Maybe, but I don’t worry about top tier guys becoming bums. I worry more about the relievers like Chapman who suddenly have new dominating pitches. Regardless, it’s a trade off I’ll take any day of the week if it means our lineup isn’t completely useless.
Like someone on Twitter said, he'll probably turn into the next Jason Giambi for the Rays.
Boone was a reaction to Girardi. Cora doesn’t have an edge like Joe Girardi’s but he has an edge. Nevin seems to have an edge as well so maybe that’s why the Yankees don’t pull the trigger on Boone. I also sense Cora has a tad more autonomy than Boone but that’s just a guess, given they hired Boone with no coaching experience vs. Cora who did.
This was impossible because Boston was eliminated earlier in the playoffs than NY and they hired Cora super quickly, while NY was still in the ALCS. Of course it's possible that they could have communicated possible interest to Cora's reps as you say but if that had ever leaked, that Cashman was doing that while NY was still playing and fighting for a WS spot, Cashman would have been crucified.
I think Cashman prides himself on not making kneejerk moves, and it's true that doing that in baseball can often be precisely the wrong thing. In this case, though, Boone was the wrong guy from the start and now that's pretty clear to anyone paying attention. Cashman can choose to waste the rest of the season with a lame-duck manager or try to salvage this season now. I recommend the latter but no one is asking my opinion.
Respectfully, I could not disagree more. Look at Bill Belichick. He treats the media with scorn a lot of the time. Yes, not all managers and head coaches are the same, but the main job is putting your team in the best position to win.
I understand where you're coming from. I just feel that baseball, like other sports, is a more and more player-run league. Like football (the European kind), basketball and other major sports, the best coaches are the ones that are generally 'soft' on players, good with the media and can absorb pressure. The NFL is not the same because players don't play with freedom/individuality, everything is mapped and planned out. In baseball, the best data guys are sitting upstairs, so most of the job of the manager - who bats where in the lineup, how fielders are positioned - is done already (by someone else). Things have changed a lot from 20 years ago. The manager needs to understand some flow of the game but even then, look at the Rays, Cash basically has no freedom with regards to when their starting pitchers are pulled. In the playoffs, no one gets a third time through the order.
Wait - what? I realize the Sox rotation isn't all that great but where is the elite - other than maybe Spin Doctor. The rest - bleh.
Yeah the NYY starters are 7th in fWAR while the Sox are 8th. Both solidly above average but not in White Sox/Mets territory.
I agree with much of this post, but I also think that a huge part of the job of today's manager is to set the tone. Even-keeled is good, but complacency is bad. It's a fine line. We all know the cliche that baseball is a marathon, not a sprint, but you still need to keep running in a marathon, you can't just walk.
You just aren't taking it far enough. They need to bring in Scioscia as Player/Manager/General Manager. Imagine the firm hand of Mike Scioscia calling every pitch from behind the plate, thrown by pitchers he signed himself. That will right the ship in no time.
Yep, all this is true, and the problem is you can't prepare for everything that might potentially happen in a game beforehand. It's always been very obvious that Boone is a shitty real-time decision maker.
I also think once the players figure the situation out, that it’s very difficult for the manager to continue.
Cashman is being real stubborn about this, which could be the end of him, too, once the season is over. If he says there’s too much talent on this team after last night’s debacle, somebody should shoot him. The whole point is this team is underperforming and key players have quit on the manager.
The judges were looking for "I never will marry." Thanks, terrynever, for a morning chuckle.
I never get half the jokes you guys make, especially when they’re on me.
Shh let them be. The last thing we want them to do is find a competent manager.
This. I was just ribbing you a little. Both Ronstadt songs describe the Yankees right now. No offense to you was intended. Hugs?
You do march to a different drummer, BWB. No hugs. Not for someone wrapped in barbed wire.This. I was just ribbing you a little. Both Ronstadt songs describe the Yankees right now. No offense to you was intended. Hugs?
