Manny Acta gets the Indians Job

3 months ago Kinslerhomer 40 comments 0 recs |

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this is what makes twitter lame

your title is all the description that is in the link. Lame ass crap. I love the in-depth analysis or even possibly a link to an article. Nah, Why do that, when one sentence will describe the whole story?

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Oct 25, 2009 2:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

It just broke dumbass

the story is fourth coming.

The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...

by Kinslerhomer on Oct 25, 2009 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

the story broke? what story. I saw a sentence. It makes for very lazy journalistic work.

and dumbass maybe i’ll wait for the third coming

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Oct 25, 2009 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I second that!

by chrisR on Oct 25, 2009 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here

Yay!

The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...

by Kinslerhomer on Oct 25, 2009 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You are a douche.

What more do you need to know? How Acta and Shapiro engaged in intimate love making before Acta got the job? They thought he was the best candidate etc. and gave him the job. That’s it.

I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon

Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.

by AirJordan on Oct 25, 2009 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't need to know who the manager of the Indians is in the first place

who gives a shit about the indians and manny acta? I guess nobody does, or at least enough to write more than one sentence about him.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Oct 25, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I do

That’s why I promoted it to the main page.

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 25, 2009 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Same

I like Manny Acta.

by LiamP on Oct 25, 2009 4:33 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

I want to see

how he does with a decent team. He was a highly thought of guy when he was with the Mets.

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by coolaid on Oct 25, 2009 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Me too, and I like Shapiro a lot as well

Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...

Hi, Keith. Is this the year Edinson Volquez finally wins RoY?

by Brian Thomas on Oct 26, 2009 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's your prerogative

you run the site, but worthy of the front page? it’s about as worthy as every FA signing that will happen this winter. Of course, let’s hope the links to those go to more than just a twitter summary. Why even link this?

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Oct 25, 2009 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was breaking news

There wasn’t an article yet.

Maybe the OP could go back and link the actual article once one is out there but theres nothing wrong with this type of link to breaking news

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by bigsteve on Oct 25, 2009 5:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

How is it equivalent to ever free agent signing?

There are 30 managers in MLB and only a handful of them come open every year. I’m pretty sure more free agents than that get signed. If you had said it was equivalent to a major FA signing (Teixeira, CC, etc), you’d probably be right, but I’m pretty sure those are worthy of front page news.

Geez dude, I’d just quit right now before you dig an bigger hole than you’re already in.

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by WestTxAg06 on Oct 25, 2009 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

you would place Manny Acta, a manager in the same category

as Teixeira or any other player because there are fewer openings. Somebody really needs to think a little. FA signings are usually much more significant news than a manager who just left the worst team in baseball and now is going to the 2nd worst team in the AL and 4th worst in baseaball. Manager openings usually happen on very crappy teams, and I only care about those teams if they affect the Rangers significantly — ie AL West etc

AJM himself has been quoted as saying Managers don’t really have that much impact on the outcome of games.

And, my main point is not that it isn’t news, but that it is lazy freakin’ journalism. One sentence. Sure that may be all you have time for on the radio or whatever, but twitter seems to allow people now the ability to break news without actually providing any sort of coherent article. Why do we need sportswriters to do this? Can’t you just pay some crappy intern to give these great insights.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 8:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This guy seems to be traping a lot of people into fighting back,

The next hurlerhuley lbrooks. Great…Hello there buddy(or is it goodbye)! Only a matter of time before you piss of AJM and you get banned!

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by NYTXFAN on Oct 25, 2009 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have banned very, very few people

Texas_Dawg
habib
StealHome

That’s about it.

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 25, 2009 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Didn't Lbrooks get banned for life, or is that just cause of the greece monkey app.

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by NYTXFAN on Oct 25, 2009 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nope

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 25, 2009 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

habib was on LSB?

Guess that was before my time.

Also, Ben had to take matters into his own hands when he banned Texas_Dawg, so lets not take credit for that one, hmn? ; )

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by lonestarJon on Oct 25, 2009 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Once the sale of the team is complete, what will he do without his "Tom TOO CHEAP Hicks SUCKS" routine?

by Inkara1 on Oct 26, 2009 12:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Habib was here? Lol.

That guy was/is an idiot.

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by Ryin A on Oct 26, 2009 11:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've been on here for quite some time

and hardly have that history, so get over it or dwell on it. I could care less.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Oct 25, 2009 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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@jperrotto RT @alysonfooter: Anthony Castrovince, Indians beat writer for MLB.com, reporting Acta turned down Astros offer and accepted 3-yr deal.

The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...

by Kinslerhomer on Oct 25, 2009 3:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Indians Farm system >>>>>> Astros farm system

I would do the same exact thing

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by Smoak Some on Oct 25, 2009 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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@jperrotto RT @brianmctaggart: HOU offered Acta 2-year deal with 1-year option; CLE offered Acta 3-year deal with 1-year option

The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...

by Kinslerhomer on Oct 25, 2009 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Glad to see Acta get a chance to manage somewhere that's much less of a black hole than Washington.

I mean really, who could have gotten a better record out of the Nationals than Acta did?

by Inkara1 on Oct 25, 2009 3:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

LOL WUT??? WHY????

@BizballMaury RT Shades of Billy Martin @BowdenFOXSports Phil Garner and Houston should be next announcement

The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...

by Kinslerhomer on Oct 25, 2009 3:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Word from Onley is Big Mac is high on the list for the batting coach job that just opened?

And no we will not look at him to possibly fill ours.

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by NYTXFAN on Oct 25, 2009 4:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Nevermind he is hired.....

mind boggling cause he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers.

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by NYTXFAN on Oct 25, 2009 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He also drew a ton of walks

And was a great OBP guy throughout his career.

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 25, 2009 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And that could largely be due to opposing pitchers not wanting to pitch to him.

Say what you will but I don’t see him preeching patience at all.

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by NYTXFAN on Oct 25, 2009 7:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Opposing pitchers don't want to pitch to Vlad

And yet he never walks.

The idea that guys only draw walks because pitchers are afraid to pitch to them is b.s.

And since patience was a huge part of McGwire’s approach, I’m not sure why it wouldn’t be part of what he’d advocate as a hitting coach.

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 25, 2009 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guess all I remember is him hacking away when given the chance,

but then again, I never really followed him outside of the big home run chase. Lets see how he does then.

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by NYTXFAN on Oct 25, 2009 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He hit 263 for his career

but because he was able to draw walks had a career OBP of 394.

I think its safe to say that no hitter in our current lineup who will be on the team next year will ever have an OBP of 394, regardless of who our hitting coach is. I don’t think any of our guys will have exceptional OBPs just due to the collection of offensive talent we have.

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by DJCahill on Oct 26, 2009 5:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd say Vlad is a unique example.

A hitting coach surely doesn’t teach swinging at the types of pitches Vlad swings at.

McGwire was pitched around. Just like Bonds was. It’s alot easier to draw walks when pitchers aren’t challenging you. In fact he didn’t draw walks as much as he took them. To me drawing a walk is fouling off several pitches and making the pitcher miss the zone. Taking a walk is when the pitcher is happy missing the zone and hopes you hack at something out of it to get yourself out

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by bigsteve on Oct 26, 2009 1:05 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs