Only someone who calls themselves "I miss Jason Giambi" would have the balls to write a nostalgic love letter about missing Ken Macha.

In the words of Eric the Clown, "You're livin' in the past, man! You're hung up on some clown from the sixties, man!"

I know that the only reason he got the job is because he is Billy Beane's buddy.

And how do you know this?

I'm not saying being close to Beane didn't help Geren get hired, but you do know he's an ex-MLB catcher and also managed in Sacramento before becoming a coach at the MLB level with the team, right? He's been with the organization for years.

To say that because Geren is Beane's friend is the ONLY reason he got the job is not very realistic.

I would've liked to see Washington manage here, but let's stop acting like Geren doesn't have any baseball knowledge.

Don't give this troll the pleasure.  Don't respond.  He is not an A's fan, as his history indicates.  Just look at any post in any game.  Nothing but negativity.  When the team is doing well, it's silence.  When something goes wrong, guess who comes a knockin'?  All he's looking to do is get everyone fired up for no reason, which is what is happening.  Thank you.

I didn't like him to begin with, but I thought he got better and better with ML experience.
Geren is a rookie manager, and seems to be doing fine. If we let him get experience, I think we could have a much better manager on our hands.

but I still like Geren better than Macha.

Geren, at least until recently, was great with the pitching staff. He'd pull them right before they got into trouble, rather than right after they gave up the big hit. If a guy was struggling with a high PC, he'd go out there, take him out, and bring in a fresh arm. Macha would go out there, talk, let the guy face the batter, watch the 3 run go ahead homerun, then take him out.

He also had the balls to bat Kendall 9th instead of in the 1, 2 or 3 spot.

His lineups arn't the best, but they're not that bad. Its just that our team can't hit itself out of a wet paper bag half the time.

And we shouldn't have traded Tejada for Chavez, and we shouldn't have traded Rich Harden to the Disabled List for Kiko Ducherlero and we should have kept Rickey Henderson and Terry Steinbach and McGuire.

Damn you Billy Bones and Lew Wolfenstein!

Which brings up another issue. If Terry Steinbach invests in Cisco Field will it be called Wolfe 'n Stein's Castle?

Inquiring mindholes want to know!