I say Phil Garner, for so many reasons that I don't feel like typing them all.
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Dusty Baker...'nough said.
Alou... I think the KNBR announcer may have been right even though probably unwise...
I don't think he's the worst, but Eric Wedge, the manager of the Indians has had a tuff year. They finished towards the top of the division last year and were expecting a big season, but they're now towards the bottom of the division.
quote:but Eric Wedge, the manager of the Indians has had a tuff year.
Hard to vote otherwise
I met Eric Wedge personally at a baseball camp several years ago and he seems like a great guy. He's just had a real tuff year.
Dusty Baker.
I will admit to being a Phil Garner fan, but he has done a brutal job with the Astros this year.
I will admit to being a Phil Garner fan, but he has done a brutal job with the Astros this year.
Wedge and the Indians finishing in the bottom of the division is tough but 2 teams in the central are playing great baseball and are still too far back to catch the tigers
Manuel no doubt about it!
what did phil garner do?
My award goes to either wedge or john gibbons in Toronto
My award goes to either wedge or john gibbons in Toronto
He is part of the faction that fired Gaetti, which was silly.
Disrespected his most valuable pitcher, Oswalt, by not inviting him to the All Star Game.
He refuses to sit Lidge.
The worst part of the problem is the way he changes the batting order and the player positions on a continual basis. Unless you are Biggio, you come to the park not knowing if you are playing, where you are playing and where you are in the batting order.
Professional Ballplayers cannot function in that environment. As an example, in one game he had Lamb (1B) at 2B, Munson (C) at 1B, Oswalt coming out of the bullpen, etc.
Disrespected his most valuable pitcher, Oswalt, by not inviting him to the All Star Game.
He refuses to sit Lidge.
The worst part of the problem is the way he changes the batting order and the player positions on a continual basis. Unless you are Biggio, you come to the park not knowing if you are playing, where you are playing and where you are in the batting order.
Professional Ballplayers cannot function in that environment. As an example, in one game he had Lamb (1B) at 2B, Munson (C) at 1B, Oswalt coming out of the bullpen, etc.
I HATE ozzi guillen but i don't think he is a bad mananger...i hate him though- the whole thing with the rookie and making him hit another batter and then sending the rookie back to minors- what an a hole for doing that.
joe torre is ok (im a yanks fan) but i hate when he tries too hard to manufacture runs. his lineup dooesnt need to manufacture runs. just let them hit!
joe torre is ok (im a yanks fan) but i hate when he tries too hard to manufacture runs. his lineup dooesnt need to manufacture runs. just let them hit!
I wish the Red Sox would manufacture runs like the Yankees. Time and time again the sox get a guy on 2nd with no outs and can't get him in, or the bases loaded with one out, or something like that.
My vote is for Dusty Baker.
Dusty Baker has certainly fallen on trying times,however he is FAR from a Showalter or Wedge.
If you manage the cubs to within a few outs of the WS, your 1 heck of a manager.
Keep in mind that the GM for the cubs is easily, by ANY measure, the culprit.
If you manage the cubs to within a few outs of the WS, your 1 heck of a manager.
Keep in mind that the GM for the cubs is easily, by ANY measure, the culprit.
catch43....I hate your post.
Joe Torre is the man!....but.....
Ozzie's boy's will take out your Yanks when all is said and done.
Joe Torre is the man!....but.....
Ozzie's boy's will take out your Yanks when all is said and done.
Any discussion of the Best or Worst anything is going to depend on who you're watching.
Even our dear friends at ESPN make statements about teams, players, managers, and GMs that make us wonder if they're watching the same games we are.
Me, I'd say Baker or Garner without hesitation as I've seen more of their oddities; Baker for pitcher (man)handling and player relations; Garner for 'pull a strategy out of a hat blind' in-game moves and the same.
Even our dear friends at ESPN make statements about teams, players, managers, and GMs that make us wonder if they're watching the same games we are.
Me, I'd say Baker or Garner without hesitation as I've seen more of their oddities; Baker for pitcher (man)handling and player relations; Garner for 'pull a strategy out of a hat blind' in-game moves and the same.
I suspect that the only reason there aren't more votes for Jolly CHolly Manuel is that there aren't too many Phillies fans on the site, otherwise it might be unanimous.