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#220,851
#220,851
Soft spoken, no interest in being that dog

It’s almost the same song and dance for every single one of them. It’s not like they’re lazy. It’s not like they don’t try.

But they just play baseball because they’re good at it and it makes them rich. Then they go home and live their lives.

None of them live it. None of them compete.
 
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#220,854
AJ Hinch got a lineup with 3.5 good hitters and a bullpen that makes about $10M total ready to play and beat a team that had made the ALCS 7 straight years. He’s calm but ready. He doesn’t look like there’s something uncomfortable up his ass the entire game. He’s focused but loose (like Heup). Always playing it batter to batter.

Meanwhile Snit can’t get the dudes ready. He never thinks ahead in any of his moves. As soon as something bad happens Snit’s entire facial expression shows panic. He never takes responsibility when he ****s up (never forget when describing Bryce Harper he said he just so happened to hit a homer). You can’t really change the core with all the contracts. The best way to change the attitude is with the manager.

But this organization won’t do this. They’re gutless, content resting on their laurels. They will blame the injuries, talk about how resilient the team actually was, all while the Atlanta media claps and blows smoke up their ass. The whole organization is perfectly content being good. They don’t care about actually improving.
 
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#220,856
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And we joke on their contracts relative to market value but they’ve all “made their money” so the incentive (for people so inclined) is gone to put in that extra little bit

Whole position group has $xxxx millions
 
#220,857
#220,857
TBrown said:
Soft spoken, no interest in being that dog

It’s almost the same song and dance for every single one of them. It’s not like they’re lazy. It’s not like they don’t try.

But they just play baseball because they’re good at it and it makes them rich. Then they go home and live their lives.

None of them live it. None of them compete.
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And this is not just a Braves problem, which I’m sure you completely understand.

I wonder how much the contracts and everyone being locked up plays a part in that. Maybe it doesn’t. I’m not sure. But I just want one time see some fire, see some spirit. And every year it’s “oh god we are down 3-1 it’s over”
 
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zjcvols said:
AJ Hinch got a lineup with 3.5 good hitters and a bullpen that makes about $10M total ready to play and beat a team that had made the ALCS 7 straight years. He’s calm but ready. He doesn’t look like there’s something uncomfortable up his ass the entire game. He’s focused but loose (like Heup). Always playing it batter to batter.

Meanwhile Snit can’t get the dudes ready. He never thinks ahead in any of his moves. As soon as something bad happens Snit’s entire facial expression shows panic. He never takes responsibility when he ****s up (never forget when describing Bryce Harper he said he just so happened to hit a homer). You can’t really change the core with all the contracts. The best way to change the attitude is with the manager.

But this organization won’t do this. They’re gutless, content resting on their laurels. They will blame the injuries, talk about how resilient the team actually was, all while the Atlanta media claps and blows smoke up their ass. The whole organization is perfectly content being good. They don’t care about actually improving.
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He's a AAA manager. Perfect for the Baby Braves when they came up, but he's not the guy to manage a contender
 
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#220,875
#220,875
This Braves off season should be interesting.

Pick up the option on Osuna.
Make a decent offer to Fried.
Bring back Merrifield and Urshela.
Sign a veteran to replace Morton.
Hope that the 2025 Braves version is relatively injury free.
 
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