I wonder if anyone would try this with football. I watched All-Madden last night, and seeing Madden in his prime, I saw someone who was full of joy and life but was also not what anyone would call conventionally handsome. And I think a lot of coaches still go for that non-aesthetic. That effort to make themselves look like they couldn't care less about what they look like.
And of course, if you think Tony LaRussa isn't handsome, then Urban Meyer is butt ugly.
Reminds me of that Monty Python routine about the two soldiers, an officer and a noncom, huddled in a foxhole waiting for the German offensive to begin. The officer takes out a picture of his wife and shows it to his subordinate, who responds "oh, she's ugly, sir." The shocked officer sputters "well I think that's a matter of opinion, eh?" The noncom doubles down: "oh no sir. She's definitely ugly."
To channel Kirk Douglas from "The List of Adrian Messenger," ugly does exist. Ugly IS.
Opinion is opinion is opinion but some things are facts and errors need correcting. They are baseball spikes, not cleats! Next you’ll call a pitch a speedball or ‘have a catch.’
But does Kapler being ripped and a specimen equate with handsomeness? While they might make you attractive, I always thought of handsome as a facial quality.
Still, I can see you counting it anyway. After all, there's only so much you have to go on in ranking these guys.
You are very very correct to place Kapler at the top of this list. An incentive for COVID to end so I can get to a Giants game and appreciate the game in person. And the views.
Craig, this is my first time reading your rankings, and as a Royals fan, and I was pleased to see that you ranked Mike Matheny second (I'm more of a silver fox fan myself when it comes to masculine beauty). How did you rank Ned Yost? Can you (or anyone here) provide a link?
Freaking Gabe Kapler? Are you kidding me? He's a goddamn Giant. That's akin to being a Yankee, only worse. And I hate the Yankees with the heat of a thousand hells. Which is where they and the Giants belong. Except for Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Babe Ruth (because he was as out of shape as I am), and Lou Gehrig. I can't wait for Kapler to be fired so he gets dropped from consideration.
Also, about your wife's head snap and Brad Ausmus... I have a cardiologist. He's extremely handsome. First visit...my wife looks up as he entered the room. She lets out an "OHHHH" and smiles that come hither look. I WAS SITTING RIGHT THERE. No attempt to hide it. To this day, ten years later, she asks "When is your next appointment with doctor good-looking"?
I can assure you as a Nats fan that Davey Martinez is actually a really happy, positive guy off the field. That scowl you always see is the product of not understanding what’s happening on the field.
Which he usually doesn’t. (I am firmly in the “2019 was dumb luck not destiny” camp.)
I really hope you have a copyright on this effort. Otherwise with the increased newsletter traffic, US News and World Report is going to realize ranking baseball managers' handsomeness should happen in the college ranking offseason and start milking your subscribers.
actual lol at seeing this in my inbox
I wonder if anyone would try this with football. I watched All-Madden last night, and seeing Madden in his prime, I saw someone who was full of joy and life but was also not what anyone would call conventionally handsome. And I think a lot of coaches still go for that non-aesthetic. That effort to make themselves look like they couldn't care less about what they look like.
And of course, if you think Tony LaRussa isn't handsome, then Urban Meyer is butt ugly.
Reminds me of that Monty Python routine about the two soldiers, an officer and a noncom, huddled in a foxhole waiting for the German offensive to begin. The officer takes out a picture of his wife and shows it to his subordinate, who responds "oh, she's ugly, sir." The shocked officer sputters "well I think that's a matter of opinion, eh?" The noncom doubles down: "oh no sir. She's definitely ugly."
To channel Kirk Douglas from "The List of Adrian Messenger," ugly does exist. Ugly IS.
Opinion is opinion is opinion but some things are facts and errors need correcting. They are baseball spikes, not cleats! Next you’ll call a pitch a speedball or ‘have a catch.’
When I first saw the trailer for that Kevin James as Sean Payton movie I truly believed it was a joke. It has to be a joke...right?
But does Kapler being ripped and a specimen equate with handsomeness? While they might make you attractive, I always thought of handsome as a facial quality.
Still, I can see you counting it anyway. After all, there's only so much you have to go on in ranking these guys.
You are very very correct to place Kapler at the top of this list. An incentive for COVID to end so I can get to a Giants game and appreciate the game in person. And the views.
Assuming "Dog Fister" will join "Baseball’s Most Handsome Managers" in Craig's obit. If only he had also penned about Kerry Wood's torn labia.
Craig, this is my first time reading your rankings, and as a Royals fan, and I was pleased to see that you ranked Mike Matheny second (I'm more of a silver fox fan myself when it comes to masculine beauty). How did you rank Ned Yost? Can you (or anyone here) provide a link?
I'm looking forward to an All-Time Top 50 list.
I will now sit back and wait for my dad's message of faux outrage that David Ross is not higher on this list.
Freaking Gabe Kapler? Are you kidding me? He's a goddamn Giant. That's akin to being a Yankee, only worse. And I hate the Yankees with the heat of a thousand hells. Which is where they and the Giants belong. Except for Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Babe Ruth (because he was as out of shape as I am), and Lou Gehrig. I can't wait for Kapler to be fired so he gets dropped from consideration.
Also, about your wife's head snap and Brad Ausmus... I have a cardiologist. He's extremely handsome. First visit...my wife looks up as he entered the room. She lets out an "OHHHH" and smiles that come hither look. I WAS SITTING RIGHT THERE. No attempt to hide it. To this day, ten years later, she asks "When is your next appointment with doctor good-looking"?
Off topic, Mark Prior’s side gig is as a Jack Dorsey impersonator.
Anxiously awaiting Most Handsome EPL Managers
I can assure you as a Nats fan that Davey Martinez is actually a really happy, positive guy off the field. That scowl you always see is the product of not understanding what’s happening on the field.
Which he usually doesn’t. (I am firmly in the “2019 was dumb luck not destiny” camp.)
I really hope you have a copyright on this effort. Otherwise with the increased newsletter traffic, US News and World Report is going to realize ranking baseball managers' handsomeness should happen in the college ranking offseason and start milking your subscribers.