Comments on: NLCS Preview: A Look at the Managers

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:59:38 +0000

This is not baseball. Maybe in Cali but not here with this weather. These games are going to be delayed for a while. Stop the season in August and start the playoffs in September. I know they lose money but who cares. 41 and raining is not baseball. MLB has no clue.

By: Keith E

Keith E — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:47:10 +0000

GO PHILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Georgie

Georgie — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:45:24 +0000

Maybe Torre is trying to channel his “inner-Charlie” and is going with his gut with the starting rotation.

By: Mazinman

Mazinman — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:24:16 +0000

I don’t get what Torre is doing with the starting rotation. Wolf has been his best pitcher towards the end of the season and he is pitching 4th meaning he will only pitch once. Kuroda, who always seems to give the Phillies problems, is pitching 3. Torre’s choice for the first two spots in the rotation could put the Dodgers in a 2-0 hole and effectively end the series since I don’t see them winning 2 out of 3 in Philly.

Manuel always gets a lot of questioning over his moves. In this case I think its Torre who should get the questions.

By: Manny

Manny — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:08:59 +0000

Maybe they’re just hoping for Furcal to get on base and Ethier can then bunt… don’t know but seems a littly over the top.

By: Manny

Manny — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:04:46 +0000

Either is batting 2nd… VERY WEIRD since I read that the guy can’t hit lefties (an avg in the .100s)…

Manny batting 3rd

A struggling Kemp 4th

— I’m mildly confused.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:32:54 +0000

your funny dodger man thats why your a dork. torre is a pig. he will be gone next year because he cant get along with the owner. he can only win with a billion dollar payroll. i love bowa when he said joe did it with both yankees and dodgers. go manage the pirates and see how you do joey. dodgers suck. oh no its loney, kemp, martin, im scared.

By: The Original Chuck P

The Original Chuck P — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:20:39 +0000

I give LA the nod simply because Torre has been there… a lot. He’s not going to crack under the pressure. His managerial decisions could be a difference maker; their bullpen and their bench are significantly better than ours and if he can plug those guys in at the right times, they’ll have a great chance to pull off a couple of momentum victories. We have to jump on their starters; if we can get into his pen early and force him to make changes early, it screws up everything that he would like to do. It will be very difficult to pull off come-from-behind victories against Sherrill/Broxton.

By: Don M

Don M — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:02:11 +0000

Happ pitched in like 17 degree weather.. he’ll be fine if he starts again in the postseason

By: Manny

Manny — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:52:47 +0000

I just hope we don’t use Happ AND Blanton in Games 1 and 2… save one of them and let him start Game 4.

Happ’s start didn’t go too well in the NLDS, and Blanton wasn’t as lights-out as we may have wanted. We have two great STARTERS. Use them wisely.

By: joedad

joedad — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:46:44 +0000

If you had a choice to have a beer with either of these guys, it would be Cholly every time. Torre is a bore. He had terrific talent in New York and just had to win 7 innings and bring in Rivera, game over. Last year he had to manage and was outmanaged by Cholly in the NLCS.

By: Robert562

Robert562 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:56:18 +0000

And I peep my head in here every so often. Good blog!

By: Robert562

Robert562 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:53:57 +0000

Corey

Regarding your sample size debate…I guess we will just have to agree to disagree!

By: dodger fan

dodger fan — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:12:18 +0000

“one is a smooth communicator and the other unleashes sentences that couldn’t be diagrammed by NASA.”

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20091015_Rich_Hofmann__NLCS__Manuel_vs__Torre.html

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:54:50 +0000

As usual, I enjoyed reading your blogthots, but I DO have to comment that you should have written “and” instead of “but” in your comment on their managing prowess… “Both Torre and Manuel have an old school style of managing, but they know how to win.” One man’s opinion anyway.

By: Don M

Don M — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:45:50 +0000

Torre has been Manager over some of the most talented teams in baseball …

Last year, he over-managed, and lost the series to Charlie Manuel (who seemed to press all the right buttons the entire postseason) ..