Scioscia still doesnt understand baseball

[stormngt]

you can play professional baseball and still know very little about the game.  just look at hatcher and his "walks are a false stat" theory.

And I would contend that Hatcher knows more about the game than you.

 

To say a person who has experienced the game on the highest level and coached on the highest level knows little about the game is ignorant.

 

you can criticize Hatcher's quote.  You can criticize his philosophy, but he certainly knows more about the game than someone who hasn't played baseball on a high level.

 

Again, what are you credentials again???????

[Stradling]

His credentials are he is a fan that only sees true greats as being good and everyone else sucks. He actually thinks Howie is a bad baseball player. Not an average second baseman but a bad player. Despite the stats proving him wrong.

[mulwin444]

"...and scioscia didnt win the 2002 world series, joe maddon did.  scioscia hasnt even sniffed the world series since his coaching staff has left and his lack of managing skills has been more and more apparent since they left." 

 

[Marsaka]

angels hired a former manager like baylor for hitting coach and disar a former minor league coach to be the new 3b coach for no other reason but to hold scioscia's hand and try and reel in his stupidity. the coaching staff surrounding scioscia were changed for a reason, nothing id expect some of you to understand.

[fan_since79]

Trout has better numbers at #2, but we cannot afford to put an automatic out in the #1 slot in front of him. The #1 needs to battle.

 

Aybar's had multiple multiple chances at the top of the order, he stinks. I would be more than happy to give Calhoun the #1 slot and see what happens for the first half of the season.

 

We also cannot have Pujols screwing up Trouts chances of stealing bases whenever possible, and he has NOT demonstrated the past 2 years that he is still the kind of player that should be able to free swing, so he just needs to come to grips that he's going to have to chill the hell out with Trout on base to help the team.

 

Yet we hear stories that Scioscia is afraid to talk to Albert and tell him to change his course. I'd like to know if there's any truth to those rumors.

[xboom28x]

angels hired a former manager like baylor for hitting coach and disar a former minor league coach to be the new 3b coach for no other reason but to hold scioscia's hand and try and reel in his stupidity. the coaching staff surrounding scioscia were changed for a reason, nothing id expect some of you to understand.

 

Haters gonna hate

[mulwin444]

angels hired a former manager like baylor for hitting coach and disar a former minor league coach to be the new 3b coach for no other reason but to hold scioscia's hand and try and reel in his stupidity. the coaching staff surrounding scioscia were changed for a reason, nothing id expect some of you to understand.

Yep, Baylor was hired to leverage his 363 - 384 record and 1 WC appearance managing the Rockies over a decade ago, not to mention his successfu stint managing the Cubs, and DiSar for his work in the ultra-competitive Penn League and managing the Pawtucket Sox at a high level for a season.  Thank God Mike has this wealth of knowledge at his disposal....

[VariousCrap]

This Thread Sucks.

[Chimi]

angels hired a former manager like baylor for hitting coach and disar a former minor league coach to be the new 3b coach for no other reason but to hold scioscia's hand and try and reel in his stupidity. the coaching staff surrounding scioscia were changed for a reason, nothing id expect some of you to understand.

Please keep posting. I have a very long day of work today and could use the comic relief.

[Lhalo]

scioscia doesnt have the balls to say anything to pujols.  

 

heres a pretty good pov that i agree with:  

 

http://www.halosheaven.com/2014/2/4/5376914/beef-with-scioscia

 

To me, the first inning of games that Aybar leads off looks something like this… Stats tell us that 70% of the time, Aybar will fail to do what a leadoff hitter is meant to do. So now Trout comes up with 1 out. Lets say that Trout gets a base hit to bring up Pujols. Now, a rational manager would recognize that he has one of the best speed guys in the game on base and utilize that speed to get Trout into scoring position. But not Sosh. No, he’s too worried about "taking the bat out of Pujols hands." Ok, so maybe Pujols sees fewer pitches to hit with an open base. But is that a function of the open base at first or the total lack of respect for a declining Josh Hamilton? And if so, wouldn't it make more sense to hit, I dunno, anyone besides Hamilton in that slot? But if we base our assumptions on last year’s results, we can pretty much expect that Hamilton will be the cleanup hitter and that more often than not he will use that platform to give us another one of his trademark 4-6-3 double plays. Inning over.

 

Exactly.

[KingJustinian]

angels hired a former manager like baylor for hitting coach and disar a former minor league coach to be the new 3b coach for no other reason but to hold scioscia's hand and try and reel in his stupidity. the coaching staff surrounding scioscia were changed for a reason, nothing id expect some of you to understand.

I think they should hire me then. I won't be able to hold Scioscia's hand since I don't have any experience.

Edited February 25, 2014 by KingJustinian

[Angel Oracle]

I'm happy with Calhoun/Trout/Pujols/Hamilton as the top 4.   Aybar had better be mainly the 2nd leadoff hitter (#9 spot), as that is playing to his skill set.  

[eligrba]

"...and scioscia didnt win the 2002 world series, joe maddon did.  scioscia hasnt even sniffed the world series since his coaching staff has left and his lack of managing skills has been more and more apparent since they left." 

 

 

Your avatar is distracting......Thank you.

[Erstad Grit]

Credentials? 

 

 

I question some of Scioscia's moves like any fan should, it's part of the fun. However to say he knows nothing about baseball is at best hyperbolic but still idiotic. 

Edited February 25, 2014 by Erstad Grit

[stormngt]

His credentials are he is a fan that only sees true greats as being good and everyone else sucks. He actually thinks Howie is a bad baseball player. Not an average second baseman but a bad player. Despite the stats proving him wrong.

Yea...he is an expert.

[stormngt]

angels hired a former manager like baylor for hitting coach and disar a former minor league coach to be the new 3b coach for no other reason but to hold scioscia's hand and try and reel in his stupidity. the coaching staff surrounding scioscia were changed for a reason, nothing id expect some of you to understand.

 

Of course they did....We all know Disarcina played in several World Series......

 

Come to think of it......Outside of Boston '86 has Baylor even sniffed a World Series?????

 

Has Baylor even won as a manager?????

 

Yea, they were brought in to control the idiot Scioscia.

[stormngt]

 

This Thread Sucks.

 

 

Actually I am enjoying this thread.  I am missed the idiotic statements often posted on this board....it has been a boring offseason.

[Tank]

i should have had enough sense not to click on this thread and start reading.

[Tank]

Come to think of it......Outside of Boston '86 has Baylor even sniffed a World Series?????

 

baylor was on the '88 A's and i think the '87 twins, both teams having played in the world series that year.

[fan_since79]

baylor was on the '88 A's and i think the '87 twins, both teams having played in the world series that year.

 

I still haven't forgiven him for that bomb against Witt in the 9th inning of Game 5 in 1986. That set up the nightmare that followed.

[tdawg87]

What does a World Series smell like? I'd imagine it smells like beer and Joe Torre's taint.

[stormngt]

Thanks Tank....wasn't sure about him. He must have been a hired gun after Boston jumping from one team to the next.

baylor was on the '88 A's and i think the '87 twins, both teams having played in the world series that year.

[Troll Daddy]

Lol at anyone here who claims to know more about the game than Scioscia. I think Trout might be batting third by the all-star break. I think driving in runs is were he's best suited ... scoring runs is something he'll always do.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Yes. But he understands buffets.

[Glen]

What does a World Series smell like? I'd imagine it smells like beer and Joe Torre's taint.

 

 

Right now, I think it smells like Napoli's beard and man-boob sweat.