Ben and Sam banter about the Dodgers and run differential and then discuss a surprising trend in managerial ejections thus far.
Despite replay, ejections aren’t down (or aren’t down by much) this year.
An attempt to settle an age-old debate: What’s more important for a manager to possess, people skills or tactical savvy?
Reading the faces of Lloyd McClendon, Rick Renteria, Matt Williams, Brad Ausmus, and Bryan Price.
What were all of those manager-ump arguments ABOUT? (Warning: strong language.)
What do expanded replay’s early returns tell us about how well the expanded replay system will work this season?
Could the manager challenge system sink expanded instant replay?
Ben and Sam talk to Dan Brooks about why the expanded replay review system should motivate managers to challenge early and often.
Ben and Sam talk to Evaluating Baseball’s Managers author Chris Jaffe about how to assess managers and what the latest managerial hirings mean.
No prior major-league managerial jobs, no coaching experience, no problem.
What the questions posed to each manager before Game One reveal about the storylines surrounding each team.
Ben and Sam discuss the narratives that are dominating the discussion this October.
The staff recounts moves made by postseason skippers that stand out for the right or wrong reasons.
Ben and Sam talk about two managers in the news, then discuss a pair of prospects Ben saw in Arizona.
Want to stick as a 21st-century skipper? Don’t be like Baker.
Ben and Sam answer listener emails about baseball with clockwise bases, whether in-game managerial moves help or hurt, who pays players who get released, and more.