You are a piss poor sorry example of what "an admin" and or mod should be here on these forums.Originally Posted by Epicness
Your demeanor is very grating .
I suggest you reread rule #1 and #2 under TOS "mr admin" !
Just in that one sentence you violated 1 and 2 .
Have a nice day .
Would you like me to go through your posts and pull out every single example of you breaking ToS? There are enough of them.
You provoke people continuously and then portray yourself as a victim.
My demeanor is very offensive because I don't take kindly to stupidity and challenge people that have no clue what they are talking about to make them look foolish.
If you can't take the heat don't place yourself in the discussion.
I guess you told me "mr admin" mr know it all ...
Heat ? You call this heat ?
Kid, you havent a clue !
Just live up to your "admin" title and stop thinking you can ignore TOS because of a title okay ?
Starting to remind me Lit to be honest .
Just because you have a "title" you expect me to back down ?
YOU GOT THE WRONG MAN !
If I led your way , there would be rioting in the streets for sure .
First you tell me to shut up and then you TRY to belittle me by telling me I dont know anything pretty much !
You are wrong, and I expect an apology .
all this doesnt change the fact that the kotchman signing is a marginal move at best. i mean, who knows, maybe kotchman hits .300 and 15 home runs with 70 RBIs, but i dont think those numbers magically catapult the indians into a playoff race.
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They were in the playoff race until they became decimated with injuries , no magic needed .
Choo
Sizemore
Hafner
Brantley
Kipnis
T.Crowe
Laporta
all in late July - August not to mention one of their steadiest starters in Josh Tomlin ..
The Indians had sooo many injuries late July and August that they had to make a deal to bring back J.Thome from Minnesota because they were running out of bodies .
You 2 think what you want .
I dont care really .
After all I am also a Sabre and Bills fan so I am used to it .
Tribe will be in the hunt this year .
I believe in Acta as well.
Their is a lot of young talent on that roster .
Dont be surprised when I tell you I told you so come the fall .
the tigers had injuries as well.
the indians had injuries, but even without the injuries, the indians were not on the tigers page. if the indians stay healthy (and sizemore and hafner are never healthy a full season it seems) the indians may be a decent team this year, but the tigers got alot better this offseason, and its not like last year was even close.
optimism is a good thing, but while you applaud what the indians DIDNT do because of injuries, you are ignoring what other teams did do. and the tigers DID run away with the division, and those players suddenly dont erase a 15 game deficit.
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The Indians held the league in the division for quite some time until their key contibuters fell to injuries and extended ones at that 30 - 60 day . Even 15 day stints without quality depth killed them in the end.
Their collapse started when all the injuries hit to most of their key players.
The one thing Antonetti had to do was bring in depth in a smart fashion because he knows he cant out pay the over spending clubs like Detroit and NY .
He has done that to what was already a solid lineup and rotation and bullpen(one of the best in the league).
Canzler , Kotchman , Neal , Lopez , Slowey , Lowe for depth which the team and organization was lacking last season .
They even lost Asdrubal for some time as well .
the indians have some positives on that team. for a while, the tigers were a decent team in a mediocre division. what really pushed them into the leagues elite was the addition of delmon young, who played GREAT for the tigers, as well as the addition of doug fister. doug fister is a stud, and young is a real good outfielder (offensively).. when they added those two guys, they became the class of the division. and with them adding to the bullpen this offseason, as well as getting prince fielder (who will do alot more for the tigers then just his at bats).. the tigers are the class of the division, and they arnt done this offseason (allegedly)
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That is your opnion . The signing of Fielder did not awe me or strike fear into me either as a Tribe fan . It is sad that teams like Detroit and NY feel that they have to try and buy championships instead of build them .
Needs to be a hard cap in baseball for sure.
Indians are full of home grown talent as usual , because their scouts actually are good at what they do unlike the Yankess and Tigers .The Indians outstanding talent is and was all over the Majors .
I have been hearing that Antonetti may be thinking about bring Manny back to dh and split time with Hafner .
I would not object to it as long as Manny played nice with everyone .
You keep thinking the Tigers are the class.
I will be here in late fall to say I told you so about the Tribe !
the tigers are trying to buy a championship? because they signed a big free agent? thats news to me.
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Could the Indians afford that type of deal ?
The Tigers are trying to "run with the Jones's" , make no mistake of that .
Needs to be a cap to prevent this type of spending /overspending in baseball.
These guys do not deserve 1/4 of what they get paid to begin with , it is baseball for Christs sake .
every team would run with the jones if they could. you also are forgetting the tigers had ALOT of money come off the books this off season. i believe their current salary total is still less then last year (could be wrong though)... detroit is a baseball town (was actually considered THE best baseball town a few years ago) and they sell alot of tickets. they can afford free agents right now.
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You are missing the point , stop trying to defend the Tigers .
No baseball player is worth that kind of money , period .
3/4 of the time they are doing nothing but scratching their nuts or having spitting contests during the game .
Teams like the Yankees ,Tigers , Mets , Red Sox keep raising the market to a place where the smaller markets cant even bother to entertain signing above average players with the stupid money that is being thrown at these players .
The smaller market teams need those better scouting departments to be able to compete for a little until the bigger markets swoop in with more lettuce just to steal the home grown talent away.
Its a vicious cycle that someone needs to put a stop to .
Tired of watching Cleveland churn out top notch players left and right just waiting for the bigger market teams to rape them of them .
I know Antonetti is working hard right now on a new deal for Asdrubal , Asdrubal needs to stay an Indian !
why would i NOT defend the tigers?
the system is flawed, but thats not the tigers fault.
prince fielder is NOT an above average player though, and a lefty bad to protect cabrera is EXACTLY what the tigers need (and it moves cabby up a slot, which gets him more at bats.)
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Tigers dont scare me , honestly.
The only team that does is the Rangers , they always have the Tribes number.
At least I can breathe easy that the Rangers are not in the Indians division.
to be honest, brady. as much as you claim everyone underestimates the tribe, you are underestimating the tigers.
i dont know if the tigers will win the division. thats why they play the games. but to deny that, on paper, the tigers are the class of the AL central at this point, thats pretty silly.
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I am being honest . The Tigers do not scare me , another over rated Yankee team they remind of or even the Sabres going into this year . They dont scare me , just being honest , but the Rangers do !
There is a reason why the Indians started the way they did last year , they have talent but had no depth once injuries mounted to key players.
They have young exciting players with some vets sprinkled in ...
Asdrubal may be the best hitting shortstop in all of baseball
Kipnis is going to be a force , already showed it in his mini stint last year ..
C.Santana , sky is the limit for this young stud .
Brantley
Choo
Chisenhall
with vets like
Hafner , Sizemore ( if this guy can be healthy , actually both him and Hafner (pronk),Duncan.
the Indians starting 5
Jimenez ,Masterson , Tomlin , Huff has shown flashes of greatness (much like C .Lee took off in Cleveland) they just signed Slowey and Lowe , They still have J.Gomez who looked great in spot starts last year and of course Carmona (not even counting on) which not quite sure how that is going to be handled yet .
Bullpen is nasty , one of the best in the league
C.Perez closing .
Pestano the set up man
R.Perez
Sipp
etc...
I think Antonetti added quality depth especially with recent additions of Canzler and Kotchman, Slowey and Lowe . He has been adding pieces outside the spotlight all winter long .
Like I said there was a reason the Indians started so well last year and the biggest reason they failed was quality depth , and well , that was addressed .
Indians have quite a bit of talent up and down that club house .
Your Tigers dont scare me and I hardly think they are the "class of the central" , but you are entitled to your opinion of course.
You might die of old age before you get an apology from me. I don't owe you a thing, kid. You don't have a clue.
when you win the division by 15 games, thats the class of the division. the tigers have the best pitcher in baseball, as well as the best pitching prospect in baseball. a closer who didnt blow a single game last year. a good bullpen outside that, and a very good rotation. then they have 2 of the best hitters in baseball, and a very solid outfield (jackson, boesch, young) and a very good young hitting catcher. tigers are the class of the division.
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Verlander ARGUABLY is the best pitcher in baseball. I wouldn't dub him the best though personall because a lot of the top guys are so interchangeable (Lincecum, Johnson, Halladay, Lee, etc..) If I gun was held to my head though, I'd say the best in baseball (my opinion) is Kershaw.
Turner isn't the best pitching prospect in baseball.
But you are pretty much spot on with the rest of this.
Kid ? Just because I look so good at my ripe age of 45 "dont hate" .
You act like one... therefore might as well be one, kid.Kid ?
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