Honestly, if Bochy is the least handsome, we are doing well.
Meanwhile, the Braves signed Sean Murphy to the latest in a series of team-friendly medium-term contracts. I really wonder if the union wants to talk to its younger players about this. But I suspect this is the future. and if the Mets really do succeed in building a farm system, this will be the model they use and not the current Spend Steve Cohen's Money plan.
I rarely waste my time commenting on Neanderthalhitterball these days but, as Craigster has pointed out, the interregnum between conspicuousconsumptionday and sameshitdifferentday is oblivious to chronology - like the uncanny "empty days" at the end of the Aztec calendar. Ergo, I will bud from precedent like a hydra and point out that being a first time rookie manager with the Marlins is like being a first year intern in the trauma ward of an emergency room of an inner city hospital somewhere in the rust belt.
Also going for Baker’s Most Handsome Manager Ranking is his constant championing of Glenn Burke in/re the high five. Given how homophobic baseball is, it means a lot to this queer fan.
Have we ever seen Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone together in the same place? Did Cashman just have a Boone mask made so he could manage the team and still have a patsy for his many failures? And of course, Cashman would choose Boone's face to mimic because he thinks that Yankee fans would be far more lenient on the guy who hit a big home run against the Sawx, even though fans couldn't care less because the Yanks lost to the freakin' Marlins that year.
Just had the following conversation with Mrs. Cosmo:
Me: "So, there's this baseball writer that I follow. Every year he does a list of the most handsome managers."
Her: "Brad???"
Toward the end of his time with Detroit, my wife was probably the only person left who wanted to see Ausmus in the dugout. In our house, he was known simply as "Handsome Brad." A discussion of how Brad inspired the list and his various attributes follows.
Honestly, if Bochy is the least handsome, we are doing well.
Meanwhile, the Braves signed Sean Murphy to the latest in a series of team-friendly medium-term contracts. I really wonder if the union wants to talk to its younger players about this. But I suspect this is the future. and if the Mets really do succeed in building a farm system, this will be the model they use and not the current Spend Steve Cohen's Money plan.
Still no word on Correa, which is not surprising.
This may be the only managerial list where Dave Martinez breaks out of the #30 spot.
I rarely waste my time commenting on Neanderthalhitterball these days but, as Craigster has pointed out, the interregnum between conspicuousconsumptionday and sameshitdifferentday is oblivious to chronology - like the uncanny "empty days" at the end of the Aztec calendar. Ergo, I will bud from precedent like a hydra and point out that being a first time rookie manager with the Marlins is like being a first year intern in the trauma ward of an emergency room of an inner city hospital somewhere in the rust belt.
Good luck Skip.
No joke this is how I learn who is managing which team. Thanks for your service
Also going for Baker’s Most Handsome Manager Ranking is his constant championing of Glenn Burke in/re the high five. Given how homophobic baseball is, it means a lot to this queer fan.
Have we ever seen Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone together in the same place? Did Cashman just have a Boone mask made so he could manage the team and still have a patsy for his many failures? And of course, Cashman would choose Boone's face to mimic because he thinks that Yankee fans would be far more lenient on the guy who hit a big home run against the Sawx, even though fans couldn't care less because the Yanks lost to the freakin' Marlins that year.
-Vinnie from the Bronx
Skip Schumacher’s tattoo looks like a sign you buy at Home Goods for $10. I assume aesthetic handsomeness precludes judgement.
Just had the following conversation with Mrs. Cosmo:
Me: "So, there's this baseball writer that I follow. Every year he does a list of the most handsome managers."
Her: "Brad???"
Toward the end of his time with Detroit, my wife was probably the only person left who wanted to see Ausmus in the dugout. In our house, he was known simply as "Handsome Brad." A discussion of how Brad inspired the list and his various attributes follows.
Her: "And he went to Dartmouth, so he's smart."
Me: "You wouldn't know it by his bullpen usage."
I feel pretty certain that this ranking is how I originally was introduced to one Craig Calcaterra. This is one of my favorite things of the year.
Why isn't this on free Thursdays? How are the managers supposed to know where they rank on baseball's most important list?
I have no complaints this year. Skip is the shiny new toy that gets all the attention but I'm sure Kap will return to his rightful place next year.
I'm going to say it. Bochy is too low. He lost a ton of weight from his Giants days. Doesn't that effort get rewarded?
Counsell looks young, keeps looking young and then *bam* one day you look at him and see Sparky Anderson
Let gravity work its magic for a few more years and Rob Thomson will be giving Don Mossi a run for his money.