Savage Husker

Collins on a 1 year deal is a steal for the Raiders.  Here's hoping he has another great season and can secure a long term bag.

I agree that Collins is a steal. I’m excited to see what comes of that team, just from a general interest, not raider fan or anything. 
 

Also, by underachieving, I mostly mean as a team/unit, not just the individual talent. 

no 

@Hedley Lamarr who asked you anyways?

@ZRod

@Xmas32 yeah the starting rotation is awful and this is a team that can be in the hunt for a wild card spot if they can add a legit starter, but they don’t have much in the farm to give up without putting the future in further jeopardy. 

@Savage Husker agreed.  I just don't know what they're going to do as the farm system is pretty barren right now.  I guess the only hope would be if a team is looking to shed salary and the Ms can pick someone up as a half season rental and eat the salary in exchange for a low level prospect.  I'd love to be able to get a guy like Jake Odorizzi but I think the cost will be too high.  The only starters I can think of right now would be guys like Jordan Zimmerman or Smardzija due to their huge contracts.  The Walker trade looks like a huge win right now which is great.  I feel for Walker though, he's got electric stuff and it's a shame he got hurt.

I was happy with the Walker trade and especially happy to see the results so far. It’s too bad he keeps getting nicked up but that’s why I’m happy we sent him to Arizona. I was hoping they’d consider Harvey but not unhappy they didn’t get him, he’s a headcase. At this point, they need to be in striking distance in July to go buy a pitcher, unless Kuma comes back from injury looking like his no-hitter self from 3-4 years ago. 

Bull Durham. Good movie.

It’s in my Top 3. So many good quotes

I think I like Love of the Game more...

What, exactly, did he do?

This conversation is probably better reserved for the P&R forum.

Thank you!

Enhance

Haha!  No kidding!

They are, so therefore they think?

Nope.

I think they try to think but sh#t goes really haywire in teenage minds.

Awesome...I got a couple last week while in Playa del Carmen.  They came from an ISU fan and a Mizzou fan.  

Nice! Never been, but that sounds like a great trip to go on too!

That avocado's number is much smaller than the 6.023x10^23 that I'm used to.  

/sorry lol

Holy Guacamole!

That was actually really funny; Bahe is always better when Schick is around. 

BaheJay is horrible on his own.

Thanks for the heads up on this - that was hilarious.

"And we just laughed and laughed..."

We don't need to see your nudies bro.

Speak for yourself @ZRod. I am all that is man.

f#*k that.

I'll be sad if we end up with Chip Kelly

I'm just looking at it from a comedic stand point. 

Baseball kind of reminds me of basketball program. Lingering around 

I like the talent on the team, they are young with a ton of potential. When they put it together, I think they can play with most teams, if they can put on a run through rest of conference, they can catch fire in the conference tournament.

I love his reaction. Like a commenter said in the tweet, these stories never get old. 

Love it!  Merry Christmas Tanner!

There’s so many coronavirus jokes out there.....it’s a pundemic. 

Thank you for sharing. That all makes sense as to why he went with that lineup and I don’t fault him. What I will question is when you know these percentages are stacked against you, baseball is a game of percentages, then what are you going to do differently to adjust? Drag bunt down the first baseline as the lefty falls off the mound away from the bunt, get runners on and bunt and run or slap bunt? Choke up on the bat and move up and on in the box? Maybe they do teach those things, but it wasn’t working yesterday. 

What I like is that he recognizes their weaknesses and doesn’t shy away from addressing it publicly. Your opponent theoretically should already know your weaknesses, if you yourself can’t talk about a glaring problem, then you’re just fooling yourself. 

All great points SH! Like most players, I think coaches can get in a rut and have a hard time making a change or seeing the light. Perhaps he patterns his style after coaches he has had at the pro level and maybe that pattern only works well with elite players. I The slate is wiped clean and it's time to get ready for the national tournament. I hope they play well.

I would just find him an Ohio St shirt, gag or not, it's gonna sting haha.

Mariners still on pace for 162-0.  I'm just saying...

Yeah I agree with that. And it’s not that I disagree with his opinion, but If the athletes are on campus already, why wouldn’t they workout? 

If I was in college again (Uggg. I wish) and I lived just off campus, I would still be trying to have friends over and party.  I know I would.  Now, is that as "bad" as forced workouts, I guess not, but I would be doing it!

If NU is holding workouts after spring break, I don't see any way he isn't referencing NU.

And how can that be considered not level-headed? We may not like it but there are quite a few things more important than college football. Sure our team and players need every opportunity possible to get better but we've also recently been a .500+/- team. So in the grand scheme it really doesn't matter if they workout or practice at this time. jmo. Although it does seem they could easily maintain quarantine and safe distancing for lifting weights and workouts. Just may have to slow down a little and do a lot more sanitizing in between. It's not like the players have anywhere else to go.