*** VD 13 Commentary Thread ***

[Pauly]

Marlins: Probably Leyland circa 97, but a case can certainly be made for McKeon as well.

[The Feral Slasher]

For the Royals, I assume Ned Yost takes the top spot for the two World Series trips, as well as for recency and longevity, surpassing the previous winning managers Dick Howser and Whitey Herzog. Herzog can't really be it because he defected to the hated Cardinals.

I always think of Herzog and KC, but that is probably because that was when I was most interested in baseball and a big Royals fan at the time

[Ken]

I always think of Herzog and KC, but that is probably because that was when I was most interested in baseball and a big Royals fan at the time

I think of Hal McRae, but primarily due to his personality.

[Bene Futuis]

It would be an interesting exercise to come up with the most iconic manager for current fans of each of the 30 franchises.

ATL - Bobby Cox
SEA - Lou Piniella

For example, would Dodgers still be Tommy Lasorda, or has Dave Roberts' run of success vaulted him to the top for current fans?

Easily Lasorda. If you ask any Dodger fan who the #1 Dodger of all time is, it'll end up a tie between Tommy Lasorda and Vin Scully.

Don't blame me, I voted for Jackie Robinson.

[Bene Futuis]

For the Royals, I assume Ned Yost takes the top spot for the two World Series trips, as well as for recency and longevity, surpassing the previous winning managers Dick Howser and Whitey Herzog. Herzog can't really be it because he defected to the hated Cardinals.

I think I have a recency bias with non-Dodger teams. Ned Yost seemed like the obvious answer to me.


Who's the #1 Giants manager? I guess Bruce Bochy is probably at the top now? Tough to ignore Ike's contemporary, John McGraw.

[Bene Futuis]

Diamondbacks - Bob Brenly (despite only being there a couple years?)

[The Feral Slasher]

Who's the #1 Giants manager? I guess Bruce Bochy is probably at the top now? Tough to ignore Ike's contemporary, John McGraw.

I was thinking Leo Durocher. Looking on Wikipedia he had quite an amazing career.

[Bene Futuis]

I was thinking Leo Durocher. Looking on Wikipedia he had quite an amazing career.

Turncoat!

[Bene Futuis]

Turncoat!

Leo, not you-o.

[The Feral Slasher]

Leo, not you-o.

Yeah, I recalled he was a Dodger before. I think he also went 10 years without managing before joining the cubs

[Bene Futuis]

Yankees - Joe Torre? Casey Stengel?

[madducks]

For the Pirates, Danny Murtaugh was the most successful with WS wins in 1960 & 1971. But, i think Chuck Tanner with a WS win in 1979 would be the most iconic manager in Pirates history. I think the optimistic and easy-going Tanner was more well liked by the fans and media than the hard-nosed Murtaugh. When i was a kid i think my grandmother had a secret crush on Chuck Tanner. Every time Tanner was giving an interview on TV, she would stop in her tracks to watch the TV and say, "He is such a nice man".

[madducks]

The Pirates were down 3 games to 1 in the 1979 World Series when manager Chuck Tanner's mother passed away the morning of game 5. Tanner told his players in the locker room before the game: “She knew we were in trouble, so she went upstairs to get us some help.” Relief pitcher Kent Tekulve said the players already knew of her death, but after Tanner's brief announcement, "Everyone's jaw dropped, and we all just looked at each other." The Pirates rallied to win the next 3 games and the World Series.

[hacko]

Cleveland-
Mike Hargrove tho Tito is right there.

Trivia of the Day
Greg Maddox faced 20,421 batters and went to 3-0 on only 133 of them

[madducks]

Cleveland-
Mike Hargrove tho Tito is right there.

Trivia of the Day
Greg Maddox faced 20,421 batters and went to 3-0 on only 133 of them

I'm thinking that a lot of those 3-0 counts were against Tony Gwynn. Maddux and Gwynn were fierce but friendly rivals who had a lot of great battles against each other.