DLD 10/21/2006
by rfloh on Oct 21, 2006 8:22 AM PDT
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PrintDave Newhouse continues his quixotic and idiotic campaign for Dusty as the manager of the A's.
Apparently, Dusty should be the manager because he has "presence". But then so does Sweet Lou.
That's why I'm backing Dusty Baker as the A's next manager. He has the presence to stand up to anybody. If he can manage Barry Bonds, who hardly considered him a buddy at the time, he can manage anybody.Baker is a man's man, very popular with his players, a proven manager with a 103-win season, four playoff appearances and one World Series. Since I first supported Baker a few days ago, I've received a torrent of criticism from readers who perceive Baker as Atilla the Hun with a lineup card.
Baker led the Chicago Cubs to their first back-to-back winning seasons in 30-plus years, but he is being blamed for the team's downfall, even though the Cubbies haven't won a World Series since 1908.
That lovable, inept organization hasn't gotten anything right since Tinker to Evers to Chance. All its failures seem to have landed on Baker. Cubs fans now have Lou Piniella to kick around.
In non-baseball news, according to this article all men will have big willies
Blokes will be chuffed to learn their willies will get bigger -- and women's boobs will become more pert.<points>, <laughs>.
British ministers are planning to impose controls on the YouTube website to try to end the broadcasting of indiscriminate violence.
Why are Americans behind the Brits in tilting at windmills?
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More on Macha...
"...Disconnect? Macha is blunt and my experience with him is that he tells his players what's expected of them, and he doesn't coddle them. He took three players with troubled pasts -- Jay Payton (who clashed with Terry Francona), Frank Thomas (considered a bad clubhouse influence with the White Sox at the end), and Milton Bradley (incidents everywhere he's played) -- and guided them to productive seasons. He got them playing together. The team thrived."
..."Sources around Major League Baseball during the ALCS said Macha wanted Dan Haren to pitch Games 3 and 7, but was overruled and comebacking Rich Harden (who missed more than three months with a sprained elbow ligament) was given the ball for Game 3 and Haren pushed back to Game 4. Macha also refused to sit Mark Kotsay in favor of Bobby Kielty..."
"...Macha, who went 93-69 and had a four-year record of 368-280 with two first-place and two second-place finishes, will not speak ill of Beane, or speak about him at all. Macha wanted to walk away with the dignity and class he always portrayed. The whole league knows that he did a very good managing job...."
For the rest of the article you can read it here: http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2006/10/22/shortchanged_by_moneyball/
and because you are required to be a member here's the link to the 2nd page
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2006/10/22/shortchanged_by_moneyball/?page=2
by osuSwisher on Oct 22, 2006 1:16 PM PDT reply actions
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