October 30, 200421 yr WTF? I am as confused as you are. My guess is greasy is drunk as s*** after celebrating that Indiana victory today.
October 31, 200421 yr Wow, learned something new. Didn't know he managed Micheal Jordan. this coming from a pregnant ugly chick, and derek jeter. :rolly
October 31, 200421 yr Francona's strength as a manager is knowing and believing in his people. How many people were calling for him to sit Damon or Bellhorn down? Hell, they were chanting Pokey in Fenway during Game 2 or 3. Blindly sticking with someone that is struggling can hang a coach or make him a hero. Francona clearly made the right choice sticking with the guys that got him there, showing them he had confidence in them to turn things around. They did rather quickly! He was also very good at letting the players be themselves and do their own thing, while still keeping them all focused on the same goal. That is harder than you think.
October 31, 200421 yr Francona's strength as a manager is knowing and believing in his people. How many people were calling for him to sit Damon or Bellhorn down? Hell, they were chanting Pokey in Fenway during Game 2 or 3. Blindly sticking with someone that is struggling can hang a coach or make him a hero. Francona clearly made the right choice sticking with the guys that got him there, showing them he had confidence in them to turn things around. They did rather quickly! He was also very good at letting the players be themselves and do their own thing, while still keeping them all focused on the same goal. That is harder than you think. Excellent post. I knew.. if you meant it.. if you meant it.. if you meant it.. and i knew if you mean it, meant it...
October 31, 200421 yr Hell, they were chanting Pokey in Fenway during Game 2 or 3. That's why they don't allow guns in baseball stadiums.... I would have had to shoot the people around me calling for POKEY... He was the Timo Perez of the Bosox. sub .600 OPS. :puke Any manager who caved to that pressure from the fans should be removed on the spot.
October 31, 200421 yr That's why they don't allow guns in baseball stadiums.... I would have had to shoot the people around me calling for POKEY... He was the Timo Perez of the Bosox. sub .600 OPS. :puke Any manager who caved to that pressure from the fans should be removed on the spot. which was better than Bellhorn gave them in games 1-3 of the Yankees series...... I am not saying that would have been the right move, but the fans, media, it seemed everyone was calling for him to bench Bellhorn. He was 1-12 in the Yankees series and hitting .087 for the playoffs at that point. Hell, I wondered if that might be a necessary move. Damon was 1-13 in games 1-3. Giving Dave Roberts a start would not have been out of the realm of reason.
October 31, 200421 yr which was better than Bellhorn gave them in games 1-3 of the Yankees series...... I am not saying that would have been the right move, but the fans, media, it seemed everyone was calling for him to bench Bellhorn. He was 1-12 in the Yankees series and hitting .087 for the playoffs at that point. Hell, I wondered if that might be a necessary move. Damon was 1-13 in games 1-3. Giving Dave Roberts a start would not have been out of the realm of reason. Yeah. I'm not going to question pulling a guy for one game, giving him a rest. But you've gotta play the percentages, and Bellhorn's and Damon's .800 OPS isn't doing anygood on the bench.
October 31, 200421 yr Yeah. I'm not going to question pulling a guy for one game, giving him a rest. But you've gotta play the percentages, and Bellhorn's and Damon's .800 OPS isn't doing anygood on the bench. Man, in the playoffs, I think you can take OPS and toss it out the f***ing window........ a manager knows what a guy can or cannot do. He knows how they are playing at the current time. That is what matters. OPS is a measure of performance over the long haul. It gives you no indication of what a player who is struggling today, will do tomorrow........
October 31, 200421 yr Man, in the playoffs, I think you can take OPS and toss it out the f***ing window........ a manager knows what a guy can or cannot do. He knows how they are playing at the current time. That is what matters. OPS is a measure of performance over the long haul. It gives you no indication of what a player who is struggling today, will do tomorrow........ You can throw it out the window for a game or two, but for every game you play, it becomes more relavent... Bellhorn hit more HR's in the postseason than Pokey Reese did in the regular season. That doesn't mean that pokey wouldn't have driven in runs, only that was probably less likely to do so.
October 31, 200421 yr You can throw it out the window for a game or two, but for every game you play, it becomes more relavent... Bellhorn hit more HR's in the postseason than Pokey Reese did in the regular season. That doesn't mean that pokey wouldn't have driven in runs, only that was probably less likely to do so. That was my point....... in a single or two game game situation, you never know...... Bellhorn hit ALL Of those HR's in the post-season after Francona left him in, being second-guessed along the way.......
October 31, 200421 yr Terry is thanking somebody (probably the lord) that the White Sox did not hire him. I would be too.
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