Long-suffering Reds fan here. I mean absolutely NO disrespect to David Bell--he is a baseball lifer, comes from a baseball family, may turn out to be a terrific pick--but it's really interesting to watch the trend of teams selecting guys who have never previously managed at the MLB level. Younger guys relate better to millennial players? Less likely to kick when the stats people in the front office tell him who to pitch/play and when? (I admit, however, that the Reds are the kind of struggling, small market team you'd expect to give a manager his first shot. NYY and the Red Sox, not so much...)
One good thing about the trend toward newbie managers: it is is a chance to bring more diversity to the bench. I suppose it's a good sign that I haven't seen media commenting on the fact, but isn't this the first World Series with an African-American manager going against a Hispanic one? (Roberts' mom is from Okinawa, I think, but anyhow...).
IMO the Reds have been lost since they fired Dusty Baker. Just sayin'...