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I always find it amusing when it rains with the sun shining, lol Had that a couple hours ago here. Now this is ACTUAL liquid sunshine...not the psychological kind people try to label regular cloudy rain (end pet peeve rant)

I wouldn't give up on an Elias firing just yet. Rubenstein claims he wants to win--actually he reiterated in a Banner article today about what he considers the great owner: “The truly great owners, in my view, don’t pay as much attention to the bottom line financially,” Rubenstein said. “They’re not worried about a million dollars here or there. They want to win, they want to do it as a matter of civic pride, and they want to feel that they’ve delivered something to the town they’re representing.” Now if...IF he truly means that, then maybe there's a small chance some of his Elias comments are PR (I'm almost sure the comments at the Bradish presser are since Elias was sitting right there, lol) So to me it's not out of the realm of possibilities.

This is why when folks said "But we're only 2.5 games out of the WC!" I'm like, bruh...you seriously think we were just anplayer or two away with deeper issues with this team? Lol Buying for this year would not have been worth it unless somebody had multiple years of control.

Rain is very tropically It's just different how it whips around...I like it!

And adding to that...it's now coming out that they offered Adley extensions in November and May, and turned them both down...so from the business side it sounds like it had to be done! But still hurts having to be sellers AGAIN due to Elias incompetence. And I am getting more wary of Rubenstein in terms of next year...if he doesn't fire Elias then the dude is either legit clueless or doesn't care. I hope he listens to Cal and the other baseball minds in the group! There is no way you can be "pleased" with zero playoff wins and being sellers six times! Fire Elias or get more mediocrity--his choice.

If we get a new GM it may not have to take that long. We've got enough here to turn it around in a year, imo

That wouldn't make much sense though--why would the owner and Elias fire Alby when they just brought him in? Elias AND Alby out would be more like than that, imo

Trading Adley...depressing. Trading to Boston? Bruh...if Elias wasn't being run out of town, he most certainly will be now! I hope the rumors stay rumors!

Yeah but this situation is unique, though...new GM but the manager just got there the previous year. I'm wondering if ownership would be on board with that... Because if you're trying to win with some of the players here...do you wanna put them through yet another managerial transition just a year later? Not to mention that would be kinda unfair to Alby too--You gonna do all that introduction this year and not even give him the courtesy of a second year after his rookie season? Ehh that would be kinda crappy from an organizational standpoint, imo I know some fans want it, but I don't know, man...

I've been debbing but this part isn't lost me--I have always viewed super niños as 50/50 for that reason. I did notice that 97-98 was the only one in the bunch that had zero chance as I didn't see even 3 consecutive days that were cold enough for snow the entire winter. At least 72-73 did have a couple cold periods but we just missed a storm, I think. Silly side note: My pattern superstition thinks because all superstition dating back to 66 have gone good-bad-good-bad-good...ack, lol

If they bring Elias back, that is definitely ownership incompetence. Now as far as before that...I mean they have spent a lot more than Angelos, and have certainly boosted clubhouse morale with their willingness to commit to players (another facet sorely missing before). Aa far as how the team has been run, though? Elias. Because if you notice, the problem has become less money and more about the system itself, and Elias' roster decisions They let him be the "architect" as Cal Jr. put it--so what we see now is his. That being said...if they head into this off-season after another losing season and decide to keep Elias? That would be clueless to say the least. I hope Rubenstein was just trying to do the PR thing when he said "I'm pleased"--at that particular moment Elias was sitting right there, lol But I don't know man...I hope that's all it was!

Not sure Alby is gonna be fired that quickly. Kinda rare for a rookie manager to get fired after 1 season but ya never know, I guess. Feels like it would take a bad start next year for that to happen a la Cal Sr.

And there ya go...not sure how much that happened in 97-98, but gotta imagine it was a factor?

Yeah but not this strong though--it's historic. And potentially east-based. That's the part of it that worries me because to me historically strong=97-98 scenario. If it were anything else like moderate to strong, or modoki (I know that one is rare) I'd certainly like our chances much better. I would relish being be HAPPILY wrong though and will wear all of it while I'm measuring in feet

Not mention they break your heart with the big storms that miss. You see what happened late February? It's gonna happen 99% of the time with a coastal in a nina. BUT thankfully we got a frickin' glacier and arctic cold to enjoy for over a month--that was pretty fun!