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OK. Well I was going to be nice, but the number one issue with your poorly constructed theory is the idea that a player's baseline is 100%. This isn't Nintendo. It's real life.
 

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OK. Well I was going to be nice, but the number one issue with your poorly constructed theory is the idea that a player's baseline is 100%. This isn't Nintendo. It's real life.

Let's see if anyone can figure out what you are talking about.

No where did anyone mention a player can perform at 100%. The truth is that the player is the only one that can score or prevent runs
 

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All the manager can do is provide optimal moves, but cannot add to a win at all.
 

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Javier Baez went 2-for-4 with a 2B, RBI, R, BB, K on Sunday. Baez is 3-for-8 with 2B, BB, 1K in last 2 games #Cubs

Those are the games Maddon was at. Maybe he did relax! :elephant: For reals though, Baez is going through a timing change as well as a mentality change. He always want to be the hero. He always wants to hit the homerun. Maddon telling him to just relax is probably the simplest yet most correct thing to say to him. Baez need to just relax and let his once in a generation bat speed do the work.
 

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Javier Baez went 2-for-4 with a 2B, RBI, R, BB, K on Sunday. Baez is 3-for-8 with 2B, BB, 1K in last 2 games #Cubs

Those are the games Maddon was at. Maybe he did relax! :elephant: For reals though, Baez is going through a timing change as well as a mentality change. He always want to be the hero. He always wants to hit the homerun. Maddon telling him to just relax is probably the simplest yet most correct thing to say to him. Baez need to just relax and let his once in a generation bat speed do the work.
This is the biggest takeaway I got from talking with a TB player this off-season. He said that Maddon has a way about him and will do things that takes pressure away from the players so they can just do their thing.
 

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This is the biggest takeaway I got from talking with a TB player this off-season. He said that Maddon has a way about him and will do things that takes pressure away from the players so they can just do their thing.

Weed, brah. Maddon has that loud.
 

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This is the biggest takeaway I got from talking with a TB player this off-season. He said that Maddon has a way about him and will do things that takes pressure away from the players so they can just do their thing.

Weed, brah. Maddon has that loud.
 

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Not taking the bait today on your poorly thought out theory. What is this? Groundhog's Day?
 

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But you're still responding...
I like Brett. I am not going to ignore him, but I am letting him know that I will not be engaging him any longer on a subject of which I feel he doesn't understand correctly and we won't be coming to agreement.
 
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I like Brett. I am not going to ignore him, but I am letting him know that I will not be engaging him any longer on a subject of which I feel he doesn't understand correctly and we won't be coming to agreement.

But with brett, isn't that every subject? ;)
 

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You read a lot of my stuff for being on your ignore list

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So, IOW, they don't rank him 3rd because the Cubs may move him off SS? LOL.
 

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