We're really going to blame today's loss on the manager? Damn Lou forgetting to tell Wells the wind is blowing in and giving up 3 homers would be embarrassing today.

To be honest, I find the whole baseball manager thing kind of silly. Wearing an actual uniform? Apparently responsible for how a guy hits at the plate in a one-on-one contest with the pitcher? How much does Lou Piniella deserve blame for D Lee batting .250 or Dusty deserve credit for D Lee batting .335? Little to none. The fact we hold baseball managers responsible for much in these games is laughable. Football, College Basketball, Hockey, and Soccer head coaches/managers have far more responsibilities than these guys. Baseball managers don't deserve much credit and don't deserve much blame for what takes place in a game other than some of the chess matches that take place after the 5th inning in the National League.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

There's something to be said for quality of leadership. Would Easy still be the same under Capt. Sobel as they were under Winters? No, I don't think so. Lou wasn't leading this team. He was just filling out a line card. He didn't tell Ramirez to suck it the fuck up and work with a hitting coach, and presumably the same for Lee. He's not particularly good at developing the yoots either. It took Steve Fucking Stone to tell Lou that Colvin needs to play.

There's something to be said for quality of leadership. Would Easy still be the same under Capt. Sobel as they were under Winters? No, I don't think so. Lou wasn't leading this team. He was just filling out a line card. He didn't tell Ramirez to suck it the fuck up and work with a hitting coach, and presumably the same for Lee. He's not particularly good at developing the yoots either. It took Steve Fucking Stone to tell Lou that Colvin needs to play.

Trivia: Sobel was from Chicago as was the actor,David Schwimmer, who played him in the mini series.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.