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PostPosted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 6:45 pm 
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Yeah, that's how I feel. If the players play, he'll be fine. Too much is made of the manager anyway. I'm pretty sure LaRussa can still run a ballgame.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:55 pm 
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Nardi wrote:
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LaRussa will end up being a great hire. Get him a driver and watch him win a World Series.



I don't know if that will be the case or not. He is pretty fucking old. I've never been a LaRussa fan. But to act as if he's forgotten how baseball is played or that he's some alien who doesn't know how to talk to black people is ridiculous. A lot of people think kneeling for the anthem is bullshit. You know what? Many of them are black.

I consider LaRussa easily the best manager of my lifetime and I dont think the game has changed so much in the 10 years since he won his last World Series that it will matter.

I just ignore the woke stuff at this point.

Francona. Not a doubt in my mind.

I'm older, and agree to a large extent about Tito, but I'm still putting Howser at the top of my list. And that was fun baseball to watch.

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Regular Reader wrote:
Nardi wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
LaRussa will end up being a great hire. Get him a driver and watch him win a World Series.



I don't know if that will be the case or not. He is pretty fucking old. I've never been a LaRussa fan. But to act as if he's forgotten how baseball is played or that he's some alien who doesn't know how to talk to black people is ridiculous. A lot of people think kneeling for the anthem is bullshit. You know what? Many of them are black.

I consider LaRussa easily the best manager of my lifetime and I dont think the game has changed so much in the 10 years since he won his last World Series that it will matter.

I just ignore the woke stuff at this point.

Francona. Not a doubt in my mind.

I'm older, and agree to a large extent about Tito, but I'm still putting Howser at the top of my list. And that was fun baseball to watch.


Francona had the horses--but he made the most of them. As much as I hate the Indians' fans, I was pulling for them to push through and win one there. He and his staff (Callaway, the guy who got fired for sending sinful photos to women) did a great job with pitchers. They got everything out of them and started younger guys on what look to be solid careers.


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PostPosted: Sat Feb 13, 2021 7:56 pm 
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Yeah, that's how I feel. If the players play, he'll be fine. Too much is made of the manager anyway. I'm pretty sure LaRussa can still run a ballgame.

And if Tony falls asleep or insults a TV sponsor or something, Miguel Cairo has been around the game forever and will do just fine as his bench coach and effectively "manager in waiting."

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I'm pretty sure that Jirschele guy is the next Sox manager.

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Yup.
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
I'm pretty sure that Jirschele guy is the next Sox manager.


I'm not so sure anymore. Cairo seemed to be hired for a purpose. Jirschelle is only 30.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 11:11 am 
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
I'm pretty sure that Jirschele guy is the next Sox manager.


I'm not so sure anymore. Cairo seemed to be hired for a purpose. Jirschelle is only 30.

Still been around awhile. I think he was a hitting instructor at 25.


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