Maddon, Girardi, Showalter

[Homey da Nat]

What about Mike Scioscia?  Any thoughts?

[tzinc]

people keep repeating the same BS

a poster here posted the numbers the team did better when the injured players were out

so injuries are not an excuse

good managers often have injuries look at Dusty the previous year and guess what they still win

a good manager is worth it because of how he:
sets up and uses the BP
manages rest days
sets up and uses the rotation 
sets up the line up
uses subs
creates a winning atmosphere and attitude
gets players to play even harder
manages in game tactical moves

a bad manager can result in a lot of losses a good manager in less losses and a few more wins

[spidernat]

people keep repeating the same BS

[HalfSmokes]

people keep repeating the same BS

a poster here posted the numbers the team did better when the injured players were out

so injuries are not an excuse

good managers often have injuries look at Dusty the previous year and guess what they still win

a good manager is worth it because of how he:
sets up and uses the BP
manages rest days
sets up and uses the rotation 
sets up the line up
uses subs
creates a winning atmosphere and attitude
gets players to play even harder
manages in game tactical moves

a bad manager can result in a lot of losses a good manager in less losses and a few more wins

dusty is so awesome and well respected that no one wanted him when the nats hired him or when they let him go- truly an in demand manager

[tzinc]

this is an example of a fake argument people keep bring up it is completely irrelevant

it doesn't matter what other teams think to how the Nats with Dusty would have done this year

there are a lot of factors involved in managers getting hired: his age, the limited # of jobs in the market, personal connections, etc etc etc
anyway like I said that is not an argument against Dusty being here this year

based on what Dusty did the past 2 years here and what he has done in his career and what management sold to the players regarding winning OF COURSE Dusty should have been managing the team this year irrelevant factors like you mention don't apply

I think logic and debating should be mandatory courses in high school I see so many irrelevant and false arguments used in internet debates

[blue911]

Ah...the resident didgeridoo player is back

[imref]

Boone getting raked over the coals for not pulling CC earlier.

[Natsinpwc]

Boone getting raked over the coals for not pulling CC earlier.

That’s silly. They just didn’t have the starting pitching to compete in the AL playoffs. They only gave up 4 runs last night as compared to whatever it ended up final the night before.

[Natsinpwc]

People sure do keep repeating the same nonsense here. 

[KnorrForYourMoney]

Ah...the resident didgeridoo player is back

[Ray D]

I think logic and debating should be mandatory courses in high school 

And I think grammar, sentence structure, and paragraph structure should be mandatory for people posting to forums.

[Natsinpwc]

And I think grammar, sentence structure, and paragraph structure should be mandatory for people posting to forums.

[bluestreak]

What is up with this dude? I was one of the biggest Dusty supporters here and this guy is kinda unhinged.

[Natsinpwc]

What is up with this dude? I was one of the biggest Dusty supporters here and this guy is kinda unhinged.

Kinda? 

[bluestreak]

That’s silly. They just didn’t have the starting pitching to compete in the AL playoffs. They only gave up 4 runs last night as compared to whatever it ended up final the night before.

Their whole team is designed around a super bullpen. The Yankees know their starting pitching is weak. That's why they structured the pitching staff they way they did. And Boone should have used it that way.

[spidernat]

What is up with this dude? I was one of the biggest Dusty supporters here and this guy is kinda unhinged.

He posts remotely from his car, which is parked in front of the Baker household.

[Mattionals]

Their whole team is designed around a super bullpen. The Yankees know their starting pitching is weak. That's why they structured the pitching staff they way they did. And Boone should have used it that way.

I think both teams were somewhat evenly matched rotation wise. The only two starters that you were really confident in on the Red Sox were Sale and Eovaldi, and for the Yankees it was Tanaka and Lynn. Everything else was kind of a crapshoot, and Severino really pooped the bed.

[Mattionals]

He posts remotely from his car, which is parked in front of the Baker household.

In front? I think he has gone super-stalker and posts from the garage and/or basement.

[Natsinpwc]

Their whole team is designed around a super bullpen. The Yankees know their starting pitching is weak. That's why they structured the pitching staff they way they did. And Boone should have used it that way.

And their starting pitching was just too weak to make it to the super pen. Happ pitches poorly in game one and Severino in game three. That was the series. So should he have removed Happ and Severino earlier?

No matter how super the bullpen is you have to see the starters go at least three or four innings.  That’s why they traded for Happ.

[Elvir Ovcina]

And I think grammar, sentence structure, and paragraph structure should be mandatory for people posting to forums.

There are some truly revolutionary things about his posting style.  For example, he uses colons, but eschews periods (and usually commas and capital letters as well).  For capitalization, he does not capitalize the initial words of sentences - which he usually treats as equivalent to paragraphs - but does capitalize "Dusty" and unpunctuated and unnecessary abbreviations like "BS" and "BP." Reading his posts is like reading a transcript of an episode of "Drunk History" with the topic being "The Dusty Baker Era" and the transcriber being ee cummings' halfwit great-grandson. 

Maybe we should have a day next season on which we all post like him.

i can imagine a game thread with dozens of people saying things like this

talking about the nationals

in sentence fragments

but really only talking about Dusty:
his great brain
his great motivational tactics
his magic abilities
definitely not mark prior or kerry woods career arcs

also don't talk about jayson werth either playing him was someone elses fault it's not like

[blue911]

e.e. cummings in haiku or GTFO.

[Elvir Ovcina]

e.e. cummings in haiku or GTFO.

see werth in left field
sammy solis on the mound
defeat smells Dusty

[bluestreak]

And their starting pitching was just too weak to make it to the super pen. Happ pitches poorly in game one and Severino in game three. That was the series. So should he have removed Happ and Severino earlier?

No matter how super the bullpen is you have to see the starters go at least three or four innings.  That’s why they traded for Happ.

Gio is the NLCS game 1 starter. If this doesn't test the theory that you can get by with crap starters in the postseason, I don't know what will. So we will see.

[Ray D]

He posts remotely from his car,

I doubt he's old enough to drive.  Seriously. He strikes me as being around 13.

[Baseball is Life]

Gio is the NLCS game 1 starter.