Nationals GM Mike Rizzo gets contract extension.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/09/13/mike-rizzo-nationals-contract-extension/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/09/13/mike-rizzo-nationals-contract-extension/
September MLB news
- Thread starter AB in DC
- Start date
11 hours of sleep isn’t enough for at least one major league pitcher:
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2718628
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2718628
Wow, this dude sleeps his entire life away, wakes up long enough to work and heads back to bed
What's the point?
He makes $12M per year, so approximately $400K per start, he can retire and be set for life in a few years.
Seriously. The majority of people wake up, go to work, get home, have dinner and go to bed, just to wake up and do it all over again, and a lot of us never really get to retire.
I'll take Kikuchi's timeline any day of the week and twice on all of them.
I'll take Kikuchi's timeline any day of the week and twice on all of them.
But if you're going to sleep the entire day away, what's the point?
We all work, but we also do lots of other things we enjoy. We only have so much time and sleeping 50% of it away each day seems like a waste, no matter how much money you have
edit/ Obviously I don't know Kikuchi, or what's going on in his life, or what motivates him. Just on the surface, seems weird to me, that's all I'm commenting on
We all work, but we also do lots of other things we enjoy. We only have so much time and sleeping 50% of it away each day seems like a waste, no matter how much money you have
edit/ Obviously I don't know Kikuchi, or what's going on in his life, or what motivates him. Just on the surface, seems weird to me, that's all I'm commenting on
His career will be over before he is 40, he will have 24/7/365 from then on to do whatever the hell he wants.
And yeah, sleeping that much is very unusual but evidently that’s what works for him.
I can't remember ever sleeping for 11 straight hours. I'm sure I've been in bed for 11+ hours, especially when sick, but I was definitely not asleep the whole time. Doing that every night, or the idea of it not being enough, is kinda mind-blowing.
He must have a very supportive and understanding wife to let him sleep until noon everyday while she takes care of their son.
Researched this a bit more, Ohtani also prefers to sleep a massive amount, 12 hours per day.
View: https://twitter.com/shoheisaveus/status/1644259306878177281?s=46&t=0GHHaPVUX26Io0V2HIcS0g
View: https://twitter.com/shoheisaveus/status/1644259306878177281?s=46&t=0GHHaPVUX26Io0V2HIcS0g
Im not sure these days I could even sleep 11-14 hours if i had the time and wanted to. In college and grad school, no issue at all. At 40 (ugh) isnt possible for me.
Frankly Im impressed he can go that long
Frankly Im impressed he can go that long
Young people sleep a lot. Older people rarely sleep enough. Since the pitcher is only talking about the night before the day he pitches, it's not all that odd.
Cubs look completely out of gas. On 9/6 they had the second WC spot and only trailed the Brewers by 1.5 games for the division. They're about to go 3-10 since then including series losses to the Rockies and Pirates.
It feels like Baltimore and Tampa Bay are calling up stud prospects every week. They just dig around and find new ones in between the couch cushions.
Alcantara had "renewed forearm tightness" after a rehab start for his UCL strain on Thursday. Shut back down, assumption is done for the season as best case scenario.
Orioles and State of Maryland announce a 30-year lease extension for Camden Yards.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2023/09/28/orioles-announce-new-30-year-deal-to-stay-at-camden-yards/70996632007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2023/09/28/orioles-announce-new-30-year-deal-to-stay-at-camden-yards/70996632007/
Bryce Harper was ejected by Angel Hernandez on one of the worst reversal-of-a-check-swing strike calls I've ever seen.
https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/bryce-harper-ejected-angel-hernandez-bad-call
This guy needs to be fired.
https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/bryce-harper-ejected-angel-hernandez-bad-call
This guy needs to be fired.
View: https://twitter.com/cseidmannbcs/status/1707566208306823268?s=46
“Im probably going to get fined for being right, again”
i need that on a shirt within 24 hours.
Why is Hernandez still employed? Like, they can’t kick him upstairs to some administrative gig or something? It’s inexplicable
Hernandez has had issues with Joe Torre, so I don’t think a job in the league office would interest either parties.
After all the legal back and forth over the racial discrimination claim, maybe MLB doesn‘t want another long court fight if they fire him.
After all the legal back and forth over the racial discrimination claim, maybe MLB doesn‘t want another long court fight if they fire him.
Wow. Fire Cora and hire him now.
Or if he wants to take a year off (on the Giants' dime) he'd probably be my first choice for 2025.
Or if he wants to take a year off (on the Giants' dime) he'd probably be my first choice for 2025.
That's interesting -- his teams always seem to overachieve. Came out of nowhere in 2021 to win 107 games. Not as good the past two years, but with very little talent at the plate now that Crawford is in his declining years.
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I didn't watch many Giants games this year, but the sense I get is that Kapler was seen as too numbers-oriented and laid back, to the point that even Zaidi was unhappy that the team didn't show more "focus" toward the end of the season. Otherwise, the complaints about him seemed like a lot of the usual nonsense every manager gets -- doesn't handle the bullpen well, etc.
Not surprising. Kapler lost control of the clubhouse. He was done as soon at that article came out in The Athletic. Guys were playing cards before games and playing Bob Marley after losses.
The "lost the clubhouse" rationale feels a bit overused by now, just in general. And in this case, a convenient thing to point do to distract from the fact that the Giants approach to roster building is uninspiring. A line up full of old unathletic platoon guys is going to have their season go like this more often than not. Their 100+ win season was probably a <1% outcome for that team.
Baby Yaz threw Kapler all the way under the bus tonight. Said it was a "fend for yourself" clubhouse that lacked unity, and that impacted players' confidence.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8MhW6DF/
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8MhW6DF/
I am seeing nothing that leads me to believe this is the case. Do you have a source?
You're right, looks like I fell for a parody account (FAX SPORTS) that I wanted to believe.
He tried to be diplomatic but that was pretty damning. Kapler will get another shot but the idea that he is going to outperform a Cora or any replacement level manager is silly. These guys are mid level managers in their industry. They play politics, they have lackeys and suck-ups as well as detractors. Just like middle management.
For some their talents lie in managing their teams while others manage upwards. And in the end, they are pretty much all replaceable. Nobody should be getting fired up about hiring a middle manager except their boss.