Bochy Ranked 11th Best Manager In Majors, Boston Globe Loses Credibility

"11. Bruce Bochy, Giants: Gets a lot of respect for his in-game maneuvers, knowledge of the game, and general demeanor. "

My feelings for Bochy's in-game maneuvers do not even come near to "respect." Perhaps the size of his head influenced Nick Cafardo.

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Maybe Bochy was ranked lower initially, but Cafardo made a double-switch halfway through writing the article.

"Are we bad? No. But right now, we are." Boulderskull, 4.16.09

by Kitspool on Jun 1, 2009 3:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

+1

25-24 - Giants Series Record: 10-5-2, 8-1 at home

Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - 2nd bad start in a row. 5 ER, 7 H and 3 BB is only 4 1/3 IP. Overall ERA has risen to 3.99. Time to shape up, son. A thought: Maday has given up either 0, 1, 2, or 3 ER in every start except his last two, both of which have been against Portland. We'll blame it on those Sea Dogs!

by rhys on Jun 1, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

/applause

Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.

by oldjacket on Jun 1, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

the Boston Globe had no credibility to begin with.

Bonds stands alone.

Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants

by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 1, 2009 4:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Well, I dunno about that...

…but if a newspaper loses credibility every time a sports columnist writes something half-assed, then every major daily in the country would be below Weekly World News level.

I don’t think Bochy is a terrible manager, but I am nonplussed by the respect for his “in-game manuevers”. Maybe they were talking about his Nintendo skills.

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by EliminateMe on Jun 1, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

newspapers are going of business for multiple reasons, the lack of quality of their product is among them. the Boston Globe is a paper that may be seeing its final days.

Bonds stands alone.

Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants

by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 1, 2009 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nah, there’s plenty of crap products in this world doing great business. Hell, check out the movie gross list most any week of the year to disprove that theory.

A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.

by Roger on Jun 1, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

one word

ganz

25-24 - Giants Series Record: 10-5-2, 8-1 at home

Adopted Giant: Daryl "Dealio" Maday - 2nd bad start in a row. 5 ER, 7 H and 3 BB in only 4 1/3 IP. Overall ERA has risen to 3.99. Time to shape up, son. A thought: Maday has given up either 0, 1, 2, or 3 ER in every start except his last two, both of which have been against Portland. We'll blame it on those Sea Dogs!

by rhys on Jun 1, 2009 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ha ha. Dusty is 10.

Bonds stands alone.

Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants

by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 1, 2009 4:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

And Cito Gaston, who’s already won two World Series and has the Blue Jays 19 games over .500 since he returned to manage them, is 14th. Seriously, what else does the guy have to do to earn respect? Defuse a dirty bomb?

"Are we bad? No. But right now, we are." Boulderskull, 4.16.09

by Kitspool on Jun 1, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

what he’s really saying is that Bochy is only the 20th worst manager in the major leagues.

Bonds stands alone.

Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
Official Sponsor of the 1997 San Francisco Giants

by nostocksjustbonds on Jun 1, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Blue Jays fans, in my experience, have something of a love/hate relationship with Gaston. On the one hand, he seems to get results, but on the other, his actual in-game management often seems lazy or weird. He’s sort of like their Dusty Baker, it seems like.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that pie > cake, that Bochy is endowed by his creator with certain undeniable traits, that among these are veteran man-love, a gigantic skull, and the pursuit of the double switch.
Adopted Giant: Fred Lewis, who can still draw a walk.

by jcb9 on Jun 1, 2009 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gaston!

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by FairweatherFan on Jun 2, 2009 9:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

In a wrestling match, nobody fights like Gaston.

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by Natto on Jun 2, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dusty tends to do very well for the first few seasons everywhere he goes.

Bruce Bochy would like you to look at the career numbers and stop complaining.

by cheno on Jun 2, 2009 3:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh man

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by CB30 on Jun 1, 2009 4:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

UR DOIN IT WRONG

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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jun 1, 2009 4:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Proof positive that managers are bad.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jun 1, 2009 6:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Robots should be managers.

by AmorVincitOmnia on Jun 1, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not sure this is a good idea.

see Zambrano vs. Gatorade dispenser

VAE PVTO DEVS FIO

by Bhaakon on Jun 1, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Unless

They fit the manager robots with those stun guns that shoot the things out. Then they can tase Zambrano when he flips out again.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 2, 2009 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good point.

by AmorVincitOmnia on Jun 3, 2009 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Read the description

It’s gallingly apparent that the writer had never heard of Bruce Bochy or the Giants, so he wrote something universally applicable and ranked him high-but-not-too-high to ward off angry e-mails.

Seriously, this is palm reading. “You’re serious and focused, but can cut loose and have fun on a Friday night. You’re not the social butterfly at a cocktail party, but your close set of friends know they can count on you in a pinch.”

Proud member of the Adopt-a-Giant program (Aaron Rowand)

by antinous on Jun 1, 2009 10:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs