December 18, 200322 yr Wally backman will NOT be with Birmingham this season; he has left the organ-i-zation...probably will be a coach with Francona in Boston! We lose another one!
December 18, 200322 yr Wally backman will NOT be with Birmingham this season; he has left the organ-i-zation...probably will be a coach with Francona in Boston! We lose another one! You could see that one coming.
December 18, 200322 yr No big surprise there. The writing was on the wall during the managerial interviews when no one called Wally.
December 18, 200322 yr Mr. Class Act is gone? Does this mean that DH-types in our AA affiliate won't be asked to steal 20 bases and bunt every other at-bat anymoe?
December 18, 200322 yr From today's Birmingham News...... Backman Not Coming Back Does this mean that DH-types in our AA affiliate won't be asked to steal 20 bases and bunt every other at-bat anymoe? Not sure what you are hinting at there, but Backman made a difference in winning more games than any Minor League Manager I have watched. His game management was superb.
December 18, 200322 yr Not sure what you are hinting at there, but Backman made a difference in winning more games than any Minor League Manager I have watched. His game management was superb. which is the damn shame of the Gardenhire phone call thing - cuz Backman probably would have been a superb manager for us
December 18, 200322 yr I hope he realized the mistake he made and doesn't repeat it. That was monumentaly stupid.
December 18, 200322 yr I could give a s*** less what was reported by some "nameless twin coach" all i know is that he did a awesome job getting our prospects to play at their level, and if you look at where our guys have succeeded most (Crede,Borch,Rauch) it was under wally in AA. I congatulate him on getting a major league jon and only hope he doesnt come back to bite us in the ass.
December 19, 200322 yr which is the damn shame of the Gardenhire phone call thing - cuz Backman probably would have been a superb manager for us Wally has had the habit of talking too much, but I don't buy the s*** about him wanting the Sox to lose. He may have joked around with Gardenhire, but losing is not Wally's style. Lots of things can be taken out of context and I have no doubt this was one of them.
December 19, 200322 yr Wally has had the habit of talking too much, but I don't buy the s*** about him wanting the Sox to lose. He may have joked around with Gardenhire, but losing is not Wally's style. Lots of things can be taken out of context and I have no doubt this was one of them. It comes as no secret that I wanted LaRussa to come back to the Sox and thought Wally Backman's style would have been disaster with this team- he would have ran Sox out of innnings and Maggs, Lee and Jose's hamtrings into the ground by June, to say nothing of alienating half the veteran team we had back in September.. BUT I wanted ANYTHING over Ozzie, so I was suprised when they weren't talking about Wally B at all. i don't get this organization sometimes.
December 19, 200322 yr Wally backman will NOT be with Birmingham this season; he has left the organ-i-zation...probably will be a coach with Francona in Boston! We lose another one! Who cares? The f***er is an asshole anyway, wanting us to lose to his buddies team...and all..
December 19, 200322 yr i really like wally he did a great job with some of our youngster and i wish he would have gotten ozzies job.
December 19, 200322 yr It comes as no secret that I wanted LaRussa to come back to the Sox and thought Wally Backman's style would have been disaster with this team- he would have ran Sox out of innnings and Maggs, Lee and Jose's hamtrings into the ground by June, to say nothing of alienating half the veteran team we had back in September.. BUT I wanted ANYTHING over Ozzie, so I was suprised when they weren't talking about Wally B at all. i don't get this organization sometimes. Brando, I have no doubt that Wally could adapt his style of managing to the players he has. He played a certain style in Birmingham because he had teams with no power and quite frankly, average hitter overall. His lineup 1-9 was pretty weak, so he had to find ways to score runs. This past year he had some guys that were better at driving in runs, so the running slowed down. I think it is narrow-minded to think that most managers only know one style. Most of them are long-time baseball guys and adapt to the personnel they have. Some don't do it as well as others, however. As far as the veteran players not wanting to play for him, I don't think that would have been an issue at all. Wally is a very likable guy and players love playing for him. He and the players would have adapted an got along just fine. That said, I don't think he was the right choice for the Sox at this time because I don't think he would mix with KW. I do think he will make a good big league manager someday, however.
December 19, 200322 yr Wally has had the habit of talking too much, but I don't buy the s*** about him wanting the Sox to lose. He may have joked around with Gardenhire, but losing is not Wally's style. Lots of things can be taken out of context and I have no doubt this was one of them. Wally may talk too much, but he doesn't talk nearly as much as the dope who got the job. Wally will be a great major league manager someday.
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