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" . . . and may God have mercy on your soul"

We took our 5 year old grandson to his first corn maze and regretted it for weeks until any danger of infection passed.

What type of coach would be eager to work for TLR?

Let's remember the folks who supported Bush, Reagan, Romney, McCain, etc are continuing to vote for the Republican candidate. I'm honoring John McCain and his memorable defense of Obama. There are idiots on both sides of the aisle. Trump is the first successful candidate that fired the fringe up in this way. Let's not judge the mainstream GOP supporter to these people.

Does it even really matter on an individual response level? Mask, hand sanitizer, no contact, social distancing, it's just a habit at this point whether there were 100 cases or 1000 cases yesterday. I just don't see that stopping anytime soon. On a macrolevel for policies it's important.

Before the season started we discussed too few games, expanded playoffs, rules changes, legitimate WS winner, and a host of other issues. It felt like a real season. The champs deserved it. Overall I'm glad they played. With just a couple bumps in the road I believe it went better than most of us predicted.

I know a lot of Trump supporters, none would ever do something like that. They are as outraged as you and I.

My thoughts and prayers are with you.

I'm numb to the numbers at this point. Six months ago I knew the daily infection and death totals in my area. Now I have no clue.

On a Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 just to say I did. Never again. I'd rather attend an election rally without a mask.

I don't think you have to have played to mediate an argument between players. There are plenty of sports psychologists and trainers these guys go to and respect who never played the game. As a pitcher would you listen to a guy who was 1-6 with a 5.27 ERA? That's Cooper's stat line. How about amanager that is actually better than the player at something? Analysis and adjustments. We have a manager coming in with three world series rings and a bust in Cooperstown that none of us thinks will be respected by this generation of players. Already our best players are so far ahead of the skill set of their coaches. If having done it was that big of a deal start players would do better at managing. Come up through the organization. Be a bench coach that works with players on their approach. Show them the data and eventually manage the team.

Lol. Here's a resume for a guy who could make the jump in five or ten years. They gets hired out of college for their statistics and analytical skills. They work the front office ten years, comes out to spring training to link what they are seeing in their reports to what's happening on the field. Some of the players really get into the data and get to know them and see how it's helping their performance on the field. Maybe he becomes a bench coach to gain some clubhouse experience.

Our biggest and most successful corporations today were started by people from outside the industry they disrupted. Why not baseball? The skill set to be a manager is different than being a player. Almost all the top managers in every sport were benchwarmers studying the game. Why not study the game remotely? We already have front office personnel who didn't play the game.

Exactly. I think a guy that spends fifteen years studying the science of the game behind a computer could be better than a guy who spent those fifteen years playing a single position.

What decision has a manager made that created a mess?

What clubhouse rules could a manager get away with today? You can't stop any protests. You can't stop relationships. Basically a manager needs to stay away from anything that isn't on the field during gametime.

Clubhouses change with each generation of players. A modern manager shouldn't tell players what to do or not to do so it seems like the players run the clubhouse.

I was thinking outside the box here. Obviously being a great or even good player isn't necessary to be a great manager. I'm wondering with advanced analytics do you really even need to have played? Couldn't someone with great abilities to relate to players, motivated, and make the sound moves based on science rather than gut and experience do really well as a MLB manager? Why would you ever need to play MLB or MiLB baseball?

Great reference.

Ragah and Dallas Nice job keeping that from turning into a really ugly mess. I hope you both slept well and enjoy your day.

Get his Hall of Fame bust ready. I'm thinking three maybe four WS wins in the next 20 years he's there. Detroit probably won't miss the playoffs this decade. And yes, that was sarcasm.

Fair enough. What criteria do you use to determine who is a great manager? I think managers get too much credit and too much blame. I'm trying to think of a great manager who wasn't surrounded by great players?

I believe there are some things you just don't recover from. Sports are filled with guys that stepped over lines that shouldn't be crossed. Systematic cheating at that level is one. Now I'm not saying that justified hiring Tony over several other non scandal tainted candidates like Alomar etc. But I think you can build a championship team without bringing in cheaters.

Are you just looking at his Sox years or overall? I'll agree his Sox years didn't put him in the hall. We're getting the before and after of his best, hall of fame worthy, years.

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