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  1. 5 hours ago, hovertical said:

    I don't watch interviews that often, if at all, but I do read a lot as I find reading more actively engaging versus just watching someone talk so I'm sure it was something I read. Granted, some parts of it were probably taken from an interview but it was definitely an article.  It came out maybe a month or so after he made his debut with us and we were all amazed by his potential.

    Dude, I posted the link already 😁

  2. I would imagine it’s this SI article. After reading it, I don’t see misery or complaining, just trying to follow the veterans’ advice but coming to realize he’s best when he’s being himself.

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    “But for the most part, his reactions are joyful. He plays "lavishly," Coakley says. For a while, he tried to hide that part of him. In 2017, as a 19-year-old shortstop for the Class A Kane County (Geneva, Ill.) Cougars in the Diamondbacks’ system, he pimped groundballs and stuck out his tongue after stolen bases and generally had the time of his life. His peers delighted in his energy, he says. Young stars such as reliever Archie Bradley, shortstop Nick Ahmed and second baseman Ketel Marte told him they would love to have a teammate with his passion. But many older players did not agree. So Chisholm desaturated the bright colors of his personality. The only way for him not to celebrate a stolen base was not to steal it. So he stopped running.

    "I tried to change and be in my corner and not be as fun," he says. "The veteran guys, you know, the guys that are older and always telling me, 'Hey, you shouldn't do this' and 'You shouldn't do that'—I was trying to do it for them. And then I was struggling and then I would go back to being me for a minute, and then the veterans would say something, and then I’d go back to [being quiet] again and then the whole season is already over by the time I just realized: Just be myself.”

     

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  3. 3 hours ago, hovertical said:

    I remember when he was traded here that was also what he said about being in the Dbacks org?

     

    He really sounds like a whiny bitch if he continually just bemoans everywhere he goes as being horrible. It sounds like he wants to be himself but also wants everyone else to be like him or else it's an awful environment.

    Can you show any evidence of this? I cannot find anything like it. There’s an The Athletic article from after the trade where he says only positive things about the AZ D’backs org. He does say he’s having the worst year of his career, but he means performance-wise.

     

  4. 12 hours ago, SilverBullet said:

    Wow I thought the president of Baseball operations would be the one to do that.

    So Sixto is the one who decided that Dane Myers wouldn't be on the opening day roster?

     

    12 hours ago, SilverBullet said:

    You didn't have a TV so you had to watch things in your bathroom as a kid? Sounds boring. 

    2 legit chuckles in a row from these posts. Here’s to you, @SilverBullet

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  5. On 3/22/2024 at 4:51 PM, hovertical said:

    Weathers over Rogers is hilarious.

    Puk at least was decent as a closer for most of the season until he wasn't. 

    And I say all of this not really liking Trevor either.

    That's a seriously ugly (sorry, Ryan) rotation. 

    It’s so that they alternate…lefties…with…lefties 🤦‍♂️

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  6. 1 hour ago, marlinsmaniac said:

    I grew up with dudes throwing 200+ innings and complete games and RARELY would you hear of Tommy John surgeries. The Marlins seem to always want to baby their arms to “protect” them but it like half of their pitchers have had Tommy John or some major shoulder surgery in the past 5 years. Let them pitch!!

    I imagine if guys tore their rotator cuff in the past, they just disappeared from the game, so there’s a survivorship bias at play. Look at Koufax. He basically had to just retire from his elbow issues.

  7. On 2/18/2024 at 11:55 AM, Michael said:

    Could mean nothing.

     

    Shut up, Das.

    “He LOOKS LIKE, TO THIS POINT, that he’s grown up a LITTLE BIT and that he’s shown SOME signs from a BULLPEN standpoint that MAYBE he’s overcome a FEW things.”

    If Mel hedged any more, he’d be a gardener. Or a hedge fund owner. Either way, yike-a-ronis.

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  8. 4 hours ago, rmc523 said:

    We'll probably sign someone to a 15-year, $1M deal (those are the kind of terms Bruce can afford) the last day of spring training and they'll put out this big instagram media blitz acting like they had some miraculous offseason.

    If we sign someone to a 15-year for an average of $66,666/year, that would be pretty miraculous.

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