Dusty Baker. Baseball Savant

[UndertheHalo]

Baseball gods,

please don't let this guy sweep us.  

:-(

[Angel Oracle]

Plus he pitches the more dominant Madson in the 8th inning against 6-7-8 in the order, and pitches the not as good Doolittle against the top of the order.

Regarding argument of LHP vs Revere and Calhoun...Revere sucks and Calhoun has become Cold Calhoun again. 

[m0nkey]

Why didn't he walk pujols and face escobar then?

[Glen]

And yet he won.

But still, thanks for 2002, Dusty.

[Angel Oracle]

Will tonight's starting pitcher keep the game ball when leaving the game? 

[eligrba]

12 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Why didn't he walk pujols and face escobar then?

Scouting.

[Second Base]

Part of me wonders if anyone could manage the Nats to a division title this year, or if Baker is actually doing a good job.

The same can be said of Scioscia in the pre-2010 Angels. He made a lot of monumentally stupid decisions but still came out on top.

Which also begs the question, are these choices monumentally stupid if you're still coming out on top? And if they are still stupid then does the role of manager actually matter? Oh no I've gone cross eyed!

[UndertheHalo]

2 minutes ago, Scotty@AW said:

Part of me wonders if anyone could manage the Nats to a division title this year, or if Baker is actually doing a good job.

The same can be said of Scioscia in the pre-2010 Angels. He made a lot of monumentally stupid decisions but still came out on top.

Which also begs the question, are these choices monumentally stupid if you're still coming out on top? And if they are still stupid then does the role of manager actually matter? Oh no I've gone cross eyed!

I don't think they (managers) matter that much.  And the decision was really stupid. 

Edited July 19, 2017 by UndertheHalo

[Dick B Back]

[Troll Daddy]

43 minutes ago, Scotty@AW said:

Part of me wonders if anyone could manage the Nats to a division title this year, or if Baker is actually doing a good job.

The same can be said of Scioscia in the pre-2010 Angels. He made a lot of monumentally stupid decisions but still came out on top.

Which also begs the question, are these choices monumentally stupid if you're still coming out on top? And if they are still stupid then does the role of manager actually matter? Oh no I've gone cross eyed!

What manager doesn't make stupid decisions 

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 hour ago, UndertheHalo said:

Baseball gods,

please don't let this guy sweep us.  

:-(

I pretty sure I described his probable thought process in that exact same way in the GameDay thread. lmao

[AngelsLakersFan]

Dusty only remembers old Albert... he got lucky here pitching to Trout

http://www.angelswin-forum.com/forums/topic/31351-gameday-thread-718-bryce-harper-mike-trout/?do=findComment&comment=986470

[HaloNArizona]

59 minutes ago, Scotty@AW said:

Part of me wonders if anyone could manage the Nats to a division title this year, or if Baker is actually doing a good job.

The same can be said of Scioscia in the pre-2010 Angels. He made a lot of monumentally stupid decisions but still came out on top.

Which also begs the question, are these choices monumentally stupid if you're still coming out on top? And if they are still stupid then does the role of manager actually matter? Oh no I've gone cross eyed!

On this site, as with most fan sites, every manager is stupid, makes stupid moves, and everyone typing away could do a better job.

[Jeff Fletcher]

Having covered Dusty for many years, what he says is not always what's really going on. I think he sometimes likes to be folksy and say colorful things. 

That particular quote, as I understand, preceded a lot of other things he said about why he did it.

Whether or not the decision was right is debatable, but he certainly didn't make it because Dusty believes that Pujols is the same player he was 10 years ago. 

[Rico]

He beats his trout?

[IEAngelsfan]

Did Dusty give Madson the game ball?

[Ohtaniland]

[ScottT]

I thought they'd walk Trout.  Then, i remembered Dusty Baker was in the dugout.  

[Make Angels Great Again]

He beats his pujols more than his Trout huh?

[gurn67]

Having watched Dusty play for most of his career, he was a very good all around ballplayer. His performance as manager has been even better. He's a 3 time Manager of the Year with 8 post season appearances. Calling him a savant is insulting and idiotic.

[Angel Oracle]

13 hours ago, gurn67 said:

Having watched Dusty play for most of his career, he was a very good all around ballplayer. His performance as manager has been even better. He's a 3 time Manager of the Year with 8 post season appearances. Calling him a savant is insulting and idiotic.

Except that something inevitably happens to his teams in the post-season.   His teams have won just 3 out of 10 post-season series, and choked away an almost certain WS title in 2002 and an almost certain WS appearance in 2003.    Even Scioscia, for all of the post-season criticisms he gets, has won 5 out of 11 post-season series.  

[Dick B Back]

But but but... Dusty's gotta bobblehead!