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He's so motivational.

Dillonvale gets swept by NorCal and only wins 1 of 3 against the Launch.

Up next is a 3 game series @ Washington and then a 3 game series vs Detroit to end our 2024 season!

Good luck to all of those in the playoffs. Should be fun to watch.

ajalves wrote:

DRiccio21 wrote:

Cnasty wrote:Dave is so positive, objective and zen like.
. Teach us all Phil Jackson Jr.

self responsibility rather than making excuses and blaming everyone else. that's a good start.

Dont you have to send some fathers of 4 kids down to the rookie league or something?

listen, I gave Pepe Suarez a choice... go back to the DR and work on the fields or play in Portland. he chose Portland.

DRiccio21 wrote:

ajalves wrote:

DRiccio21 wrote:

Cnasty wrote:Dave is so positive, objective and zen like.
. Teach us all Phil Jackson Jr.

self responsibility rather than making excuses and blaming everyone else. that's a good start.

Dont you have to send some fathers of 4 kids down to the rookie league or something?

listen, I gave Pepe Suarez a choice... go back to the DR and work on the fields or play in Portland. he chose Portland.

Have we decided on the playoff schedule yet? Are we going Wednesday night? Thursday night?

RanDawg wrote:wow . . . you guys really know how to take a question . . . and rearrange it so that it doesn't get answer . . . (geez)

LOL, so true hahahaha. Look at me vs Dave a few posts ago. It took hi two sentences to flip it to whether or not he was committing voluntary or involuntary cheating.

trendon wrote:

RanDawg wrote:wow . . . you guys really know how to take a question . . . and rearrange it so that it doesn't get answer . . . (geez)

LOL, so true hahahaha. Look at me vs Dave a few posts ago. It took hi two sentences to flip it to whether or not he was committing voluntary or involuntary cheating.

cheating!!!!



it only took me 4 posts to point out how badly you fucked up the league with draft pick trading!

1. I disagree with everything you said.
2. You make it sound like it didn't get voted in by nearly everyone.
3. Stop wagging the dog again.

trendon wrote:1. I disagree with everything you said.
2. You make it sound like it didn't get voted in by nearly everyone.
3. Stop wagging the dog again.

smile ya picklesmooch, i'm joking

players don't retire til they die, pretty much.

That is not true.

all these guys are available every rule 5 draft so they can be grabbed by anyone if they wanted them and I post these guys on my trade block. its not as if i'm circumventing rules by doing this.

This isn't the Reserve Era, dude.

DRiccio21 wrote:

trendon wrote:1. I disagree with everything you said.
2. You make it sound like it didn't get voted in by nearly everyone.
3. Stop wagging the dog again.

smile ya picklesmooch, i'm joking

Telling someone you're joking is frowned upon in these parts.

Well after back to back shit months, For some reason these Detroit bumz want to win now. Pat Music is so turrible but he is 5-3 with decent era. Dont get it. IRF Adrian Alomar is 2-0 in 5 starts and a ERA under 2. Again makes no sense these guys are 24/24 at best.


Rookie Manny Torres continues to impress.


Looks like we are going to end up with 9th draft pick. Not where we wanted to be but we will settle for it.

Phoenix appears to be in the ML playoffs! along with our AAA Pontiac Firebirds getting back to back CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!!! I would like to thank the following GM's for their kind help and Advise back when I started: Ryan(iseem), Gabe(brwnbear), Shawn(Doc),Reign, Dave, Jason, AJ, Baker and Teddy right off the top of my Head. Some have helped me more then others ,But all have been Friends with sound advise always! each one has proven to be men of Class! I truly Thank each and every one of you! I hope I didn't forget anyone! The NL is full of Class Guys and the Phoenix Cobra's will do our best to represent the NL as the Best in NDLB! BEEFY! GO COBRAS!!!

trendon wrote:

all these guys are available every rule 5 draft so they can be grabbed by anyone if they wanted them and I post these guys on my trade block. its not as if i'm circumventing rules by doing this.

This isn't the Reserve Era, dude.

So explain this to me, a 28 year old guy who has some ML time maybe, are at any rate, he's been a professional for probably 6+ years, does he not qualify for rule 5 every year if he's not on the 40 man?

shel311 wrote:

trendon wrote:

all these guys are available every rule 5 draft so they can be grabbed by anyone if they wanted them and I post these guys on my trade block. its not as if i'm circumventing rules by doing this.

This isn't the Reserve Era, dude.

So explain this to me, a 28 year old guy who has some ML time maybe, are at any rate, he's been a professional for probably 6+ years, does he not qualify for rule 5 every year if he's not on the 40 man?

He does but you shouldn't have to make a Rule 5 pick to take a flier on a guy that has six years of pro experience and is sitting in some team's low-A affiliate with 20 other guys like him. You cannot demote him, waive him, or (pretty much) trade him. You are stuck with him the whole season. On the other hand, NE can just move him wherever the fuck he wants in his organization and even trade him. Moreover, he has SO MANY of the guys that nobody in their right mind - even collectively - would draft more than two of them. He is protecting himself with quantity.

Simply put, New England has a reserve team and that is not allowed in baseball, hence the goddamn Rule 5 draft. if it were anyone else but Ambivalent Dave, you'd be all over it but you are mesmerized by his magician-like tactics in arguing. This is Dr. Tom level of shenahigans, intentional or not. It has affected the competitiveness of the game, possibly the health of minor leaguers, their morale, and prevented other teams in need from signing replacement-level players to help them deal with an injury.

I know precisely how Riccio will respond. He is textbook.

trendon wrote:I know precisely how Riccio will respond. He is textbook.

i'm done responding.

you 'caught me red handed' grabbing all these free agents that nobody wants and that nobody takes in the rule 5 draft.

I admit it! i'm busted!

Pegged it.

trendon wrote:I know precisely how Riccio will respond. He is textbook.

and just the way you worded this is sort of creepy dude. you gotta get some rest.

Your new name is Dr. Dave.

"I don't care what you call me."