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Originally Posted by keg in kc
It's the 14th of April. The season isn't even 2 weeks old. There are 150 games left. 150.
If you're getting this upset this early, you might want to just tune them out. Because you'll have an ulcer by June. If you make it that far.
Baseball is a weird game. Slumps spread like virus' through a team. So do streaks. It's sort of like weather in the midwest. What you see today isn't necessarily what you'll see tomorrow. They could go out tomorrow afternoon, blink on like a lightbulb and give Grienke another win. Then they go on to take 4 of 6 from the Tigers and Twins this week, and suddenly we're looking at an 8-11 team on an upswing instead of a 3-9 one that looks like turd on a stick. Or they could win tomorrow, go on to lose 5 in a row, and maintain their weird early streak (win 1, lose 2, win 1, lose 3, win 1, lose 4 (so far)), and then you can complain about how David Glass sucks because we spent too much on Mike S. Weeney and Octavio Dotel and Gil Meche, or else because he doesn't spend 10 billion on everyone else.
Criticize Glass all you want. He's hired the right GM (according to everyone), he's increased the payroll significantly, and he's shown a new willingness to shell out big contracts. And now it's up to the players.
Beyond that, it's a rebuilding year, where we'll be playing a ton of young guys. Everybody knew it coming in.
Or at least I thought they did.
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This is a solid take, and I agree with you. But what ticks me off is that this team didn't start the year with a sense of urgency. Let me clarify: Bell spent a lot of time yacking about the importance of getting off to a good start. Third game of the year, though, with a chance to take the opening series, and starters are on the bench for "regular rest."
This kind of stuff is a joke. Yes, Sweeney will get hurt if someone walks past him too closely and Grudz. is coming off a knee injury, but don't tell me these guys can't play 3 freaking games. Get 20-30 games in to the year playing decent ball, then start getting guys some rest.