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MOVE HAD BEEN EXPECTED BY MANY [Grady Little to be fired today]
espn ^ | 10/27/03 | staff

Posted on 10/27/2003 9:59:19 AM PST by Chancellor Palpatine

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1 posted on 10/27/2003 9:59:20 AM PST by Chancellor Palpatine
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To: Chancellor Palpatine
Seems like he did a pretty good job managing the team. He did make a mistake in Game 7, but the Bambino made him do it.
2 posted on 10/27/2003 10:01:54 AM PST by Huck
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Great Googly-Moogly!
3 posted on 10/27/2003 10:02:51 AM PST by motzman (")
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To: SamAdams76
Daggone, you guys are fickle.
4 posted on 10/27/2003 10:03:05 AM PST by Chancellor Palpatine
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To: Chancellor Palpatine
who cares what they do? they'll still be cursed losers.
5 posted on 10/27/2003 10:03:31 AM PST by ambrose
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To: Huck
Thats what amazes me. In a duel of wills between manager and multimillion dollar player, the dynamics are a little different, and you can't help but excuse a manager who defers from time to time.
6 posted on 10/27/2003 10:04:13 AM PST by Chancellor Palpatine
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To: Chancellor Palpatine
How does this effect the "Pedro is a punk" curse?
7 posted on 10/27/2003 10:04:49 AM PST by Treebeard
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To: ambrose
To be fair, though, the Bambino curse has been supplanted by the "Pedro is a Punk" curse.
8 posted on 10/27/2003 10:04:55 AM PST by Chancellor Palpatine
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To: okchemyst
Note who didn't leave. They're still cursed.
9 posted on 10/27/2003 10:05:24 AM PST by Chancellor Palpatine
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To: Chancellor Palpatine
Davey Johnson....wouldn't that be a hoot?

No....please hire Bobby Valentine, so I can start watching Baseball Tonight on ESPN again. He is one of the most annoying analysts they've had and I refuse to watch the show.
10 posted on 10/27/2003 10:05:33 AM PST by RabidBartender (Hi!)
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To: Huck
Seems like he did a pretty good job managing the team.

Hardly... they won IN SPITE of him.

The Sox had something like 7 players have CAREER YEARS this season, and all we could manage was a Wild Card???

11 posted on 10/27/2003 10:07:37 AM PST by StatesEnemy
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To: Chancellor Palpatine
Yeah, I know, but curses are funny things. If Little had any karmic baggage, getting rid of him might alleviate the other curse.

That being said, the punkness of Pedro is so great that it would take huge karmic adjustments to balance.

12 posted on 10/27/2003 10:10:42 AM PST by Treebeard
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To: motzman
LOL!
13 posted on 10/27/2003 10:11:41 AM PST by Huck
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To: Chancellor Palpatine
Yeah, but curses are funny things, and the baseball gods fickle. If Little had any karmic baggage, getting rid of him might have lessened the effect.

That being said, however, the punkness of Pedro is so great that it would take huge karmic adjustments to balance it.

14 posted on 10/27/2003 10:12:55 AM PST by Treebeard
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To: Chancellor Palpatine
In a duel of wills between manager and multimillion dollar player, the dynamics are a little different, and you can't help but excuse a manager who defers from time to time.

I don't excuse him for leaving Pedro in. That was a grave error. I wouldn't trust Pedro's word on it. The manager has to make the right call for all 25 guys, not just one. I am just saying that 95 wins is not too shabby, especially since they lacked depth in pitching.

15 posted on 10/27/2003 10:13:23 AM PST by Huck
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To: RabidBartender
No....please hire Bobby Valentine, so I can start watching Baseball Tonight on ESPN again. He is one of the most annoying analysts they've had and I refuse to watch the show.

Well, then let em hire Linda Cohn as manager. She is unwatchable AND unlistenable.

16 posted on 10/27/2003 10:14:25 AM PST by Huck
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To: Chancellor Palpatine
They should hire Zimmer! :-)
17 posted on 10/27/2003 10:16:02 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (There is nothing Democratic about the Democrat party.)
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To: Huck
"Well, then let em hire Linda Cohn as manager. She is unwatchable AND unlistenable."

Please. I am trying to eat here.

18 posted on 10/27/2003 10:16:53 AM PST by RabidBartender (Hi!)
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To: Chancellor Palpatine
why do I find it tasteless that these teams hold press conferences to announce a firing?
19 posted on 10/27/2003 10:17:23 AM PST by EDINVA
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To: RabidBartender
"for the love of elevation"

puhlease.

20 posted on 10/27/2003 10:19:41 AM PST by Huck
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