Okay then keith law is dumb.  sweet.

also, Dusty had playing for him two of the most awesomest players ever in Jeff Kent and Barry Bonds.

He effing killed Rob Nen and left el fatso in for too long.  His tenure with the giants was strained at best and absoulutely wretched at the worst.  The fact that he kept his job so long was simply due to the awesomeness of Barry Bonds.

saying that dusty was the best manager in Giants history is an atrocity and a crime against baseball and against our team.  Dusty Baker was a fucktard that ruined countless pitchers.  Any idiots that hired that talentless windbag deserve whatever hellish tailspin he sends them into.

good luck to Homer Bailey.  I feel bad for the kid.

Anyone that trades for Royce Clayton, Gary Majewski and Bill Bray is what you would call "dumb"

krivsky has continually failed to trade Griffey, who could have brought back quite a bit and routinely does nothing to improve his team.

Reds management is probably worse than ours.  They're a little bit better farm system-wise, but come on.  

sure, this decision was an easy one, but the team has been known to do dumb things before.

There are two parts to the manager job (and surely other ways of looking at it, too): one is the 3 hours per day that is the game, and the other is the 21 hours per day that's not the game.  Dusty was very good at the 21 hours per day that's not the game-- setting the atmosphere for the team, respecting his players, treating them like adults, knowing them as individuals, speaking Spanish, etc.  But the 3 hours per day that is the game?  HORRENDOUS on the order of two-week old corpse stuffed with rotting fish and limberger cheese, deep fried in cow shit, then sprinkled in tabasco. (No reason; I just put tabasco on everything.)  He had zero strategic ability whatsoever. (See 'Three Nights in August,' which should have been subtitled: 'LaRussa Is A Self-Important Blowhard Who Nevertheless Consistently Beats Dusty Without Dusty Ever Knowing How or Even Realizing that There IS Strategy Involved in This Game.')

It is an interesting question (to me) of how many wins each category is worth. I believe that the 21-hrs-that's-not-the-game IS an important part of the job during the season.  It is probably worth several wins to set the right atmosphere and make your guys feel the way they need to feel to do their best. (I think that atmosphere is different for different groups; I don't think it's just a matter of throwing out the rulebook.) In-game strategy is absolutely worth a few wins, too, maybe more than a few.

But when you get to the post-season????  It's (nearly) ALL strategy, baby.  By that time, your players are in synch, they've been succeeding as a team all year, the atmosphere is whatever it is, etc.  

Sending Dusty into the post-season is like going on 'Jeopardy' never having heard of Shakespeare.  Sure, you'll nail the stuff you're good at (state capitals, food questions), but you KNOW there's going to be some important Shakespeare stuff sooner or later, and you are going to flat-out blow it. Guaranteed.

He will never, ever, ever, ever, not once, not a single time, ever, ever win a World Series.  He's the Shakespeareless guy on 'Jeopardy'-- he can get on the show, but never be champion.  Not only is he bad at strategy in the game, he doesn't even freaking recognize it.