Lenny

Today? Today was only his 3rd worst game. Today was the first time I've seen him live, and he was doing [expletive] that would make Tebow cringe. He reminded of when Todd Zeile or Jose Oquendo would come into pitch during blowouts. The Niners could've grabbed Josh Freeman or Kyle Orton from whatever breadline they're on and had better results.

I don't think that's a coincedence. Good and historic teams that sellout all their home games and have huge waiting lists for season tickets, don't typically agree to give up home game revenue to agree to play overseas. It doesn't benefit the NFL to make them do so either. While the game has featured the Patriots, Giants, Cowboys, Bears, Steelers, Jets and Giants....the home teams for these games have historically been bad franchises or ones who have historically had trouble drawing fans consistently. Tampa twice. Dolphins twice. Jacksonville in the midst of 5 straight home games in London. Bad Rams, Raiders, and Saints teams. Didn't the NFL say that every NFL team will eventually give up a home game for London? Have the home teams other than Jacksonvile repeated as the home team? Isn't it a requirement in order to be considered for hosting a Super Bowel? Not really, but a tolerance to Ghost Peppers helps.

Is Colin Kaepernick even in the NFL this time next year? He's been stunningly bad today.

Well, they're not. There's so much hand wringing and pissing and moaning about him that I'm pretty sure more of them than not would be happy if they got rid of him. What idiot runs a promising young arm like Macha into the ground, then recalls Marco Gonzales from Memphis before he's rehabbed his shoulder? Mozeliak better realize. And if not him, Bill DeWitt.

i love how he cites the ventura and matheny hirings as though those were analytics guys or something That he included those two goofs invalidates his whole argument. Why wouldn't he use Scioscia as an example? He's as big an "old school" moron as the aforementioned, but he's at least shown some ability to recognize coaching talent, handles his pitching staff responsibly, and has a ring. Matheny and Ventura are just (much) less charismatic Dusty Bakers. I don't follow the Sox, but why the self-anointed Best Fans in Baseball are so content with Matheny after watching LaRussa, Torre, and Herzog is beyond me.

Why include Latos? Understand he had great results against us with CIN years ago, but considering the current pitching environment he's a 4 or 5 at best. If Jed decides to sign him for more than 1 year or more than about $7M guaranteed, we'll call it a [expletive] contract, and rightfully so. Dave's right, it was a buy-low, cheapskate move. I'm confused at what you think is a 4-5 at best. http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=3815&position=P Jason Hammel had more productive seasons the past two years. http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=3815&position=P He just ain't the same guy he was before/during 2013. It was a cheapskate trade. You understand his role, right? They weren't looking for a #1 or a #2. Those were Kershaw and Greinke. They got Wood to be the #3. They had Anderson as #4. They were looking for a #5 starter at that point. Latos was a really good bet as a guy who had a 3.45 FIP for the team he was on before the break. He had a 8.05/2.55 K/BB ratio. He was average or better at preventing HR. He was a really good bet to be above average with proven upside, let alone a serviceable #5. You're being pretty ridiculous here. How is it ridiculous? This was a team that stated they had no payroll restrictions, farm depth, and a glaring need for stability at the back of their rotation. I don't blame their fans being disappointed that Latos was their second biggest acquisition.

Why include Latos? Understand he had great results against us with CIN years ago, but considering the current pitching environment he's a 4 or 5 at best. If Jed decides to sign him for more than 1 year or more than about $7M guaranteed, we'll call it a [expletive] contract, and rightfully so. Dave's right, it was a buy-low, cheapskate move. I'm confused at what you think is a 4-5 at best. http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=3815&position=P Jason Hammel had more productive seasons the past two years. http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=3815&position=P He just ain't the same guy he was before/during 2013. It was a cheapskate trade.

Why include Latos? Understand he had great results against us with CIN years ago, but considering the current pitching environment he's a 4 or 5 at best. If Jed decides to sign him for more than 1 year or more than about $7M guaranteed, we'll call it a shitty contract, and rightfully so. Dave's right, it was a buy-low, cheapskate move.

Oh, and we actually have a competent [expletive] FO this time around. They'll adjust.

Our most senior "core" position player is 26. We lucked into a career year to end all career years with Arrieta. "The talent is there!" http://www.chibarproject.com/Reviews/WrigleyField/LeeElia.jpg

It's obvious Turner broadcasting blew the budget on the NBA crew Never thought I'd long for the objectivity of Joe [expletive] Buck

I feel like Castro has hit everything that hard this series. He has little to show for it, but he's been on top of everything. You're not wrong, he's actually acquitted himself pretty well.

And almost everyone in our lineup is <25, and cost-controlled for at least four more seasons. Even the magical Cardinals never put together an offense like this. Hate to throw truth on the pity party, but 2015 is an enormous success by any measure. Definitely, though inevitably Kyle is going to run in here and point out how bright the future looked after 2003, too. Personally, I was expecting/hoping for them to finish in the 85-87 win range. That would have been an enormous success to me with all of the new players and after how craptacular the previous several seasons had been. Finishing with 97 wins? Beating the Pirates in the WC? Beating the Cardinals the first time either team had played each other in the playoffs? And after losing game 1? [expletive], what a crazy season. We bashed the [expletive] out of StL in the NLDS. I don't blame more casual fans for being pumped. Nobody foresaw Arietta's season. I doubt even Al Yellon expected this much production out of our lineup this early. We overachieved, and we were fortunate to run into a Cards' rotation that had been injured/Matheny'ed. Either way, we're way ahead of schedule. This NLCS will pay dividends in the future.

And almost everyone in our lineup is <25, and cost-controlled for at least four more seasons. Even the magical Cardinals never put together an offense like this. Hate to throw truth on the pity party, but 2015 is an enormous success by any measure.

I'd take Steven A Smith and Hawk Harelson even. That combo actually sounds pretty [expletive] awesome

find a way to break a curse, do whatever you have to. this team is capable of winning a world series. hey, remember in 2003 when we hadn't lost 3 in a row all year until the nlcs, just when we were about to make it to the series? anybody remember 1984? they can't get there, it cannot be explained. I think that they've only been to the NLCS 3 times in the 46 years it's existed kinda explains it pretty well. Yeah, that might have something to do with it.

find a way to break a curse, do whatever you have to. this team is capable of winning a world series. hey, remember in 2003 when we hadn't lost 3 in a row all year until the nlcs, just when we were about to make it to the series? anybody remember 1984? they can't get there, it cannot be explained. Enough already. The curse this team had until this point was mismanagement. At the beginning of the year, .500 was the popular pick. This team way overachieved. Yep. That we got this far with a lineup of college-aged kids is incredible.

Absolute poppycock.

I would rather him get in his car and drive away from the park. No, I prefer he'd be caught stealing one and be quieted away to Homan Square.

Meet the Mets Greet the Mets Step right up, and play golf with the Mets

get your anti-semitic rhetoric out of this thread Was thisclose to making a sure it's the mets but that's uncalled for joke earlier. You win. http://a.abcnews.go.com/images/Sports/espnapi_ny_g_seinfeld_b2_576x324_wmain.jpg The [expletive] is he eating? And what happened to his luxury suite that he claimed Lady Gaga trashed? Spending too much of that residual $ on every POS Ferdinand Porsche pumped out, Jerry?

The delusional part is thinking his offense is worth $100 million.

I wish I'd have recorded the conversations I overheard at work this morning. The levels of self-delusion Cardinals fans can reach never ceases to amaze me. "We just need Wacha and Wainwright healthy at the same time" "Bryant reminds me of Mark Reynolds. He'll be a washout, watch!" "Give Heyward the $100 million, we really need his BAT" "A healthy Adams woulda creamed 'em!" (to be fair, dude who said it just drives a forklift) Noticeably absent: " Matheny was totally and completely de-pantsed. He was handed a stacked team and a loaded farm years ago and has proven over and over again his inability to manage a roster or his bullpen. He's the Cardinals' Dusty Baker."

So David Price is kinda redundant now, right?