Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site princeton.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!jsl From: jsl@princeton.UUCP (Jong Lee) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: canesco(?), and the A's Message-ID: <1121@princeton.UUCP> Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 13:50:35 EDT Article-I.D.: princeto.1121 Posted: Thu Oct 17 13:50:35 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Oct-85 03:58:05 EDT References: <1103@princeton.UUCP> <451@bdmrrr.UUCP> <1115@princeton.UUCP> <325@whuts.UUCP> <1120@princeton.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Princeton University EECS Dept Lines: 55 > > FLAME ON! > > I think you should try reading the B.S. you wrote that I just extracted > > from your article. You just don't like Billy. In one sentence you say > > good pitching always beats good hitting (very true!) and in the next you > > can't understand why Billy didn't win with the likes of five mentioned > > players including the only starting pitcher the Yankees have worth mentioning. > > If the Yankees had the pitching the O's have on their staff, the Jays along > > with the rest of the AL East would have eaten Yankee dust. Get off of your > > Hate Martin kick; you just can't recognize good managerial talent or anything > > else for that matter. Watch where any team goes with Weaver or Martin at the > > helm from the BEGINNING of the season; so that the manager has a chance to > > pound into his players the necessary basic skills in order to play good > > baseball. Yogi is a great guy, but he is too easy on his players. > > FLAME OFF! > > > > \ / > > |\\ / | > > | \| | > > | |\ | > > | | \| > > John B. Lo Coco > > (...whuts!ogre) > > (...szuxn!ogre) > > 1-201-467-7436 > can you read????? I said ....,....,Guidry, etc. Note the "etc." I never said that the rest of the staff was terrible, you did. > Also, YOU contradict yourself...."if the yankees had the pitching that the > o's have...."; what the hell are you talking about, the o's had era over > 4 this year. Further, I didn't say that weaver was a bad manager, just that > he screwed up this season. And I agree that he probably would have done a better > job if he started at the beginning of the season. And as an aside, I > happen to think Weaver is indeed a good/great manager. I do not classify > martin here because he has no regard for his players future, if it > should get in the way of his future plans. I believe (you will vehemently > disagree) that he knew he didn't want to stay with the A's, so tried to > make himself look good at any cost, and impress George. He managed to do this by pushing his players to the point that permanent injury/burnout resulted. > So George is impressed and hires Martin again. > BUT, is billy your father or something? I mean, I said that I hated > billy in my original message....but what's your excuse for loving him? > Stop thinking with you tiny head up > your colon every time someone criticizes anything that is remotely connected > with the yankees, a team which you are in love with obviously. > > And since you took it upon yourself to make this net.flame..... > SHPX LBH, NFFUBYR! > Oraq bire 'pnhfr Ovyyl jnagf gb tvir vg gb lbh. > > Sun_Man