If this were a movie it would be like taking John Wayne's guns and telling him to beat the black hat bad guys with rocks
If this were a movie it would be like taking John Wayne's guns and telling him to beat the black hat bad guys with rocks
BoneThrower (05-17-2016), Braves1976 (05-17-2016), bravesfanMatt (05-17-2016), chop2chip (05-17-2016), DaneHill (05-17-2016), DirkPiggler (05-17-2016), drewdat (05-17-2016), TDlxANDER (05-17-2016)
I just hope the new manager plays Mallex on the reg.
Still think he should have been fired on October 14th, 2010.
Braves1976 (05-17-2016), Dalyn (05-17-2016), jpx7 (05-17-2016), sc1767 (05-17-2016)
We have two more lefty starting pitchers to face in this series. Will be interesting to see who plays second and short in those games.
Will be fascinating to see the lineup tonight . . . and whether there are any roster moves. Over / under on Castro at SS has to be set at 75% or so. I'm crossing my fingers that we'll see an Adonis for Mallex roster move.
My curiosity is why / how they played through spring training and the second half of 2015 without realizing their clean up hitter had no position
That speaks volumes to me on the state of the management from field managerial team to scouts to GM
The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to make sure he doesn’t get a gun.
Bout GD time.
57Brave (05-17-2016)
yeezus (05-17-2016)
So what is the other thing? Who has an angel on their back that night?
Does anyone think recent usage and injury status isn't listed in a spreadsheet or database somewhere? I wonder, do people that say things like this ever use spreadsheets? Or are they the devil to the "know nothing" faction of fans?
The thing about Bobby is how he handled the club house. He was a player's coach, but he also knew how to discipline his players. His players also knew that he had their backs. IMO, I don't think the players ever really felt like Fredi had their backs. Too often, Fredi seemed to be oblivious to what was going on. IMO, he never really had a finger on the pulse of the team.
Bobby also won with different types of team. He won with older players. He won with younger players. He won with teams that were aggressive on the base paths with hit and run type situations, and he has won with teams that sit back and wait on the three run homer. We really were spoiled to have a guy who I feel may be the best baseball manager of all time for so many years.
NYCBrave (05-17-2016)
You really don't think a guy who is with them every day, works with them on their development, side issues, and life issues, knows some things about them that might not be on a spreadsheet? He also probably knows more about them as people and about the game of Baseball than you and I.
There are two extremes here. Neither are appropriate all of the time.
I can agree with that when we talk about things like Maddon putting Longoria in the leadoff spot in an attempt to snap him out of a slump, or getting bench players some semi-regular playing time to keep them fresh. Those types of things are absolutely not calculated anywhere, and are something Cox did well.
However, some players hit LHers better than other. Some are good defenders and need to be brought in to replace Aybar. BPs can be managed based on platoon advantages and leverage. Lineups can be constructed without punting the #2 spot and sticking Daniel Castro there.
Those type of things absolutely can, and should be, determined by the evil spreadsheet (even though no data analyst worth a **** uses a spreadsheet anymore).
And no, I don't think most managers have more knowledge about the tactical aspects of the game than a hardcore fan or competent writer. Knowledge about how to manage people and the rigors of the MLB life? Absolutely they do.