The meaning of several more managers’ faces.
Like Mike Scioscia Face, but for managers not named Mike Scioscia.
Ben and Sam talk about the circumstances under which they’d feel comfortable recommending that a manager be fired, then discuss different beliefs about hot streaks.
Does separating starters of the same type in the same rotation make sense?
Can managers be conditioned to change their in-game tactics?
Remembering a man whose career may have spawned those of many subsequent skippers.
What the managers who were ejected last season said to seal their fates. (Warning: strong language.)
Ben and Sam discuss the ins and outs of umpire-manager arguments.
Most pitchouts aren’t very effective. Maybe managers should stop calling for them.
Ben and Sam discuss Joe Maddon’s value and the ways in which managers might have more or less impact than the typical non-baseball boss.
You might recognize the way winning managers think: it’s the way we think sometimes, too.
A testament to the importance of professional coaching from a player who’s experienced it first hand.
Ben and Sam discuss whether Manny Acta’s lousy career win-loss record has any bearing on his likelihood of success if he becomes the Blue Jays’ manager.
Is the recent wave of hirings of rookie managers really something new? As Nate wrote eight years ago, it might just be cyclical.
The Rockies and Marlins recently hired managers without any prior major-league managerial experience, and they’re not the only teams to do it. Colin explains it all.
More access to Joe Girardi doesn’t make for a more interesting story, which explains why Gay Talese’s new profile of the Yankees’ skipper can’t compare to “Silent Season.”