Baseball managers.
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A quote from the greatest of all time.
"Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year."
Sparky Anderson
"Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year."
Sparky Anderson
Ace Bandage
The one and only.
Grady Little called. He still believes that leaving Pedro in was the right call...
I thought this was going to be about Joe Torre leaving the Dodgers to come to the North Side of Chicago.For the record, I would very much like to see this.
I can't see the Cubs bringing in another 70 year old manager, my best bet is that it will be either Ryno, Girardi, Quade, or Brenly.
Ace Bandage
The one and only.
Yeah, but supposedly Fredi Gonzalez is the unofficial front runner right now. Hendry won't confirm or deny that. Sandberg won't even be interviewed until after the season. Girardi isn't leaving NY. Quade isn't an option. He's a third base coach, nothing more. Brenly seems content as a broadcaster. I don't see him leaving the booth to take a managerial position.
So it's really shaping up to be a two horse race: Fredi or Ryno.
It's not going to be Fredi because he turned down the chance to interview for the Cubs managerial vacancy. He has his eye set on the Braves job and more than likely will be offered the job as the Braves skipper.
Ace Bandage
The one and only.
Ah, just saw that on ESPN. I haven't watched much baseball since the NFL started. :o
A soccer spend the game watching his team, analysing the way they play, the way the other team plays, reorganising the tactics, thinkig about wich playe should be substituted by another one and who's gonna be the substitute, etc...
Guys such as Jose Mourinho or Guus Hiddinck are sucessful with every team they coach and always get better results than the previous coach. It can't be coincidence, it must be some kind of talent they have.
On the other side a guy like Raymond Domenech was headcoach of France, had players such as Ribery, Henry, Gallas or Anelka and lead the team to defeats and shame so it must be some kind of lack of talent he hasn't.
Why do they need uniforms?
I can't imagine they'll be "called up"
Wht would be the purpose of Belichick on the sdeines in shoulder pads and a helmet calling a game?
I can't imagine they'll be "called up"
Wht would be the purpose of Belichick on the sdeines in shoulder pads and a helmet calling a game?
Ace Bandage
The one and only.
Without the uniform, Lou Piniella looks like a bum off the street who has accidentally wandered into the dugout. Some type of uniform is necessary to identify him with the team because he no longer looks like an athlete. I'm not sure why they can't just wear khakis and a team pullover though. Maybe it's tradition. :dunno:
It would be funny if other sports followed their lead though. Imagine Stan Van Gundy patrolling the sidelines in a Magic jersey and Larry Bird length shorts.
It's completely impossible to be a good manager in baseball. Being a "good" manager would imply that you're making a team better, which managers have exactly zero impact on. Managers can quite easily however, be terrible, (I'm looking at you Bob Geren). The only clear impact the manager can have, is in hurting his team through inadequate lineup management, bullpen management etc...The role of the manager is largely a figure head, and for that matter, so all are the other coaches' roles in baseball, save for the pitching coach.
meesterperfect
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earl against billy martin, who would win?
Elwood70
Torn & Frayed.
In what?
An all-out brawl would be Earl easily-what he lacks in size,he more than makes up for in attitude.. (think Joe Pesci in GoodFellas
Managerial skills?...Tough call, but I still gotta go with Earl.
They're pretty much even, though.
They can hurt a team by making inadequate lineup changes but at the same time they can help the team by putting together a good lineup. It goes both ways.
What is a good lineup? Putting your best players on the field. Doing so literally takes the mental prowess of a third grader. It does however, from time to go to show you that some managers are completely inept, viz Bob Geren playing a crippled and sub-.700 OPS Ryan Sweeney over a healthy and .730 OPS Travis Buck. It's really that simple.
Consider the slack cut my friend.
