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Originally Posted by Marco Polo
I have to say that I'm a fan of Shildt but we haven't seen him in the postseason. I'll reserve judgment if/when we get there.
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Not his fault this roster has way too many aging overpaid players. Thats on Mo.
Defense and base running are cleaned up. Bullpen decisions of when to pull a pitcher and who to put in are solid. Thats about 90% of what a manager can control in game.
His positive spin about every player and situation in his press conferences grinds my gears but I guess that's who he is or wants to project. I can live with that. He has favorites but every manager has too. How many pages did we spend in here bitching about Larussa playing favorites and he is light years ahead of Matheny in that dept.
One thing I'd like to see but wont for a while is to demand Mo do something to improve the team. Bernie was telling a story about how we made that trade at the 2011 deadline to bolster our bullpen. Mo and Dewitt were not going to do nothing. Larussa went to Dewitt and demanded that they get some bullpen help and the team will respond trust him. Not just once but several times trust him. So Dewitt told Mo get some bullpen help.
Matheny was a very popular player. He had a successful spring training. Yadi struggled with his offense. Mo was sending Yadi down. Larussa said no way, he may be a future hall of famer. You have to move on to the young talent.