Kuetsar Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 On 10/7/2023 at 1:45 PM, RIPPA said: Toronto says that John Schneider will return next season as manager What about Tom Wopat? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 Because the Marlins hate success - they are parting ways with GM Kim Ng EDIT To be fair - they wanted her to return but she declined her option https://x.com/J_McPherson1126/status/1713903455431995668?s=20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 I hate baseball and all of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 The Giants interviewed assistant coach Alyssa Nakken for their managerial opening It is believed she is the first woman formally interviewed for a MLB manager position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 25 minutes ago, RIPPA said: The Giants interviewed assistant coach Alyssa Nakken for their managerial opening It is believed she is the first woman formally interviewed for a MLB manager position The clitoris has over 8,000 nerve endings and it still isn't as sensitive as men faced with the possibility of a woman succeeding in "their" sport. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 Ng released her own statement and basically was all "Bruce Sherman won't stop fucking meddling" which was the same exact thing Derek Jeter said when he left 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 I guess the Marlins aren’t gonna fix their giant hole in the catchers position by trading for Salvador Perez. Which improves the White Sox odds because apparently the Royals are wanting to dump salary for a guy they extended at the beginning of 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 And here is the other shoe - per Jeff Passan, the Marlins are/were planning hiring a president of baseball operations who Ng would have lost all her power too. So yeah.... never change Marlins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 Passan's full story (since it is free and unlocked) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 So, besides the obvious potential sexist explanation, what's the reasoning behind bringing in somebody to outrank Ng? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serious Darius Bagfelt Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Tabe said: So, besides the obvious potential sexist explanation, what's the reasoning behind bringing in somebody to outrank Ng? Probably because the guy that hired her isn't there anymore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 Trevor May announced his retirement and then had some... thoughts... about Oakland's current ownership 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 18 minutes ago, RIPPA said: Trevor May announced his retirement and then had some... thoughts... about Oakland's current ownership one season, and he wasn't even all that great (who was, this year?), but I'm ready to retire his jersey number just for this. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Joe Joe West, your Hall of Fame induction is calling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 I hope you all are sitting down for this shocking news Michael Fulmer will miss the entire 2024 season after having elbow surgery (what he exactly had was "UCL revision surgery") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 2 hours ago, RIPPA said: I hope you all are sitting down for this shocking news Michael Fulmer will miss the entire 2024 season after having elbow surgery (what he exactly had was "UCL revision surgery") I realize elite athletes are just "different" but when do you decide, "Yeah, that's it for me" when you're hurt all the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 4 hours ago, Cobra Commander said: Joe Joe West, your Hall of Fame induction is calling Bill White and Joe West are no-brainers, not sure about the rest. On the surface, Jim Leyland SEEMS like a good candidate. And then you remember that his Pirates teams should've made a World Series and that his Tigers teams underperformed, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Orioles Homer in me says Peters is deserving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 33 minutes ago, Tabe said: I realize elite athletes are just "different" but when do you decide, "Yeah, that's it for me" when you're hurt all the time? The year after your contract expires. . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Tabe said: Bill White and Joe West are no-brainers, not sure about the rest. On the surface, Jim Leyland SEEMS like a good candidate. And then you remember that his Pirates teams should've made a World Series and that his Tigers teams underperformed, too. Davey and Lou have interesting cases with some similar traits/events Davey: won the World Series in his 3rd year managing, and then managed good teams but never made it again (Went to the playoffs again with the Mets, went with the Reds and Orioles, went with the Nationals). He managed to draw ownership groups that wanted to bounce him as quickly as possible post-NYM Lou: won the World Series in his 4th year managing, and then managed good teams and never made it again (Went to the Playoffs with the Mariners and Cubs). Lou made the postseason 6 times post-WS. Coincidentally they both managed in New York at the same time so i'm sure writers compared the two over and over during that time. I'm sure that the voters will be reminded to not try combining Lou's non-HOF quality playing career with his managerial career to try getting him over the threshold. I suspect that the voters know that they have at least 3 managers on the way to the Hall very soon (Francona, Dusty, and Bochy) so inducting guys with weaker cases than those 3 probably isn't on the agenda. I think Gene Mauch is the unofficial threshold for HOF managers, so if you're a manager with a stronger case than Gene Mauch, you can get in, but if you don't have that, you stay out. Lou Piniella has 67 fewer managerial wins than Mauch and 324 fewer losses. Jim Leyland has 133 fewer wins and 309 fewer losses. Davey is way low on the total wins list (Bob Melvin and Joe Maddon have more wins than Davey) but he's top 20 for number of games over .500. Every retired manager with more games over .500 than Davey is in the HOF (Dusty Baker and Dave Roberts are ahead of Davey for wins over .500) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said: Lou: won the World Series in his 4th year managing, and then managed good teams and never made it again (Went to the Playoffs with the Mariners and Cubs). Lou made the postseason 6 times post-WS. Lou is also the guy who somehow couldn't win with a team that included prime A-Rod, prime Junior Griffey, prime Edgar Martinez, and prime Randy Johnson. And managed to get blown out in the playoffs after winning 116 games. TL;DR - he didn't suck but he's nowhere near a HOF manager, IMHO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 There's probably an alternate universe where Doc and Straw didn't get into drugs where Doc, Straw, and Davey Johnson all make the HOF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 7 hours ago, Kuetsar said: The year after your contract expires. . . Or when you get a good buyout offer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Fun with awards voting, Jim Leyland won Manager of the Year 3 times. None of the 3 seasons were his World Series season (the 1997 Marlins). Yeah, I know the voting takes place before the playoffs. Leyland might be in the club with Davey and Piniella for guys whose case suffers a little due to their post-WS body of work. Leyland also managed to sign a contract to manage in 2000 for 3 different teams and didn't manage in 2000 for any of them. He left Pittsburgh after 1996 with a deal that went through 2000, he left Florida after 1998 with a deal that ran to 2001, and he left Colorado after 1999 with a deal that ran to 2001. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdA Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Yeah. This is sort of a weak crop. Clearly it's designed to put in Joe West who...well, horrible ump but he lasted forever. I guess they can put something on his plaque about not being QUITE as terrible as Angel Hernandez. Shrug. (Funny, Rippa and I were chatting about the list and since neither of us can remember ANYTHING about Ed Montague other than the name, we realized he probably was the HOF-worthy ump.) And maybe-probably Bill White gets in for a being all over the place as a little of everything. Both aren't anything strong but I guess it would pad out any other inductions. Johnson, Leyland and Piniella's cases are pretty identical but nothing truly compelling about them. Each got a ring but probably should have/could have had more. When your failures are louder than your successes you probably aren't a HOF manager. With three pretty much locks coming up in Francona, Bochy and I guess Dusty Baker along with Mike Scioscia on the periphery I don't see the voters getting too excited about any of the three. But vets committees are weird. Harold Baines could get in again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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