No she couldn’t. If managing a baseball team was so easy, everyone would be able to do it.

Joe Torre knows more about baseball than all of you combined.
Grady Little knows more about baseball than all of you combined.
Jim Tracy knows more about baseball than all of you combined.
Manny Acta knows more about baseball than all of you combined.

Should I go on? Stop pretending like every person on this planet has the ability to do any job on the planet just because you watch someone do it.

Being a manager or coach of any team in any sport is not easy. There’s a reason why the majority of managers or coaches have an extensive background in the sport they played in. Have any of you played professional baseball before?

Ken or lawdog is a lawyer. I’ve never been to law school, but do you think i can walk into a courtroom and try and prosecute or defend a murder case just because I’ve seen every episode of Perry Mason?

Don’t denigrate a managers job. He’s not bagging groceries

I think part of the reason the Yankees won with Torre is because he just got out of their way. Look at that lineup. I still don’t understand his pitching decisions, but, he didn’t screw it up so badly we failed to make the play-offs. I am not so sure the manager makes all that much difference. It’s the players.

Tracy was actually doing well right up until his last year. His winning % for the first four years was the same as Torre’s first two. And, Tracy won Manager of the Year last year. Tracy wasn’t the Dodgers problem.

What I think this team needs is a pitching coach who can get the starters to trust their stuff enough to throw strikes. If you can hit your spots, you should be able to get 7 innings on 100 pitches. Our guys just don’t do it. Maybe that’s youth, but, it had better get worked out or the same thing is going to happen – our staff fades in October.

I am worried about the bench. Manny will need lots of rest, and we don’t have Pierre anymore. Carroll/DeWitt will be little better than Loretta, but, I am not so impressed with what the Dodgers have done to add depth. And, there is that 5th starter thing.

ken, I have no answer to your questions, but I would think McCourtroom would want the doors opened as soon as possible to get some cash flowing. Why would reporting later save the Dodgers money?