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Had to turn my space heater on...this is kinda insane, lol Although a fb memory that came up for 2020 I was talking about how weird it was that it was still this cool!

No AC and instead scattered usage of a space heater...

Oy...they gonna have to cancel O's games today and tomorrow? Man we had rain-out chaos when we played the Cards last year, lol

Nice--That would effectively end the drought, right?

Go ahead and set it up, lolol We need ya buddy!

I look at him more as a half failure: Got the rebuild part right, but nothing else, lol Because even after he leaves, we're still gonna benefit from the young talent he brought in, the farm system, and finally being involved in the Latin market--the first fruit of that being Basallo. So all of that was great: but the rest was utter failure.

For me the picture is becoming a little clearer: We have a GM who is absolutely fantastic at finding young talent and building the best farm system in the league. Because the young talent was so good the team rose to contention a year quicker than anybody thought! But unfortunately...this same GM has absolutely sucked at building around that young talent. In fact he was OVERfocused on young talent, smh And then...there seem to be other issues with the way he ran things overall that are still coming to light. (over emphasis on analytics may be one of those things). As one analyst said earlier: It's one thing to get talent: It's another to win with it. And unfortunately...Elias just hasn't been good at the other side of the equation.

He lives like in York, PA (or somewhere near there) doesn’t he? Maybe it's BYB (back yard bias)

Wowww you find this at your house?

Well I for one have been enjoying this Spring--it is one of the best one's we've had in awhile. Not too hot...cool but not annoyingly raw...it has been absolutely beautiful weather mixed with some much-needed rain. Can't ask for much better! This weather earns a:

I don't hand out weenie reactions often but I gotta give ya one for that...you like heat and humidity? Booooooo

Well I likewise think you argument is kinda ridiculous because it doesn't see the nuances of the situation. Ordinarily you'd be right. An owner who's already been here would have responsibility. But Rubenstein just got here...and last year he and the group were literally just trying to settle in when the seeds of this mess were already being formed. To suggest he, after increasing the payroll; should've stopped Elias from making bad moves? And he doesn't know baseball as much and a departing Burnes being the only big "owner possibly more involved" ticket? That's the part that doesn't make sense. It's just the timing of everything--I just don't see Joe he deserves the blame this time given the timing of all this.

I am not--I just think the argument you and some others are making is ridiculous and I just don't get it. Calling it like I see it. If he doesn't fire Elias this off-season I'll have criticism for that. But as I see it he did not make this mess and can't be blamed for it. Splitting hairs. And Burnes still wasn't coming back here, btw Location over money won that one. Rubenstein doesn't know much about baseball...he literally said that. He left all those decisions to Elias. That you're arguing that owners should dictate all the moves a GM makes is beyond me. Were you not around for when Angelos meddled constantly and screwed things up over and over?

Now THAT will be Rubenstein's responsibility. If he doesn't then happens afterward will be on him. But folks blaming HIM for the mess right now? That's absolutely ridiculous.

Yes big marquee free agents and trades they certainly have input on. But no Juan Soto names were in our wheelhouse this off-season. We weren't trading away Basallo, we weren't considering some big mega contract. So I'm sorry but you're reaching with that one. Rubenstein bought in December and got full control in what...July? You're sitting here acting like he, not knowing anything about baseball operations as he said last year, shoulda made the moves for Elias this off-season, lol I think you don't have any specific criticism but you're just blaming him just because he's the owner. He opened up the purse strings more which is what owners are supposed to do--not dictate every single baseball move.

All of that you just mentioned? Those are all baseball operations. Elias is the president of baseball operations. We went through three decades of Angelos constantly meddling in those...and how did that turn out? Ownership shouldn't be making those decisions--the GM has to be allowed to do his job! And let's talk about those purse strings: As @WxUSAF just pointed out...Rubinstein increased the payroll by 70M. There are the purse strings--he enlarged them. Elias made the decisions on how to spend that money. Owner finances--owner let's GM makes decisions on how to spend it. That's the healthy way the hierarchy should work in any organization. What else is he supposed to do--especially since he just got here less than a year ago? This is ultimately on Elias.

So tell me: How exactly is this Rubenstein's fault? He didn't make the decision to make the bad signings and trade deadline moves. He and the ownership group just got full control less than a year ago...I think folks are blaming him just because, lol Now what WILL be his responsibility is what happens with Elias.

Dang...when's the last time that happened?

He's already up here, actually His position is simply "major league coach", but I'm guessing he's behind Chirinos...as when Hyde was ejected a couple weeks ago Chirinos moved to manager and Britton to bench coach.

Sounds like an area-wide cutting the drought in half (with total obliteration in some spots). Nice!

Dang really?? Wasn't it at like 1.10" or something like that last night? Wow

Why does it have to rain everywhere but where people actually live? Lolol

Very heavy showers coming through now...whoa! Looks to be a small cell that just kinda popped.

I'll little that down to just any hail. Seems to be hard to come by in the city. But others have said something about the bay.