TD_washingtonredskins Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 On 4/25/2018 at 5:58 PM, capcrunch98 said: Same here. I think they'll improve at some point this year, but under even the rosiest of circumstances they'll finish as a bottom-10 team, and almost certainly the next couple seasons too. And I can accept a 3 - 4 year rebuild, with Manny and any other veteran of value being shipped out, as long as the front office is all in on it. I'll certainly put my money where my mouth is and continue to make it out to a dozen or so games per year. I just really don't want DD overseeing the rebuild. It's bad enough he'll be in charge of the inevitable firesale this summer. My one concern is that they improve of a sustained amount of time pre-July. My biggest fear would be ANYTHING preventing them from selling anything that isn't nailed down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinFanInMinn Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Tillman with a one hitter thru six? Didn’t see that coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 2 hours ago, SkinFanInMinn said: Tillman with a one hitter thru six? Didn’t see that coming. He was typical Tillman in the first inning but escaped without giving up a run. He still has almost no fastball command, but the off-speed stuff was pretty filthy. He shouldn't throw his fastball more than 20% of the time at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Hey, we won a series! Woo-Hoo! ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskin4ever Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 It's amazing they won this series. Watching the game last night, they looked like the NY Knights pre Roy Hobbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 Good to see a series win. Manny continues to mash. Gausman looked good today. Trumbo back. They can get it together, but it's too late. Too big of a hole to climb out of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinFanInMinn Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Yeah, definitely a fear that they’ll be just good enough for DD to consider being a buyer once again. Don’t think there’s much of a chance of that happening though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 The hole is not too deep yet.. it isn't even May. They need to be a miracle team though to get back into competition.. but they have almost the entire season to do it. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 27 minutes ago, Bang said: The hole is not too deep yet.. it isn't even May. They need to be a miracle team though to get back into competition.. but they have almost the entire season to do it. ~Bang Hopeful the front office and especially the owner don’t make decisions based on the chances of a miracle happening. I view the season as over already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 12 hours ago, SkinFanInMinn said: Yeah, definitely a fear that they’ll be just good enough for DD to consider being a buyer once again. Don’t think there’s much of a chance of that happening though. It's very sad that every sliver of success they have makes me worried about that same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Hersh said: Hopeful the front office and especially the owner don’t make decisions based on the chances of a miracle happening. I view the season as over already. Man, that's a lot coming from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 49 minutes ago, Spaceman Spiff said: Man, that's a lot coming from you. There is virtually no chance this team is going to play 32-35 games over .500 from here on out which is what it would take to make the playoffs. Currently the O's have some good young talent in the majors and some in the minors and it's just begging for a few more prospects in trades and the next two drafts. The O's should be transitioning to 2019 right now. Also, I'm tired of watching the O's being buyers when they should have been sellers and watching the roster construction has been painful. There is a lot of dysfunction going on throughout the organization and it starts with the owner. Frustrating times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 I would root for teams with some of the worst owners- Dan, Ted and Peter. Don’t know which is worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capcrunch98 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 23 minutes ago, pjfootballer said: I would root for teams with some of the worst owners- Dan, Ted and Peter. Don’t know which is worse. Just curious what you have against Ted? I don't give a **** about the Wizards, so I can't speak on them. But as a lifelong Caps fan, he's a Jennifer Lawrence - Kate Upton menage a trois compared to Abe Pollin. He oversaw the Capitals from a team that couldn't even sell out the Conference Finals (STHs were given free extras tickets vs. Buffalo in '98) to a club that has a loyal fanbase, spends to the cap every year, and has been a legit contender for a decade. He seems like he genuinely cares about the team and the fans. He's been a little too loyal to his front office, but that's about the only real complaint I can think of with him. Of course everyone on the planet would agree with you on Snyder and Angelos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Leonsis is loyal to a fault and it’s hurt great chances the Caps and Wiz have had to build to a championship team. These opportunities don’t come along often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 3 hours ago, capcrunch98 said: Just curious what you have against Ted? I don't give a **** about the Wizards, so I can't speak on them. But as a lifelong Caps fan, he's a Jennifer Lawrence - Kate Upton menage a trois compared to Abe Pollin. He oversaw the Capitals from a team that couldn't even sell out the Conference Finals (STHs were given free extras tickets vs. Buffalo in '98) to a club that has a loyal fanbase, spends to the cap every year, and has been a legit contender for a decade. He seems like he genuinely cares about the team and the fans. He's been a little too loyal to his front office, but that's about the only real complaint I can think of with him. Of course everyone on the planet would agree with you on Snyder and Angelos. Two words: Ernie Grunfeld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky21 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Different coast, same outcome. :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Manny eventually to the Dodgers with Seager out for the year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 This team is amazingly bad. I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever see a championship in my lifetime. I'm 35, what do you think? I was one year old when they won in 1983 so that doesn't count. At this rate, with the players we are probably going to lose, I don't see this team being competitive for quite some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 7 hours ago, abdcskins said: This team is amazingly bad. I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever see a championship in my lifetime. I'm 35, what do you think? I was one year old when they won in 1983 so that doesn't count. At this rate, with the players we are probably going to lose, I don't see this team being competitive for quite some time. I've wondered the same for a few years now, too. My VPN doesn't work anymore, apparently MLB.TV has blocked it so now I can't see the games until they're done being played. At this rate, it might be a good thing. Bundy has quickly come back to earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 I saw the 79 and 83 series live. Memories are fading fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 So, some good news! when they are on a west coast swing andi can't stay up to watch the games, i try to predict the score as my At Bat app is opening while i do my morning constitutional. Today i was right on the nose! Ok, so there isn't anything else to cheer for. ~Dang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinFanInMinn Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Wow, Tillman getting shelled again. May not get out of the first. BB, triple, double, single, double. Yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Bad bad bad bad bad team. Did I mention they are bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 They can be historically bad. Like 62 Mets, 2003 Tigers bad. Red Sox are awesome. Yankees are catching fire. We have to play them a bunch of more times. They're most likely going to trade Manny, the one hitter we have this year who's having a good year. Even if they don't trade him, he's still only one hitter out of nine. Davis, somehow, is inexplicably worse than he was last year. I think it's safe to say that he's not going to magically get better. Apathy will start to set in where these guys are just showing up to play out the string. I don't know if it has yet, but I can't imagine that it's far off. The offense is getting to a point where we can no longer say "small sample size!" And going back to last September, this team has been THIS bad. This is a franchise that once got beat 30-3 in the first game of a doubleheader and then lost the next game 9-7. This is a franchise that went 0-21 to start a season. This is a franchise that once went 4-32 to close out a season. I am not kidding, 60 wins would be a miracle for this team right now. To finish with 60 wins, they'd have to play .400 baseball for the rest of the season. They might have stretches where they win 4/10 games but there's no way they can do that consistently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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