One would hope.
― Headlock Ellis (WmC), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 16:40 (thirteen years ago) link
That wasn't what I meant, William! I was hoping the Bravos would pick some idiot, but I didn't really expect them to.
The Mets, on the other hand - that could be a seismic shift.
― Mark C, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Fine, Cox's shit doesn't work in the playoffs, we already knew that.
uh, how many pennants did he win, six?
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, but none after 1999. You could argue that he had lesser talent to work with, or that he made more mistakes than he had in the past (and you could argue that it had something to do with age -- everyone's skills degrade with time). I don't really know. Like you said, failing to make defensive substitutions in the 9th inning of a playoff game is almost indefensible.
Anyway, luck usually trumps managing in the playoffs -- which was the main point of Neyer's post.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Like you said, failing to make defensive substitutions in the 9th inning of a playoff game is almost indefensible
See what I did there!!
(actually it was an accident)
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
actually 5 pennants but who's counting
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Hubbard and Cadahia fired. Fredi's bringing his own guy in as bench coach; Pendleton is out as hitting coach and being moved to 1B coach. All good moves. Chipper as hitting coach is kind of a high risk/high reward thing, but it may be a little early to speculate on that one.
― Headlock Ellis (WmC), Thursday, 14 October 2010 13:53 (thirteen years ago) link