Next M's Manager?
by PortlandPachyderm on Jun 20, 2008 3:52 PM PDT
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(PS. I'm a visiting ANer, live in Portland, so I follow the Mariners quite a bit as well, when I'm not rooting for the A's :)
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I'm not sure how much the field manager matters (I mean look at your A's)
but I’ll take Joey Cora in the spirit of getting some new ideas into the org (we’ll see, I’m just not enamored with retreads for the most part)
True. Perhaps the solution is really getting the right GM.
JP Riccardi should be available soon. ;)
Anyway, here’s a better link to the original Seattle Times article that fannation quoted.
"I've never hit a ball that good and not have it go out" –Jack Cust
by PortlandPachyderm on Jun 20, 2008 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
No Joey Cora!
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by Aaron Campeau on Jun 20, 2008 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe you're right...
He might be too soft…
"I've never hit a ball that good and not have it go out" –Jack Cust
by PortlandPachyderm on Jun 20, 2008 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
This picture makes me cry...
Yes, I'm a girl. Yes, I know baseball. Yes, I even drink beer.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jun 21, 2008 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Where's that you're jpeg?
Yes, I'm a girl. Yes, I know baseball. Yes, I even drink beer.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jun 21, 2008 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I refuse to do it correctly until LFoJL stops manufacturing nightmare fuel.
by JI on Jun 21, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually, I'm in support of that.
Yes, I'm a girl. Yes, I know baseball. Yes, I even drink beer.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jun 21, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
If there's one thing we need more of it's '95 nostalgia
by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 20, 2008 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Bobby V. would be cool, but that documentary on him makes him seem content in Japan.
“The Zen of Bobby V”. Awesome documentary by the way.
Yeah
Icon in Japan… embattled manager in America… icon in Japan… embattled manager in America…
I don’t blame Bobby for never wanting to come back here.
The Mariners do have ties to Japan though
Maybe Ichiro and Kenji could help recruit him? I mean Ichiro’s fame is Japan is still big as ever even though he plays in America now.
Jl/Robert '08: Promise for a CoachCage tomorrow!
I'd be absolutely shocked if Bobby V goes anywhere.
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by Aaron Campeau on Jun 21, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Why would they?
Ichiro and Kenji are probably not too thrilled with the Mariners themselves right now. And this never minds the fact that neither one ever worked with Bobby or knows him at all.
Joey Cora
Would be interesting but I doubt the team would REALLY go after him since he’s great friends with Guillen and Guillen speaks (too much) his mind. Doubt Armstrong or Lincoln can deal w/that type of manager. Lou was enough for them to never go that route again.
My requirements for a new manager:
A) Doesn’t actively hinder the team’s chances of winning.
B) Has a pulse (optional).
Fine with me.
My standards are hilariously low at this point.
by Liebkartoffel on Jun 21, 2008 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
We also have Lee Elia and Sam Perlazzo just incase Riggleman doesn't do his job.
Jl/Robert '08: Promise for a CoachCage tomorrow!
Ready to look up Hargrove's number?
At some point we should have a recap of Lou, Melvin, Hargrove, and McLaren. It would be interesting to get some perspective on strengths and weaknesses. I seemed to really dislike Melvin but maybe he’s actually pretty good. I hated Hargrove until he left and then kinda missed him. McLaren wasn’t too bright and we lost alot so i guess its easy to explain why we didn’t really miss him when he got fired. Everybody liked Lou (if you didn’t you’re probably a douchebag who thought that an umpires shouldn’t have dirt kicked on them).
by Edgar for Pres on Jun 22, 2008 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll always have a soft-spot for Lou,
(pitcher abuse notwithstanding), and I think Melvin probably was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, but Hargrove and McLaren definitely and repeatedly violated Requirement A—plus McLaren cried a lot, which was odd.
by Liebkartoffel on Jun 22, 2008 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Melvin was probably the lowest-impact manager we've had over the last ten years.
God I miss having a manager who doesn’t hurt our chances to win.
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