AirCop From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 926 times:
With the two treads going about Joe Torre, got he to thinking (always dangerous) who is the best overall manager in baseball?
My local team, the D-Backs, have Bob Melvin, who has a fan appears to lack passion and energy, but was able to herd the Diamondbacks into the playoff despite being out scored, playing 7 rookies or 2 years daily, but when one looks at his overall record its nothing to write home about.
Jim Leyland would be my choice, his ability to turn teams around and win. What he did with the Pirates (3 division crowns), the Marlins (a world series winner) and the Tigers speaks for itself. Your thoughts?
N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25852 posts, RR: 79 Reply 1, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 921 times:
Mir From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 19716 posts, RR: 56 Reply 2, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 911 times:
Top managers in the game for me would be Torre, Leyland, Scioscia, LaRussa, and Cox. It's difficult to pick the best of those five - you could make strong arguments for any of them.
-Mir
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AAce24 From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 849 posts, RR: 13 Reply 3, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 908 times:
Mir From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 19716 posts, RR: 56 Reply 5, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 890 times:
Quoting Copaair737 (Reply 4): I did think that Girardi did a extremely good job with the Marlins 2 years ago too.
If he continues to do that well he'll certainly be one of the best. But you can't tell much from only one year managing.
-Mir
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Falcon84 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 881 times:
Hands down, Jim Leyland. I"m going with the early consenses here. He's a great motivator, and always seems to get more out of his team than the individual parts would indicate. I'd love to have him in Cleveland.
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