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2. Chat is that management didn't want the last weekend to be a downer
Fri Sep 29, 2023, 08:37 PM
Sep 2023

especially with the Willie Mac award tonight, and what may be Crawford's last weekend with the team.
He's been badly beaten up this year, and it's up to him to decide his future as a free agent.

My own suspicion is that when Mike Yastrzemski made a brain fart in the field and owned up to it, while Gabe was making excuses, it showed a bit too lax of an attitude, and it's when the team is down that you need a strong manager, more so than when things are going great.

Leaving the bases loaded three times in a recent Dodger game showed the lack of a real "star" batter. But other than injuries, that's on Farhan's tab.

It just got worse, there were more brain farts in the field, and the team has the highest number of errors in MLB, no doubt helped by players being in a different position every game. "Versatile" has its limits, and most fans recall all-star position players who actually played their position, and could hit RH and LH pitchers.

Buster Posey left Florida and moved to the Bay Area this year, having a new seat on the board.
Nobody knows the game better, but we don't know if he had any influence on this decision.

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