THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball

I like the “In game strategy” tag.

This is gold for the club’s promotions man. Have a “Get Thrown Out” night. Most imaginative tantrum gets a base signed by the manager.

If Ocho Cinco were a baseball manager, can you imagine what would he come up with?

Better idea: get Ocho Cinco to come to “Get Thrown Out” night and be the competition’s judge.

Do peole really wonder why players don;t really value manager comments on professionalism and being classy and respectful to the team and mates?

I generally like the manager arguements, because most of the time the manager knows the player is wrong and is defending him to make a point, or the manager is trying to fire up his team ... but when a manager gets down on his knees and covers up home plate with his hands, leaves the field and comes back on, steals the base, autographs, and makes a show .... it’s embarassing. You can’t support something like this and then decry TO.

Honestly, I feel bad for the pitcher. bases juiced, he’s trying to get seroius, and his manager won’t stop playing the clown long enough to get off the field and stay off the field.

It’s hard to respect a man that doesn’t respect himself. I know I’m being harsh, but as a player or employee, how seroius could you take a manager or boss that did that something like that?

Lloyd McClendon taking the base with him was classic, this guy was just being a stooge. If you’re going to lose your mind, then do what the other minor league manager did and crawl around on the field and throw the rosin bag like a grenade at the ump. At least everyone knew that guy was crazy and kissing his career good-bye, this guy’ll likely be back tomorrow, telling his team to get focused.