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« Reply #90 on: July 26, 2010, 11:22:30 AM »
Quote from: Armchair_QB on July 26, 2010, 11:19:04 AM
I was impressed with Valentine as a pbp guy.

Wait.  You mean "color" guy, right?
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« Reply #91 on: July 26, 2010, 11:23:01 AM »
Quote from: Armchair_QB on July 26, 2010, 11:19:04 AM
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Bobby V spent three-and-a-half hours tonight interviewing for the job on ESPN. I don't think I've ever heard a national p-b-p guy spend an entire game analyzing only one team.

He did spend a significant amount of time discussing Jon Jay's swing as well.

Say what you will about Valentine (I'm neutral on him as a managerial candidate for the Cubs)...I think he's an interesting guy to listen to.  He has an opinion, it's not the same recycled shit that most other color guys provide.  I thought that broadcast last night was better than the last two Sunday nights with Miller and Morgan out of the way.

Then again, I like Joe Buck.  So I'm prepared to again sit by myself in the corner, drinking non-alcoholic beer, getting turned down by hairy tanged fat broads.

I thought that was a great crew last night as well. I didn't even notice that Miller wasn't there.

I was impressed with Valentine as a pbp guy. First time I've heard him. I know he talked about the Cards but it just seemed like he spent way too much time critiquing the Cub players. More than you would expect from a national guy who only sees a team once or twice a year.

I only heard extra innings from that ESPN team. Pat and Ron talked me home from Indy, and they were great. What I heard from Valentine et al. was kind of an unfunny clusterfuck. Beat the shit out of Miller/Morgan though.
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« Reply #92 on: July 26, 2010, 11:23:19 AM »
Quote from: MAD on July 26, 2010, 11:22:30 AM
Quote from: Armchair_QB on July 26, 2010, 11:19:04 AM
I was impressed with Valentine as a pbp guy.

Wait.  You mean "color" guy, right?

Schulman did PBP
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« Reply #93 on: July 26, 2010, 11:57:26 AM »
Quote from: MAD on July 26, 2010, 11:22:30 AM
Quote from: Armchair_QB on July 26, 2010, 11:19:04 AM
I was impressed with Valentine as a pbp guy.

Wait.  You mean "color" guy, right?

He can't do color quite like ole Joe.
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« Reply #94 on: July 26, 2010, 12:03:24 PM »
Quote from: Yeti on July 26, 2010, 11:57:26 AM
Quote from: MAD on July 26, 2010, 11:22:30 AM
Quote from: Armchair_QB on July 26, 2010, 11:19:04 AM
I was impressed with Valentine as a pbp guy.

Wait.  You mean "color" guy, right?

He can't do color quite like ole Joe.

8-year-old joke.
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« Reply #95 on: July 26, 2010, 12:06:16 PM »
Quote from: Internet Apex on July 26, 2010, 12:03:24 PM
Quote from: Yeti on July 26, 2010, 11:57:26 AM
Quote from: MAD on July 26, 2010, 11:22:30 AM
Quote from: Armchair_QB on July 26, 2010, 11:19:04 AM
I was impressed with Valentine as a pbp guy.

Wait.  You mean "color" guy, right?

He can't do color quite like ole Joe.

8-year-old joke.

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« Reply #96 on: July 26, 2010, 01:20:54 PM »
Quote from: MAD on July 26, 2010, 11:22:30 AM
Quote from: Armchair_QB on July 26, 2010, 11:19:04 AM
I was impressed with Valentine as a pbp guy.

Wait.  You mean "color" guy, right?

Oops. yeah, I do.
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« Reply #97 on: July 26, 2010, 01:41:09 PM »
Quote from: MAD on July 26, 2010, 11:22:30 AM
Quote from: Armchair_QB on July 26, 2010, 11:19:04 AM
I was impressed with Valentine as a pbp guy.

Wait.  You mean "color" guy, right?

Racist.
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« Reply #98 on: August 26, 2010, 06:37:21 PM »
First up...Eric Wedge.

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Former Cleveland Indians  manager Eric Wedge had a face-to-face interview with Cubs general manager Jim Hendry on Thursday in Cleveland, as Hendry searches for a replacement for retired manager Lou Piniella. Wedge managed the Indians from 2003-09, winning the American League Manager of the Year Award in 2007, when he guided the Indians to the ALCS, only to lose to the Boston Red Sox after going up 3-1. Wedge, 42, won over 500 games with the Indians, including a first-place finish in 2007 and finishing second in 2005 behind the world champion Chicago White Sox.
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« Reply #99 on: August 26, 2010, 08:32:15 PM »
Quote from: PenPho on August 26, 2010, 06:37:21 PM
First up...Eric Wedge.

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Former Cleveland Indians  manager Eric Wedge had a face-to-face interview with Cubs general manager Jim Hendry on Thursday in Cleveland, as Hendry searches for a replacement for retired manager Lou Piniella. Wedge managed the Indians from 2003-09, winning the American League Manager of the Year Award in 2007, when he guided the Indians to the ALCS, only to lose to the Boston Red Sox after going up 3-1. Wedge, 42, won over 500 games with the Indians, including a first-place finish in 2007 and finishing second in 2005 behind the world champion Chicago White Sox.



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I don't know about you guys, but anytime a GM interviews managerial candidates one-on-one, I take it as a sure sign he's about to get fired.
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« Reply #100 on: August 27, 2010, 08:09:52 AM »
Quote from: PenPho on August 26, 2010, 06:37:21 PM
First up...Eric Wedge.

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Former Cleveland Indians  manager Eric Wedge had a face-to-face interview with Cubs general manager Jim Hendry on Thursday in Cleveland, as Hendry searches for a replacement for retired manager Lou Piniella. Wedge managed the Indians from 2003-09, winning the American League Manager of the Year Award in 2007, when he guided the Indians to the ALCS, only to lose to the Boston Red Sox after going up 3-1. Wedge, 42, won over 500 games with the Indians, including a first-place finish in 2007 and finishing second in 2005 behind the world champion Chicago White Sox.



Wedge GETS IT.
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« Reply #101 on: August 27, 2010, 08:24:04 AM »
Quote from: R-V on August 26, 2010, 08:32:15 PM
Quote from: PenPho on August 26, 2010, 06:37:21 PM
First up...Eric Wedge.

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Former Cleveland Indians  manager Eric Wedge had a face-to-face interview with Cubs general manager Jim Hendry on Thursday in Cleveland, as Hendry searches for a replacement for retired manager Lou Piniella. Wedge managed the Indians from 2003-09, winning the American League Manager of the Year Award in 2007, when he guided the Indians to the ALCS, only to lose to the Boston Red Sox after going up 3-1. Wedge, 42, won over 500 games with the Indians, including a first-place finish in 2007 and finishing second in 2005 behind the world champion Chicago White Sox.



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I don't know about you guys, but anytime a GM interviews managerial candidates one-on-one, I take it as a sure sign he's about to get fired.

Fo shizzle.
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« Reply #102 on: August 27, 2010, 09:06:22 AM »
They could do a lot worse than Wedge.  Like Ryne Sandberg, for instance.
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« Reply #103 on: August 27, 2010, 09:09:24 AM »
Quote from: Eli on August 27, 2010, 09:06:22 AM
They could do a lot worse than Wedge.  Like Ryne Sandberg, for instance.

Yeah, Wedge is a good candidate. It is just troubling that the GM-who-should-be-fired is the one doing the interviewing.
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« Reply #104 on: August 27, 2010, 09:09:46 AM »
Quote from: Eli on August 27, 2010, 09:06:22 AM
They could do a lot worse than Wedge.  Like Ryne Sandberg, for instance.

That's just dumb.  A few years back, there was a guy named Mike Murphy calling the Twins new manager "Gardenvariety" because MacPhail was going to hire him on the cheap.  Instead, we got Don Baylor.

I wouldn't hire Sandberg and I hope the Cubs don't.  But that's only because Sandberg's ability is unknown.  We don't know if he'll be better or worse than Wedge.

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Wow.  Did you know that before Wedge took the Injuns job he was their A manager, then their AA manager, then their AAA manager?

What a fucken pathetic track to become a manager at the major league level.
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