I would also like to add that there isn't a salary cap in baseball. And until there is my feelings are if you can afford to spend the money tyhan why not? The Red Sox also could have had ARod last last but they blew it.The Yankees jumped all over it when they got a shot and it is PAYING off. I seem to remember they signed Manny for about 160 million and tried to dump him last off season. Red Sox fans always cry foul when it doesn't work out for them but when it does they don't say a word. I guess you just wouldn't be Red Sox fans if you didn't BITCH.Oh yeah boys and girls. Your season is over.
Rico The Retard wrote:The Yanks are just Steinbrenner and his money, they got nothing to do with their managing
Agreed....
They said the same thing about Casey Stengel. When he was hired to manage the Yankees in the late 40s the media thought he was a buffoon. Of course he went on to win 10 World Series titles with the Yankees. Of course it takes talent to win championships but to say that managers do nothing is silly.
Cito Gaston did practically nothing and won two world series.
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I like how you didnt include Phil Garner, who failed twice, and then took a broke and beaten team to the playoffs.
Sorry I failed to mention Garner. However, as we have seen in the playoffs the Astros have won despite all of the managerial blunders that Garner has made. They are well documented and much talked about. Some teams are able to win despite their managers not because of them.
If You Always Do What You've Always Done,
Then You'll Always Have What You've Already Got.
I like how you didnt include Phil Garner, who failed twice, and then took a broke and beaten team to the playoffs.
Sorry I failed to mention Garner. However, as we have seen in the playoffs the Astros have won despite all of the managerial blunders that Garner has made. They are well documented and much talked about. Some teams are able to win despite their managers not because of them.
Surfs up wrote:I would also like to add that there isn't a salary cap in baseball. And until there is my feelings are if you can afford to spend the money tyhan why not? The Red Sox also could have had ARod last last but they blew it.The Yankees jumped all over it when they got a shot and it is PAYING off. I seem to remember they signed Manny for about 160 million and tried to dump him last off season. Red Sox fans always cry foul when it doesn't work out for them but when it does they don't say a word. I guess you just wouldn't be Red Sox fans if you didn't BITCH.Oh yeah boys and girls. Your season is over.
See, now there's an intelligent, well-thought out post. I wish more people like you were around.
I like how you didnt include Phil Garner, who failed twice, and then took a broke and beaten team to the playoffs.
Sorry I failed to mention Garner. However, as we have seen in the playoffs the Astros have won despite all of the managerial blunders that Garner has made. They are well documented and much talked about. Some teams are able to win despite their managers not because of them.
Agreed.
For some reason, I dont think their little run would have occured with Jimy Williams.
I like how you didnt include Phil Garner, who failed twice, and then took a broke and beaten team to the playoffs.
Sorry I failed to mention Garner. However, as we have seen in the playoffs the Astros have won despite all of the managerial blunders that Garner has made. They are well documented and much talked about. Some teams are able to win despite their managers not because of them.
Agreed.
For some reason, I dont think their little run would have occured with Jimy Williams.
[/quote]For some reason, I dont think their little run would have occured with Jimy Williams.[/quote]
And somehow, I dont think any of us thought the hiring of Phil Garner was going to be the thing that put them over the top and turn them around. Could it be their run happened because Beltran played more than 10 games under Garner rather than Jimy Williams? If you can honestly say that Garner and his "Bowa mentality" is the reason the Astros made the run then more power to you, but you wont find many that agree with you.
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If You Always Do What You've Always Done,
Then You'll Always Have What You've Already Got.
ATECH wrote:Sorry I failed to mention Garner. However, as we have seen in the playoffs the Astros have won despite all of the managerial blunders that Garner has made. They are well documented and much talked about. Some teams are able to win despite their managers not because of them.
Agreed. [/quote]For some reason, I dont think their little run would have occured with Jimy Williams.[/quote]
And somehow, I dont think any of us thought the hiring of Phil Garner was going to be the thing that put them over the top and turn them around. Could it be their run happened because Beltran played more than 10 games under Garner rather than Jimy Williams? If you can honestly say that Garner and his "Bowa mentality" is the reason the Astros made the run then more power to you, but you wont find many that agree with you.[/quote]
I don't think it was so much hiring Phil Garner, but more the firing of Jimy. It allowed everbody to relax and actually play baseball. The team had so many expectations on them, and I am sure the fact that Jimy was ready to explode at any moment didn't help the situation either. Axing Jimy basically signified an end, and removed all the expectations on the team for this season.
Lo and behold, once they relaxed they started winning, and it has nothing to do with Garner. He just fills out the lineup card.
Actually the worst mistake the Astros can make this off-season is to offer Garner a long term deal ..IMO ..
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