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Good one!
That reminds me of a great remark by Tommy Lasorda. When asked if trading Player A for Player B would help the Dodgers, he said that trading Player A for a bag full of broken bats would improve the team.
I always like Lasorda. 
A good one as well.
Me, too. Lasorda was always underestimated and was smarter than people realized.
And a great coach.
Very smart.
Alas, he is very old now, 90 years old in fact.
I was in Dodger Stadium when they celebrated his 90th birthday.
I hope he lives to 100. The Dodgers need him for inspiration if nothing else. I love when he said ...words to the effect "You have to play for the name on the front of the jersey not the name on the back."
Way cool.
I wish they were more coaches like him.
Most baseball managers are nowhere near as good as Lasorda was at inspiring players to give their best efforts.
At best, they make the right technical moves during the games.
That is very true, my friend. #1 is important but not rare, as there are always lots of retired players who would take the job of manager/coach.
That is very true, my friend. #1 is important but not rare, as there are always lots of retired players who would take the job of manager/coach.
#2 is the rare one. Very hard to inspire. If you can you can make and average player great. :
Yea
Lasorda excelled at that. During the 1988 World Series, he inspired a quite ordinary utility player, Mickey Hatcher, to play like a champion.
Thats why I think of Lasorda as someone in the legendary coach category.
It is very sad to compare that sterling record to recent Dodger managers.Yea I agree.
It is very sad to compare that sterling record to recent Dodger managers.
Without pointing fingers, I would have to say that the worst recent Dodger manager was an idiot named Don Mattingly. <===LOL Yea my thoughts exactly.
Without pointing fingers, I would have to say that the worst recent Dodger manager was an idiot named Don Mattingly. <===
Yea, I agree he was not very good.
I wish that he had never been hired in the first place.
Yea me too. Probably cost us a few world series shots.
Indeed, likely so. We had very talented players and they underperformed with him as manager.
Yes, that is the sign of a bad manager, and that is what the Dodgers had.Thats always a sign of a bad manager, in my humble opinion. When you have talent and they underperform.
Yes, that is the sign of a bad manager, and that is what the Dodgers had.
Hard to find good managers it seems.
Yes, it is. The Dodgers made a big mistake when they didn't hire Mike Scioscia as manager when Lasorda retired. Mike has been a fine manager for the Angels instead.
