, maybe the M's should have thought of that when they were checking out guys gloves. |
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08-09-2010, 05:34 PM
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Re: Don Wakamatsu canned
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hehe
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08-09-2010, 05:55 PM
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Re: Don Wakamatsu canned
A day after Brandon Morrow, traded by the Seattle GM for an erratic setup guy with no real track record of success, throws a one-hitter with 17 Ks.
CYA
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08-09-2010, 06:07 PM
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Re: Don Wakamatsu canned
WAK was a dead man walking as he lost the clubhouse about the time Jr was falling asleep but his final nail was a couple of weeks ago...
This had zilch to do with events of the weekend...
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08-09-2010, 06:11 PM
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08-09-2010, 06:14 PM
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Re: Don Wakamatsu canned
Who cares?
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08-09-2010, 06:34 PM
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08-09-2010, 06:35 PM
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Socratic Gadfly
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Re: Don Wakamatsu canned
Morrow for League was a decent trade for both clubs. It had nothing to do with the M's success this year. The fact that one of them had good game a few days ago is pretty irrelevant.
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08-09-2010, 06:46 PM
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Please stop with the veiled attacks BTW, that kind of thing isn't acceptable on the Sundeck so it certainly doesn't rise to the higher standard of the ORG.
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08-09-2010, 06:49 PM
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Trading Morrow, a recent 1st rounder taken in the top 5 picks, was gutsy and indicated that the new regime considered him a bust. But he's got a great arm, top of rotation type stuff if you can harness it. Seattle didn't think he could start. Now, starting for Toronto, with a great defensive catcher caddying for him, he's putting up a 77 K/22 BB ratio over his last 63 innings. How well would that play in Safeco? I know which side of that trade I'd want to be on.
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08-09-2010, 07:02 PM
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The Morrow trade couldn't have helped the cause of the coaching staff, but no one cans a staff to change the news cycle. At least, no one since Steinbrenner died. |
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08-09-2010, 08:34 PM
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08-09-2010, 10:38 PM
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Re: Don Wakamatsu canned
Okay, just to let you all know, calling up your local Kroger and asking if they have Don Wakamatsu in a can...not a very good joke.
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