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Post by Renfield on Oct 10, 2018 14:46:34 GMT -5
We were in a clothing store the other day. I saw a sign that said "Dressing Rooms". I asked the sales lady there if they had any turkey or salad dressings. She said no. What a flop that idea is going to be in THAT store... Ruth said she wanted to sit down for minute, so naturally I pointed out the rest rooms assuming there would be some nice, comfy chairs in there... Don't give up your day job. |
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Post by inger on Oct 10, 2018 18:16:36 GMT -5
I went to resign from my day job. I don’t have one...
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Post by kaybli on Oct 12, 2018 15:54:56 GMT -5
Aaron Boone admits he got 'greedy' in leaving Luis Severino on mound too long in Game 3 loss to Red Sox in ALDS
I probably got geedy with Sevy in the fourth there,” said Boone at the Yankees’ annual end-of-the-season press conference. “I shouldn’t have had him out of there.”
‘Greedy’ Aaron Boone has just one postseason regret
Boone did not feel the same way about CC Sabathia in Game 4. The Red Sox got to the lefty in the third inning for three runs, but Boone stayed in the dugout, not going to the bullpen until calling on Zach Britton to start the fourth. He was concerned about leaving the bullpen shorthanded, thinking he could get six or seven innings out of David Robertson, Zach Britton, Dellin Betances and Aroldis Chapman.
“I felt like stuff-wise, [Sabathia] was OK,” Boone said. “In my mind, it wasn’t a clear decision to say, ‘CC can’t get through this.’ I thought there was great value if CC does get through the third, knowing we have those four guys in a six-inning scenario, so that if there was any bump in the road with those four guys along the way, in a six-inning scenario, I thought we could absorb it. Beyond that, I thought we were playing a little bit with fire …
“It’s a little bit gray. It’s easy in that spot to run and go get Robbie in that spot, but maybe we’re leaving ourselves a little bit short going forward with a guy I didn’t think was overly off his game in CC.”
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Post by greatfatness on Oct 13, 2018 9:48:13 GMT -5
Aaron Boone admits he got 'greedy' in leaving Luis Severino on mound too long in Game 3 loss to Red Sox in ALDS
I probably got geedy with Sevy in the fourth there,” said Boone at the Yankees’ annual end-of-the-season press conference. “I shouldn’t have had him out of there.”
‘Greedy’ Aaron Boone has just one postseason regret
Boone did not feel the same way about CC Sabathia in Game 4. The Red Sox got to the lefty in the third inning for three runs, but Boone stayed in the dugout, not going to the bullpen until calling on Zach Britton to start the fourth. He was concerned about leaving the bullpen shorthanded, thinking he could get six or seven innings out of David Robertson, Zach Britton, Dellin Betances and Aroldis Chapman.
“I felt like stuff-wise, [Sabathia] was OK,” Boone said. “In my mind, it wasn’t a clear decision to say, ‘CC can’t get through this.’ I thought there was great value if CC does get through the third, knowing we have those four guys in a six-inning scenario, so that if there was any bump in the road with those four guys along the way, in a six-inning scenario, I thought we could absorb it. Beyond that, I thought we were playing a little bit with fire …
“It’s a little bit gray. It’s easy in that spot to run and go get Robbie in that spot, but maybe we’re leaving ourselves a little bit short going forward with a guy I didn’t think was overly off his game in CC.”
Let's be honest. He doesn't know what he's doing yet because he's learning on the job. That's not his fault but it is clear that it is true. That's on Cashman for giving the keys to someone with no practical experience doing it. So he made bad decisions with the season on the line, which was entirely foreseeable when Cashman and Hal hired him. |
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Post by michcusejoe5 on Oct 13, 2018 10:04:19 GMT -5
It was difficult to assess Boone this year. To GF's point he was clearly still learning on the job, this is the problem with guys who have never managed at any level. But at the same time the team did win 100 games despite a number of injuries and some guys underperforming for extended stretches. The latter likely has to do with this being an immensely talented team but still to win 100 games is a testament to any manager. He will obviously be around for the foreseeable future, next year will be a huge test for him and the team especially if Cashman is able to pull off some moves this offseason.
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Post by greatfatness on Oct 13, 2018 11:40:18 GMT -5
It was difficult to assess Boone this year. To GF's point he was clearly still learning on the job, this is the problem with guys who have never managed at any level. But at the same time the team did win 100 games despite a number of injuries and some guys underperforming for extended stretches. The latter likely has to do with this being an immensely talented team but still to win 100 games is a testament to any manager. He will obviously be around for the foreseeable future, next year will be a huge test for him and the team especially if Cashman is able to pull off some moves this offseason. The job has a number of components. My guess is that he’s pretty good at managing the people and personalities, a big part of any people management role at any business and something fans don’t see much of. The tactical part is a different story. There are other examples of coaches and managers who haven’t succeeded early in their careers and become very successful later on. So the book is out on him. |
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Post by inger on Oct 13, 2018 12:08:26 GMT -5
It was difficult to assess Boone this year. To GF's point he was clearly still learning on the job, this is the problem with guys who have never managed at any level. But at the same time the team did win 100 games despite a number of injuries and some guys underperforming for extended stretches. The latter likely has to do with this being an immensely talented team but still to win 100 games is a testament to any manager. He will obviously be around for the foreseeable future, next year will be a huge test for him and the team especially if Cashman is able to pull off some moves this offseason. The job has a number of components. My guess is that he’s pretty good at managing the people and personalities, a big part of any people management role at any business and something fans don’t see much of. The tactical part is a different story. There are other examples of coaches and managers who haven’t succeeded early in their careers and become very successful later on. So the book is out on him. Probably the worst thing for him was that the team still won 100 games. There wasn't enough feedback of his failures...At least they didn't win the division. If he can find eight mistakes he made that cost the team a game (he won't) then he can see where he could improve... |
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Post by noetsi on Nov 30, 2018 18:25:02 GMT -5
I think the last Yankee manager I would have been happy with is Casey Stengel (although I was too young to watch baseball then). I don't think there has been much to chose from after him among Yankee managers. Billy Martin was a great baseball mind but a dysfunctional human being in a way that made him not work with us.
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Post by inger on Nov 30, 2018 19:03:58 GMT -5
I think the last Yankee manager I would have been happy with is Casey Stengel (although I was too young to watch baseball then). I don't think there has been much to chose from after him among Yankee managers. Billy Martin was a great baseball mind but a dysfunctional human being in a way that made him not work with us. I think Ralph Houk was a strong and capable manager that was fortunate enough to be canned pre-collapse by a Yankee management team that was not smart enough to know what they had in a manager, nor smart enough to understand what it took to maintain a strong MLB team. I also might have been able to appreciate Yogi if he had gotten a chance to manage a strong club... I’d have to think back, but there are some others, too that I felt good about, including Torre...Even in his later years when he appeared to be asleep in the dugout and looked like something from a zombie apocalypse walking out to the mound to change pitchers I couldn’t Really dislike him... |
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Post by chiyankee on Nov 30, 2018 20:18:10 GMT -5
I think the last Yankee manager I would have been happy with is Casey Stengel (although I was too young to watch baseball then). I don't think there has been much to chose from after him among Yankee managers. Billy Martin was a great baseball mind but a dysfunctional human being in a way that made him not work with us. I think Ralph Houk was a strong and capable manager that was fortunate enough to be canned pre-collapse by a Yankee management team that was not smart enough to know what they had in a manager, nor smart enough to understand what it took to maintain a strong MLB team. I also might have been able to appreciate Yogi if he had gotten a chance to manage a strong club... I’d have to think back, but there are some others, too that I felt good about, including Torre...Even in his later years when he appeared to be asleep in the dugout and looked like something from a zombie apocalypse walking out to the mound to change pitchers I couldn’t Really dislike him... I thought Torre was fine for a majority of his Yankee tenure and the perfect manager for that team, he just stayed a little too long. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2018 23:10:41 GMT -5
Agree, Chi. I Guess Mr. Torre was my fav.
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Post by domeplease on Dec 4, 2018 11:15:48 GMT -5
12-04-18: www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/maddons-son-suggests-cubs-manager-soon-to-be-a-free-agent-on-social-media/ar-BBQs2Np?ocid=U147DHP Soon after the Chicago Cubs were swiftly bounced from the 2018 MLB playoffs by losing the National League Wild Card game, speculation began to build that well-known manager Joe Maddon, who will be a free agent next offseason, could be on the hot seat. The team quickly confirmed that Maddon would return for the 2019 season, but nothing was confirmed beyond that. Maddon’s agent Alan Nero later castigated the media in an interview with the Chicago Tribune for supposedly fanning the flames around Maddon’s job prospects, claiming that Maddon would received an extension down the line and that this was all a non-story. Apparently, Nero also has to have a talk with Maddon’s own son. Joe Maddon’s son lays bare the Cubs’ plans for his father When news broke that the Los Angeles Dodgers had handed a four-year contract extension to manager Dave Roberts, who was also slated to be a free agent next offseason, Maddon’s son Joseph took to social media to complain that the Cubs have not done the same for his father. In one tweet, Maddon noted that Roberts had not won a World Series, unlike his father, and yet Maddon was apparently the one that was “soon to be a free agent.” DO ME'S THOUGHTS: I don't EXPECT any major improvements from Boone for the 2019...so IF (???) Maddon is available during the 2019 Off-Season, I would be OK having him as Manager. |
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