Dick Williams was born in St. Louis and he's only been dead seven years. He's gotta be in play here. He'd tell those kids with their phones and hip hops how to play the game right.Wolter wrote: ↑16 Jul 2018, 2:59pmOh, he’s orders of magnitude brighter than Matheny, who makes Dusty look like Earl Weaver. I just suspect the solution of “more hardassed” is the only arrow they have in the quiver.Rat Patrol wrote: ↑16 Jul 2018, 2:11pmGirardi isn't moving from New York until his youngest is graduated from high school and off to college. Expiration of his Yankees contract was buffered by a year around the kids, so it was always expected that he'd take 1-2 years off in-between jobs to do broadcasting then take his pick of job openings judiciously. He's not in-play at all this very moment.
Second, Girardi has no patience for organizational dysfunction after his batshit MoY year with the Marlins when Loria was lighting fires all around him. The Cards are fucked up and infighting several levels deep into the front office. By luxury of being able to wait that's exactly the opening he's most likely to avoid. If he interviews with anyone this year it'll be because he wants to hear from a FO that's got a compelling master plan. That's not Jortsville...or Baltimore, or the Mets right now.
And yeah, he's a hardass. But the Matheny comparisons stop there. Girardi is empirically one of the 5 best managers in the game and it took a full decade to burn himself out of a singular pressure cooker of a market. Matheny is an end-stage meth head's idea of what a go-getter sounds like.
MLB 2018
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115992
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: MLB 2018
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
- Rat Patrol
- Unknown Immortal
- Posts: 15431
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 9:23pm
- Location: A flat burning junkheap for twenty square miles
Re: MLB 2018
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2411 ... -role-2020
Do it, Morans. There's absolutely no downside, trust me.
Do it, Morans. There's absolutely no downside, trust me.
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115992
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: MLB 2018
Who was the last player-manager? I'm thinking Pete “$1000 Against the Reds” Rose back in the 80s.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
- BostonBeaneater
- Autonomous Insect Cyborg Sentinel
- Posts: 11944
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 7:24pm
- Location: Between the moon and New York City
Re: MLB 2018
Innanet sez yesDr. Medulla wrote: ↑17 Jul 2018, 4:05pmWho was the last player-manager? I'm thinking Pete “$1000 Against the Reds” Rose back in the 80s.
The most recent player-manager in MLB was Pete Rose, who, upon being traded from the Montreal Expos to the Cincinnati Reds in August 1984, was immediately named the Reds' manager. Rose managed and served as a backup infielder until the end of the 1986 season, when he retired as a player.
- Rat Patrol
- Unknown Immortal
- Posts: 15431
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 9:23pm
- Location: A flat burning junkheap for twenty square miles
Re: MLB 2018
There's only been 4 in the last 56 years: Rose (Reds, '84-86), Frank Robinson (Indians, '75-76), Don Kessinger (Meth Sox, '79...half-season, demoted to player-only in the organizational cleanup aftermath from Disco Demolition Night), and Joe Torre (Mets, '77...only for 2-1/2 weeks and 2 at-bats before formally retiring as player to manage full-time).Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑17 Jul 2018, 4:05pmWho was the last player-manager? I'm thinking Pete “$1000 Against the Reds” Rose back in the 80s.
So, basically just Rose and Robinson as "real" player-managers hired full-season and with expectation of substantial playing time, tasked with doing something other than sitting on the lid for a last-place team playing out the string.
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115992
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: MLB 2018
I thought Yogi was a player-manager at the end of his career, but Wikipedia says no. He did a Matheny and retired from playing straight into managing.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
- Wolter
- Half Foghorn Leghorn, Half Albert Brooks
- Posts: 55432
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 7:59pm
- Location: ¡HOLIDAY RO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-OAD!
Re: MLB 2018
Can’t wait for Yadi to be a fairly mediocre manager but he told constantly that he’s obviously the greatest of all time.
”INDER LOCK THE THE KISS THREAD IVE REALISED IM A PRZE IDOOT” - Thomas Jefferson
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115992
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: MLB 2018
Sorry, Yadi, this guy's ready to be the Cardinals' player-manager: https://deadspin.com/serving-up-a-three ... 1827676441
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
Re: MLB 2018
#NotAllMorans
Got a Rake? Sure!
IMCT: Inane Middle-Class Twats - Dr. M
" *sigh* it's right when they throw the penis pump out the window." -Hoy
IMCT: Inane Middle-Class Twats - Dr. M
" *sigh* it's right when they throw the penis pump out the window." -Hoy
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115992
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: MLB 2018
C.B. Bucknor beams like a proud papa: https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/worst- ... 26147.html
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
- Wolter
- Half Foghorn Leghorn, Half Albert Brooks
- Posts: 55432
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 7:59pm
- Location: ¡HOLIDAY RO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-OAD!
Re: MLB 2018
Wow.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑20 Jul 2018, 6:17amC.B. Bucknor beams like a proud papa: https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/worst- ... 26147.html
That article was right, btw. It took multiple viewings before my brain could even process the call.
”INDER LOCK THE THE KISS THREAD IVE REALISED IM A PRZE IDOOT” - Thomas Jefferson
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
- tepista
- Foul-Mouthed Werewolf
- Posts: 37871
- Joined: 16 Jun 2008, 11:25am
- Location: Livin on a fault line, Waiting on the big one
Re: MLB 2018
We reach the parts other combos cannot reach
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115992
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: MLB 2018
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
- BostonBeaneater
- Autonomous Insect Cyborg Sentinel
- Posts: 11944
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 7:24pm
- Location: Between the moon and New York City
Re: MLB 2018
For your beef.
- Attachments
-
- EC0527B5-7D16-4B16-8575-57D2171B92B5.jpeg (49.02 KiB) Viewed 2749 times
- Dr. Medulla
- Atheistic Epileptic
- Posts: 115992
- Joined: 15 Jun 2008, 2:00pm
- Location: Straight Banana, Idaho
Re: MLB 2018
Your steak will be as tender as Robin Ventura's face.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft