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Communication is important, but I don’t believe that the non Latinos had any problems understanding what Ozzie wanted when he was here. Quite frankly I don’t understand a good portion of what Ozzie is saying on TV, but I get exactly what he is saying. The point is, players might get an extra bit of joy playing for a manger they like, but the Latino part of the equation will wear off before spring training ends. If they like him, like playing for him, they’ll keep liking him no matter his ethnicity.

People seem to want to assume that Moncada is going to revert to playing the way he did a number of years ago because Pedro speaks Spanish to him. Eloy is gonna stop crashing into Robert or something. Or Abreu will do something even more awesome. Or they have a championship roster, but just were failed by the manager. Or that Spanish speaking players aren't motivated by non Latino managers,. Tony failed because he let the players do whatever they wanted, and they weren't expected to hit the cutoff man. And the players themselves failed for whatever reasons. Probably overrrated. It may surprise this discussion, but MLB is filled with Latinos excelling under non Latino leadership.

I never said it wasn't "good". 'The hell?

That you think the Sox understand its employees is such an odd take. I certainly never said it was bad to understand employees, that was an odd read, That you think the Sox needed Spanish to play good baseball, and that the Sox made the hire based on Spamish would be a sad statement on the actual quality of these players. Spanish will have nothing to to with Pedro Grifol's success (or failure)

I don’t know man. If people think the Sox need a guy that can speak Spanish to them before they play their best baseball, do people realize how much of an insult that is to the baseball character of the Sox?

Pedro with a friend. Pedro has a sandwhich.

But record number asses kicked

Mully: The new guy wants to kick your ass, not preserve his hamstrings

It’s great, but what do the analytics say about playing big lumbering outfielders, and signing mediocre utility guys to long term deals in lieu of real position players? This team has to answer to basic common sense first way before analytics. I have confidence and hope they will now. Well, mostly hope. I would get a ton more satisfaction if Hahn was as sharp as Pedro, and would indicate so. Pedro needs tools to employ. Newsflash to the Sox FO. YOU ARE NOT A CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD. Get that delusional crap outta here and get to work building.

Eloy’s only problem has been crashing into objects and people.

We should all start talking like this. Pedro met a puppy Pedro ate french fries Pedro made a sandwich Pedro has a neighbor

They are platoon outfielders only in the weird little Sox universe

I just want to know what the tiny quality in Pedro was that Jerry liked, that was held Venn diagram style in common with the good judgment of the Sox baseball people.

Good stuff to hear. Interesting that the Sox tossed experience out the window, but they seemed down to Ozzie as the alternative. I think experience is overrated in baseball anyway, the pace is so slow a manager has time to think things through, and the concepts are pretty basic at the end of the day. The only problem with lack of experience is the inability to judge their quality with confidence..

You had me at Mike Shirley. I’m in.

We gotta know what happened in there. Also, Jerry liked him, so this is a discouraging tweet.

Dr Oz is still viable, so that checks out.

Sure, why not. Hopefully the Sox don’t wait until only Ozzie is left in the green room. Because that would be the wrong way to hire Ozzie. That’s kind of why I don’t think it’s Ozzie. You can’t sell him if he’s like, an afterthought.

This year, the mountain came to Muhammad ?

The adverb I would use is thirsty. Not that I necessarily blame anyone for being thirsty at this point.

If upset means he was who I was hoping they would hire, then yeah, upset. The whole thing that is bordering on absurd levels is the idea that Latin players need a latin manager so much that it determines ultimate outcomes the field. That’s what is being implied with the whole situation. Reminds me of how NBA players supposedly play better for black head coaches

So far, not so much for the decision makers in the rooms with him

We fell in love with Espada because he is a Latino that interviewed a bunch of times. Unless we knew more than that. Seemed like it. What we knew Im not sure however when pressed.

English is fine

I replied earlier, but to clarify the full thought, this is correct. Players are responsible for themselves. You cannot expect a Spanish speaking manager to get a guy to focus on improving and then improving. That is done on the player side. There is no need to be concerned about the latino manager getting this team to play better if they speak English a second language. These guys are good pros or they aren’t.