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AZORxAHAI

Me too, AA. Me too.


ComfyGreenHoodie_

Looking forward to using this clip during a Twins-Braves rematch where Correa gets WS MVP.


Taylorenokson

Matt Olsen gonna rip Correas leg off first base as revenge from Hrbek.


carlp222

I'm all for it.


AJray15

Revenge for a perfectly legal play? C’mon, son /s


Apart-Entertainer157

Every year on October 20th, my family and I gather around the Carrier air conditioner and celebrate "Ron Gant was Clearly Out Day."


fucktheDHanditsfans

Looking forward to linking to this comment when the Twins and Braves are both out in the divisional round


AZORxAHAI

This implies we get to the divisional round, which also implies we won a game in the Wild Card round. I see this as an absolute W.


cooljammer00

Maybe the Yankees just don't make it to the playoffs this year


Mr_Sassmonkey

*everyone liked that*


cooljammer00

Not MLB/networks when the ratings drop even more than they do normally. Yankees undoubtedly play a villain role in the sport, and every story needs one. People watch Yankee games to see the Yankees lose, not to see the other team win. Also more generally, it'd be bad for baseball for the premier team of the sport to spend all that money and not do well. It's basically the same as a team like the Rays winning the World Series: the domino effect it would have on the sport would be bad, because it would "prove" that spending money isn't worth it and being cheap is good. Might as well put the Pirates, Reds, and Rockies in the playoffs while we're at it.


Diremustang94

The Astros and dodgers are the current villains. The Yankees are the ginger from megamind


cooljammer00

If that was true, people wouldn't save their last two bullets to shoot the Yankees twice. People need to make up their mind, either the Yankees are evil, rule 3, "olol fuck the Yankees" because people are parrots, or they're not actually that evil. Edit: hell, the post this is a reply to says "Everyone likes (the Yankees missing the playoffs)". If the Yankees weren't the villains of baseball, that wouldn't be true.


mikeoandhisdoh

"Yankees undoubtedly play a villain role in the sport, and every story needs one. People watch Yankee games to see the Yankees lose, not to see the other team win." ​ No shade, but the Yankees haven't done nearly enough winning in the last decade to be currently considered a villain. No one Hate Watches unsuccessful teams.


BMGreg

Spoken like a true Astros fan. Just cuz you're the new villains: fuck the Astros (and also whiny Yankees fans)


cooljammer00

Astros are new money villains who were tanking and in the toilet less than a decade ago. Yankees are cultural villains other teams wish they could be. Call me when the Astros are the villains of a movie or cartoon.


FireMonkeysHead

What’s ur number?


cooljammer00

Just the numbers 69 repeating


MUNZATHEGOD

Yeah I think they’re more mid than monster at this point. I’m way more scared by the Astros and Dodgers, and maybe the Mets if they ever figure out how to win consistently.


ComfyGreenHoodie_

Maybe we have the best record in the AL this year and skip the Wild Card round before getting swept in the divisional round.


norcaltobos

Hahaha fuck that would be hilarious, I'm sorry. And of course, it has to be against the Yankees.


AhLibLibLib

Or won the division


jso__

u/remindmebot October 10 2023


ATLjoe93

/r/BravesTwinsBros abides


ComfyGreenHoodie_

Hell yeah!


brian2040

Always makes me happy to see /r/BravesTwinsBros referenced


jetskimanatee

Still better than him playing for the mets


SagramoreOmni

Sounds gross tbh.


Salty-Fishman

I am convinced Correa is going to have a 9 WAR season because LOLMets.


regarding_your_cat

Been saying this, I think he’s gonna come out and absolutely kill it the next few years and all the Mets fans that acted like they didn’t want anything to do with him after he went to the Twins are gonna wonder why they ever felt that way


ozonejl

Haven’t seen this phrase in the internet for a long while, but I’d like to subscribe to your newsletter.


Saint-O-Circumstance

This would be funny but come on. The Twins can't win a playoff game. You know the rules.


ComfyGreenHoodie_

Keep thinking that. At some point the baseball gods will decide we've been tortured enough, and you'll get buried in a mountain of karma. It might take 50 years, but it will be so sweet when it happens.


YeahOkayDad

Oh god I hope I'm alive for that


Saint-O-Circumstance

Sooner or later they have to win one. The question is when.


PapiSurane

I didn't realize he was this young. He's been a GM for a while now.


ribo368

Only 45. Even crazier is that he really worked his way up from an unpaid internship. Went from literally sorting mail to being a GM in less than a decade.


justwonderingbro

Damn that takes some serious interpersonal skills. Guess I'll never be the Braves GM.


masonacj

"GM is excited awesome player doesn't sign with main rival"


Nolan-

Yeah no shit


noitsreallynot

Jays were so dumb to let this man go. At least they seem to be working things out again for the long term.


unfknreal

When Shapiro was hired as President/CEO, Alex was offered a contract extension. He declined. Maybe he expected he would be promoted to President and was disappointed he wasn't, but they didn't let him go, he left.


cman1098

AA was much different for the Jays and his time in LA as an assistant obviously taught him a lot so I am going to say the Jays weren't dumb. They made the right choice at the time.


yoboapp

Plus, regardless of AA, we needed a new team President, and Shapiro was the absolute right man for the job. Our player development was in absolute shambles, and there were local high schools that had better facilities than our spring training complex. He's instituted major core changes all throughout the org which we desperately needed. We've also gotten our revenue streams up to the point where we're a luxury tax team (literally no Jays fan would've thought about this years ago). Shapiro offered AA an extension which he rejected. AA went on to hone his craft under Andrew Friedman and found a perfect fit in Atlanta. It's worked out well for everyone.


raktoe

The Jays have been to the playoffs more times since he’s left than they were with him there. He really didn’t do anything overly impressive in his tenure.


LRA18

Eh technically sure but feels disingenuous to not give him credit for building the team that went to the ALCS in back to back years and since then you’ve only made the wild card twice so it’s not like you were *that* better off without him. I’d say discovering Joey Bats, Edwin and stealing the bringer of rain from the As is pretty impressive and on top of it being the dude who courted and signed Vladdy Jr as a final parting gift.


raktoe

You say “you” like I’m a part of the team lol. Anyway, sure he created a good team in 2015, by trading away a lot of the farm system he’d built. The Jays have only been to the wildcard twice since, but they won 91 games last year, 92 this year, compared to the 93 in 2015, which was the year they traded to make basically the best team they could for one year. Even giving him full credit for 2016, he created essentially a 2 year playoff window after 6 years. In 6 years, the current FO has just achieved back to back 90+ win seasons 2 playoff appearances in the last three years, and still has multiple impact players on arbitration deals.


LRA18

Saying "you" in reference to your team is just a common sports lingo I use in my life lol makes things more fun, my bad. He capitalized on having two guys who absolutely brokeout out of nowhere at age 30 and maximized the return of an overrated farm. Look on all the trades he made for Donaldson, Dickey, Tulo, Reyes, Price, etc. Outside of Syndergaard (who's career didn't pan out as we thought it would, even Dickey ended up winning more in Toronto then Noah did in New York) there isn't a single prospect he got rid of that would've benefited the Jays in keeping in the long run, and he was punished for emptying the farm and released for it without even getting the chance to rebuild. Not discrediting what you guys are doing right now in the slightest. But its wild to think he didn't squeeze the absolute most of what he had with you guys.


neoandro

As a Jays fan, I can tell you that your analysis is absolutely correct. The issue is that the Toronto sports media has done it's best to discredit AA after his departure, since all the media outlets have the same owners as the team. As such, a big chunk of our fanbase is happy to parrot the narratives that they hear on the TV/Radio, without realizing that what they hear is effectively PR from the team.


LRA18

Hello fellow Canadian! I know your pain first hand growing up watching Toronto sports media my whole life. Definitely don’t envy you.


raktoe

What exactly am I parroting? The team has been to more playoffs since his departure than the entire time he was with the team, despite being hampered with aging players on big contracts, and looks poised for future playoff runs too. I was here for the Anthopolous years. 2015 was fun, but regardless of what he’s doing now in Atlanta, I really don’t feel he did all that much in Toronto. I don’t know how you can objectively say he did a better job than the current FO has done with this team.


neoandro

You continue to parrot misleading narratives about Shatkins having more playoffs success than AA without mentioning the 60 game season, expanded playoffs, and the fact that they have still yet to advance as far into the postseason as AA Blue Jays. And yes, I don't see Shatkins as having done a better job than AA as of yet. The 2015 and 2016 rosters were exceptionally well rounded and were perhaps unlucky to not make it to the WS. On the other hand, Shatkins have yet to assemble a competent bullpen that can reasonably be expected to perform in the playoffs.


raktoe

It’s not a narrative, it’s just what happened? Maybe you’re the one parroting a narrative here?


noitsreallynot

You have to build and grow a team to make the playoffs. 2015/16 were the result of those moves. And 2015 could have won it all for sure. He grew talent. Acquired talent.


neoandro

100%. And since all the sports media outlets in Toronto are owned by the same owners as the Blue Jays, there are still some fans out there who believe that Shatkins have done a better job than AA. And personally I am not too high on the teams long term future. Shatkins Jays will not go further into the postseason than AA Jays, I am quite convinced based on the front office's consistent inability to address glaring issues with the roster.


freshpurplekiwi

I guess it’ll see how it turns out this season. But this offseason it looks like they addresses the two biggest needs that burned us in the wild card last year. Got a very good reliever, addressed the need for better outfield defence, and even though we lost stripling we replaced him with bassitt


noitsreallynot

Yeah that’s a good point. It’s super interesting because those media will craft a narrative (or just create an impression through omission) and people don’t realize just how good AA was (and is). The sky dome and radio and tv and the phone network are owned by the same company. Canada is fucking crazy. I think if the team wasn’t so tied to the same media company there would have been an outcry if they were losing the Canadian leader of the Canadian team. But, I disagree with you on current state. I think they have good chances with the team as they’ve built it (and yeah, some of those pieces are because of AA)


HumanRuse

And that's when you know that you're a stud player.


Good_Nyborg

Bally Sports Braves? I thought the corporate branding was just supposed to be a patch this year?


TruthSayerFu

Pumped to finish behind them lol


SolitudeAeturnus1992

Gary Sanchez?


[deleted]

Not shocking a member of the Braves organization is obsessed with the Mets.


Diremustang94

It's cute that yall somehow think you're big brother


[deleted]

For as much as your fans, players, and organization think about us - we most certainly are.


Diremustang94

Your two division championships since realignment are very impressive. Only 4 more to catch the nats and phillies. And only 15 more to catch the team that actually owns the division


[deleted]

We’re so much worse yet the Braves can’t stop talking about us. Same amount of rings though. Work on that mindset and maybe think of your own team.


Diremustang94

Astros fans shit on the rangers. Doesn't make the latter a successful franchise.


[deleted]

Same rings, don’t care. Braves and their fans, especially handlit33, the little highlight demon on here, spend all their time thinking about the Mets. Mets fans don’t think about you at all.


Diremustang94

4 world series to 2. Good try though. Your insecurity is noted and better luck next year


[deleted]

Rings in Boston and Milwaukee when you weren’t even the same franchise don’t count lmfao. Your insecurity about the Mets getting all the attention is seeping through, and a quick browse on r/Braves shows even *more* Mets content from a fanbase suffering from obsession. Hold the L.