Who would you pick to replace Bochy next season?
by DJ Tofu on Sep 9, 2009 10:20 AM PDT
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PrintWho would you pick to replace Bochy next season regardless of practicalities like contract situation, whether he likes to live in the west coast, etc. The list is composed of most of the current MLB managers. I probably have forgotten someone. Please free feel to add them in the conversation. Since I am still under 75 words, I will add that for many of these choices, I don't know enough of them, their clubs' prospect development, and past game day decisions to choose one. I do know I don't want Joe Torre or Dusty.
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Steve Decker but I’m not sure his approach with his players will lend itself to managing a major league team.
Adopted father of Brian Bocock, Brad Boyer, Sharlon Schoop, Shane Jordan and Jeremiah Luster,Trey Webb and David Quinowski.
Can you expand? Don’t know much about Decker’s approach.
by AngelWillSaveUs on Sep 9, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
Not well liked by the players, tends to be an asshole. Can’t argue with his results though.
Adopted father of Brian Bocock, Brad Boyer, Sharlon Schoop, Shane Jordan and Jeremiah Luster,Trey Webb and David Quinowski.
I was going to say what no Decker?
But that’s just cause he signed a baseball for me as a kid.
Let's bring the...
Kind of a silly poll since most are tied up with current teams. I’d definitely be interested in seeing a poll for coaches that are available, though.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
xanthan
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Anyone who walks will have to run the bases on their hands.
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
@#$% Juan Uribe. Dios es grande.
I’d put in a vote for xanthan! Seems to know his stuff.
by flyonthewall on Sep 9, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I've seen worse
Like “I WANT WINNERS,” and “WE’RE GOING TO HIT THEM IN THE MOUTH.”
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
This
Just because when he makes a bad decision, I can post “XANTHAN WUZ WRONG!”
by AngelWillSaveUs on Sep 9, 2009 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
the DUI guy
he’s good for laughs, and seems to know a little about baseball
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
or someone of his ilk. I’m sure there are baseball people I’ve never heard of that have an idea about the importance of crazy stats like OBP. Someone like that would be a breath of fresh air.
by AngelWillSaveUs on Sep 9, 2009 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions
this
I still have no idea why the Nats dropped him. Like it’s in any way his fault he can’t win with one of the worst collections of players in recent memory.
The very bad man traded my son...So now I'd like you all to meet my new son, Ryan "Aaron" Garko...Dammit it's just not the same!
/golf clap
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Sep 9, 2009 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions
/canned laughter
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
Another Vote For Acta
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
The Ignorance Of This Poll Is Astounding
I’ll take Decker
Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE
if i recall manny acta is a pretty good manager, i think i’d be down with him.
FREE BUSTER
by TimLincecumIsGod on Sep 9, 2009 11:28 AM PDT reply actions
When Valentine was manager here in the States...
…how would he handle young players/pitchers? Was he a gritty veteran guy or did he field a good mix?
Noonan. Nooooonan!
by Giant Fan in Singapore on Sep 9, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions
+109
I said Wakamatsu, simply b/c there was no Wotus option. Srsly, Anybody who has been able to study the mistakes of Baker, Alou, and Bochy, should have a pretty good idea of what NOT to do. And he’s due.
And I hadn’t considered Valentine, but he’d be awesome.
Brenly would be another idea…as long as Kruk has no influence on him.
Jason Stoffel: 20IP, 1-0, 0.90, 4SV, 19K. The heir apparent to B-Weez.
RE: Wotus
Guys been in the Giants system forever and we constantly bash the Giants organization when it comes to developing players, not recognizing value outside of BA, etc. Are we sure Wotus would be much different than the Giants managers of the past?
by AngelWillSaveUs on Sep 9, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Roberto Kelly just looks like he would kick your ass if you did not perform.
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
All I want is someone who will be patient with young players.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
Then Sabean needs to go first. He won’t hire a Manager that is willing to do/die w/ youngsters.
I would love to see Bochy and Sabean gone, and see what Wotus as MGR and Bobby Evans as GM could accomplish with young talent.
Jason Stoffel: 20IP, 1-0, 0.90, 4SV, 19K. The heir apparent to B-Weez.
I’ll second that one! They always talk about player development, and then go out and get guys from other teams.
by flyonthewall on Sep 9, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Believe it or not, he played under Felipe!
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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Why has he never told us this?!?
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None of the above
Why isn’t Wotus on this list? I’m not sure he’s the best choice, but he should be on the list.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
oddly
it just appears to be a list of the 30 current managers in mlb
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
I'm someone else!
Me!
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
Make mine Davey Johnson
Plotting the ultimate demise of Gore51 (never met him, I dunno he could be swell) so as to adopt Kyle Nicholson.
by Whiteteaandpoptarts on Sep 9, 2009 12:58 PM PDT reply actions
i do not see armando benitez in your poll.
"The mind plays tricks on you. You play tricks back! It's like you're unraveling a big cable-knit sweater that someone keeps knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting..."
~~Pee Wee
William Nuschler Clark, Jr. w/ new batting coach Dale Murphy plus Brett Butler/Willie McGee. I’d be ok w/ Tony Gwynn or Mark Grace replacing Murphy though. I’d be happy w/ whoever encourages this team to w/ through the utilization of runs.
Matt Cain's right hand beats a Royal Flush.
couldn't be worse than bochy.
managing being as insignificant as it is, i could see clark at least putting SOME value in patience at the plate.
Brian Sabean figures that if he buys enough bottles, one of them is bound to have lightning in it.
2 weeks ago..
i would’ve been okay with keeping bochy. but after watching the posey situation, i want his ass OUT !!
You mean, do we know for certain that Sabean didn’t say “We’re adding this guy to the roster, but under no circumstances are you allowed to play him”?
I guess we don’t, but…doesn’t that make even less sense than the alternatives?
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maybe Bochy is a Catholic, and plans to annul the callup because it was never consummated.
cheering for Adam Witter, who will hit bigleague dingers some day.
Still yelling "Go, Antoan"
by foothillsfan on Sep 9, 2009 4:31 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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Dunston
Not Shawon, that is, but the trained orangutan from that movie.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
Believe it or not, you’re allowed to hire guys who aren’t already managing another team as your manager.
Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
Adopted Giant: FREDEMPTION Lewis
That's just crazy talk.
That’s like starting a catcher who’s never caught a major league game before!
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I'd be down for Wotus.
That said, I voted for Joe Maddon. Wotus was mentioned in consideration for the Houston job, and the Pirates before that. I think he’s definitely ready to be a manager in the bigs.
"Snow woulda had it!!!"
THANKS BRIAN SABEAN FOR LETTING MY GERALD GO!!!!!!!
AND IS REALLY FRIGGIN PISSED AT BORK FOR NOT DOING THE SAME
Like many of the guys on this list, Maddon isn’t going anywhere. The Rays just gave him a 3-year extension.
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obviously, but that’s because he’s good. if the question was which manager would be most viable choice for the giants next year, that’d be a whole different story. but yeah maddon’ll be there for a while.
"Snow woulda had it!!!"
THANKS BRIAN SABEAN FOR LETTING MY GERALD GO!!!!!!!
AND IS REALLY FRIGGIN PISSED AT BORK FOR NOT DOING THE SAME
Andy Skeels
Just trying to get out ahead of the curve.
Sergio Romo: striking out professional hitters since 2005. And winner of the 2012 NL Fireman of the Year Award!
What Does Wotus Do?
If Wotus has actually provided any in-game strategy suggestions that Bochy has utilized, I don’t think he is a good choice. I’d prefer someone brought in from the outside with “new” ideas foreign to the current de facto “Giants Way”.
by koel on Sep 9, 2009 6:42 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
He makes me pull out his hair whenever Bochy gets tossed.
At least, that’s what it seems like.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
Five people voted for Jim Tracy? Come on.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
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I'm not exactly sure who this mustachioed mystery man is, but I like the cut of his jib.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
Yu Darvish!!
I thought I didn’t care… then I fell in love with Panda and now I’m not so sure anymore. - Smoke On The Water
I’m pretty sure that’s actually Donovan McNabb.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Sep 10, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Don Mattingly
Lets steal him from the bums bench before someone else does. I’m serious.
"A foghorn blowing out wild and cold." -Dire Straits
Randy Winn
Two reasons
1. Kruk and Kuip said he would make a good manager
2. It would get him out of the lineup
#1 threat to America: Pandas
Also, Tim Lincecum
Adopted Father: Tyler Graham
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Would it really get him out of the lineup?
Giants Brass: We could save a ton of money by hiring a player to be our new manager. Why, we’d save money on payroll, and hotel rooms… and there’d even be an extra seat on the plane! And then… then… we could use that savings to go out and buy us a washed up, over the hill, non-roided out, late 1990’s power hitter!!!!
The cloned offspring of: Leyland, Davey Johnson, Billy Martin, Earl Weaver, Ted Williams, and Theo Epstein.
Yes, he would be ugly. And yes, he could be a little cranky. And yes, he almost certainly would smoke cigarettes. (And yes, come to think of it, he would probably be The Most Interesting Man in the World™, so stay thirsty, bitches.) But god DAMN, would he ever know every single wrinkle of the game of baseball and would understand modern evaluation.
However, barring laboratory success by some of you science types, then Wotus or Sekata would have my support.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
Earl Weaver FTW!
Wasn’t Ted Williams kinda an epic failure as a manager?
Giants wins feel better than Dodger losses, but it's darn close.
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 11, 2009 8:33 AM PDT up reply actions
No. Ted Williams actually did a pretty good job for the Senators. For a team that was in flux and wasn’t really good when he took over, they had a winning year his first year. But after that they weren’t really good again. He did however find a way to get his players to be a lot more patient at the plate.
Before Ted Williams came, slugger Frank Howard had never walked more than 60 times in 9 full seasons. In 3 full seasons under Williams, Howard walked 102, 132 and 77 times.
1st baseman Mike Epstein went from 48 walks to 85, and 73 the following year. SS Ed Brinkman went from a career high of 38 walks to totals of 50 and 60 under Williams.
And holy crap we think the Giants have been powerless, Williams’ 1972 Ranger team hit only 56 home runs.
I don't include him for his managerial skill, but for his approach to hitting and ability to teach it.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Sep 14, 2009 2:07 AM PDT up reply actions
NO Sparky?
Got to agree with Weaver though.
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
Oversight on my part. Thank you. Sparky's genes should be in there, too.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Sep 14, 2009 2:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Buttermaker!
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Maddon
Any guy that can take the Rays and do that I want. I don’t care if he was actually totally ineffective, and wouldn’t make any difference whatsoever. Also, he has experience with actually using young guys.
Mike Scioscia is in 3rd place. EW.
Poetic justice that he lost against the red sox in the playoffs by trying to suicide squeeze.
go rowand
by lincypoo i wuv u on Sep 9, 2009 11:35 PM PDT reply actions
Ja!
"The big thing people say to me is, 'Why don't you ever smile?' Well, I'm too interested in trying to beat somebody right now to smile." Will Clark
"I'm close to six feet, I like to think." The Freak.
…a monkey fucking a football?
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Sep 10, 2009 1:50 AM PDT reply actions
Nerf or leather?
"The big thing people say to me is, 'Why don't you ever smile?' Well, I'm too interested in trying to beat somebody right now to smile." Will Clark
"I'm close to six feet, I like to think." The Freak.
Only if he wears flamboyant clothes in the dugout, and makes his muse the hitting coach.
On 5/7, the best part of waking is up LOLDGERS in my cup.
Instead of a call to the bullpen, he could summon relievers to the mound with a drum solo!
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Sep 10, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
he could lead the phone booth in “broadway is dark tonight” as our 7th inning song!
On 5/7, the best part of waking is up LOLDGERS in my cup.
Are there any trained monkeys available?
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
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Trunk monkey!
"The big thing people say to me is, 'Why don't you ever smile?' Well, I'm too interested in trying to beat somebody right now to smile." Will Clark
"I'm close to six feet, I like to think." The Freak.
I was pushing Vizquel a couple years ago. Smart, bilingual.
Now, I’m not as sure. Chronologically he’s in his 40s but I don’t know that he would connect well with 20something players. And all the hanging on as a player diminishes his regal demeanor.
cheering for Adam Witter, who will hit bigleague dingers some day.
Still yelling "Go, Antoan"
I also chose Joe Maddon.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. Smarter people learn from the mistakes of others. - Raymond Stone
by RaymondStone.com on Sep 10, 2009 6:33 PM PDT reply actions
I guess it’s time to goive Wotus a shot. I didn’t vote, this is kind of a weird poll
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Sep 10, 2009 8:01 PM PDT reply actions
Then you can't blame the system when a selection is made!
You should feel ashamed of yourself.
"The big thing people say to me is, 'Why don't you ever smile?' Well, I'm too interested in trying to beat somebody right now to smile." Will Clark
"I'm close to six feet, I like to think." The Freak.
VOTE OR DIE!
Then count Wotus as a write-in vote
Giant Dirtbags: John Bowker, Steve Hammond. MIA List: Todd Jennings, Brian Anderson
Jeremy Affeldt induces DP's
by Giant among Angels on Sep 10, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw Jim Tracy on the poll
You can’t have him. He’s ours. However, Clint Hurdle is available.
"Good teams win games, horse**** teams have meetings." - Ozzie Guillen
We'll keep the application on file.
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