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11-02-2007, 12:47 AM
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Re: Baseball managers are vastly overrated
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How come I say something, someone else says the same damn thing, and they always get replied to? Always. I am a forum martyr. [/ QUOTE ] people (me) are freaked out by your avatar 
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#32
11-02-2007, 12:49 AM
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Re: Baseball managers are vastly overrated
the hardest part of the job is probably dealing with the media and the players. To some degree that makes ex-ballplayers/guys involved with baseball prime candidates.
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#33
11-02-2007, 12:51 AM
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Re: Baseball managers are vastly overrated
Jim Leyland said it best in 2006 when the Tigers started off white-hot: "I don't deserve none of the credit for this, just like I don't deserve all of the blame when we stink."
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#34
11-02-2007, 12:55 AM
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Re: Baseball managers are vastly overrated
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[ QUOTE ] They can't do the job because they don't even know everything else a manager is responsible for. [/ QUOTE ] Except for the people that have played college ball (and currently coach) that say it wouldn't be hard at all. Your response should be "Blah blah college ball is not analogous to pro ball etc etc dealing with paid athletes here and so forth" which is just stupid if you think about it for 5 actual seconds. [/ QUOTE ] Was about to post this but I was waiting to see if you or Muresan (the two posters I'm aware of that also played college ball) beat me to it. I loved my college coach but I'm fairly positive he cost us wins and I could easily have handled the job. Of course few of the players would listen to me since I was a college kid at the time, but I've already acknowledged that aspect of the job being important and something you couldnt easily replace.
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#35
11-02-2007, 12:56 AM
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How come I say something, someone else says the same damn thing, and they always get replied to? Always. I am a forum martyr. [/ QUOTE ] *crickets*
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#36
11-02-2007, 12:57 AM
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the hardest part of the job is probably dealing with the media and the players. To some degree that makes ex-ballplayers/guys involved with baseball prime candidates. [/ QUOTE ] Exactly, but only because all the current managers are exballplayers.
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#37
11-02-2007, 01:01 AM
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oh yeah.. it's definitely a boys club. On the other hand, though, ex-ballplayers have spent time dealing with sportswriters and such. That's more what I was getting at. Why interview a bunch of Joe Schmoes to try and figure out if they'll get eaten alive out there, when you can just throw Jim Thome in the dugout, who's nice, good with the media, and everyone already loves?
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#38
11-02-2007, 01:03 AM
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Re: Baseball managers are vastly overrated
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oh yeah.. it's definitely a boys club. On the other hand, though, ex-ballplayers have spent time dealing with sportswriters and such. That's more what I was getting at. Why interview a bunch of Joe Schmoes to try and figure out if they'll get eaten alive out there, when you can just throw Jim Thome in the dugout, who's nice, good with the media, and everyone already loves? [/ QUOTE ] I agree, look at Ronald Reagan.
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11-02-2007, 01:15 AM
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i always thought joe torre should have a silent strategist since his his game decisions are so [censored] bad. [/ QUOTE ] One player to a hand, sir.
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