Eric Chavez emerging as favorite to replace Sosh

[GrittyVeterans]

It’s obvious Eppler is going to sign the guy he wants to lead the ballclub for a long time.

Arte Moreno should have little to no say in this decision

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

It’s obvious Eppler is going to sign the guy he wants to lead the ballclub for a long time.

Arte Moreno should have little to no say in this decision

Then it’ll be Chavez or Paul more than likely.  

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, hangin n wangin said:

That looks like me running to the shitter at work. Cant imagine wearing white pants in that scenario

[floplag]

33 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Ok, then think of our roster composition, since the roster is pretty awful at a few key spots like talent, depth and rotation, what magician of a manager makes a difference?  Bottom line the team is not going to sign some Girardi or Ausmus type if they are in a win now.  They will sign the guy they like for the future regardless of whether they go into a rebuild or a reload.  At least that is my opinion.  If Girardi didn’t listen to the front office in NY I am not sure why he would listen to it here.  

We differ tremendously on where the club is weak, but thats another discussion.

No manager is going to make that much difference overall, im on record as saying that the players make far more difference on the field than the manager does and the manager gets too much credit for wins and losses.  The managers job is to make the right decisions at the right times and put the right players in the right spots, the rest is up to the players.  There are obvious exceptions, staying with a player too long, pulling them too fast, its dicey either way, but thats the job. 

Where they matter more is handling the room, the respect of the roster.  Bringing in a guy that half the room played with/against for me doesnt necessarily suggest the would have that.  Im certain there are exceptions, i dont know Chavez of course and i havent heard anything about his rep while playing that suggests it would or would not work.  Im not opposed to a rookie manager, im just not sure a guy that has played as recently as Chavez and has so little experience at the position fits that bill

[AngelsLakersFan]

4 hours ago, Taylor said:

Who would you suggest?

 

3 hours ago, mp170.6 said:

 

This post is neck and neck with @tdawg87's 'cum beast' rant for 'Post Of The Year'

[ten ocho recon scout]

32 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

That looks like me running to the shitter at work. Cant imagine wearing white pants in that scenario

We make the same face, too

[AngelsLakersFan]

Im sure Eppler's primary concern is creating a tiny bit more room in the budget by replacing the leagues highest paid manager with a guy making 'league minimum'

[Thomas]

My sources report that Mike Scioscia's replacement will be a bright up and comer named Michael Scioscia

[GrittyVeterans]

58 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Then it’ll be Chavez or Paul more than likely.  

And I’m totally fine with it. I know nothing about any of these guys but I do know that would the Red Sox/Yankees did last offseasonclearly didn’t backfire on them. Sure it could be confirmation bias but I do think it is relevant still. And Chavez is similar to those guys

[yk9001]

17 minutes ago, Thomas said:

My sources report that Mike Scioscia's replacement will be a bright up and comer named Michael Scioscia

Is this going to be like ESPN bringing in more Golics?

[eligrba]

1 hour ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

That looks like me running to the shitter at work. Cant imagine wearing white pants in that scenario

Depends.

[greginpsca]

4 hours ago, Taylor said:

Stephen C. Smith has changed his focus from baseball to space.

https://twitter.com/WordsmithFL

He was always in space.

 

[Tank]

my buddy is a cards fan who says stubby clapp, the cards aaa manager, is terrific and ready to jump at a major league job. don't know enough about him but have no problem going outside the organization for someone new.

[Lou]

15 minutes ago, Tank said:

my buddy is a cards fan who says stubby clapp, the cards aaa manager, is terrific and ready to jump at a major league job. don't know enough about him but have no problem going outside the organization for someone new.

[Taylor]

16 minutes ago, Tank said:

my buddy is a cards fan who says stubby clapp, the cards aaa manager, is terrific and ready to jump at a major league job. don't know enough about him but have no problem going outside the organization for someone new.

Stubby Clapp sounds like something you could get from tdawg.

[eligrba4ever]

1 hour ago, GrittyVeterans said:

It’s obvious Eppler is going to sign the guy he wants to lead the ballclub for a long time.

Arte Moreno should have little to no say in this decision

Arte Moreno will have ALL the say in who manages his team.

[Pujols4MVP]

7 hours ago, red321 said:

Has a manager ever had to go on the DL because they pulled a hamstring while exchanging lineup cards?

No but he'll pull his hamstring when he walks out to argue with the umpires & be placed on the DL, then sent to AAA to rehab manage the Bees for 1 game.

He could get forearm tightness for exchanging lineup cards though....

[Pujols4MVP]

31 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Arte Moreno will have ALL the say in who manages his team.

Arte opens the bank when it comes to Latino baseball players.

Eric Chavez is mexican american like Arte. Its a lock.

I'm mexican american myself, my reason for wanting Chavez to manage the Angels is i think it'd be funny to see a manager get DLed on the team with the most injuries the past 5 years.

[Troll Daddy]

Has a little of Ozzie in him

[tdawg87]

Angelswin will be absolutely amazing if Sosh gets re-signed.

 

[Stradling]

Just now, tdawg87 said:

Angelswin will be absolutely amazing if Sosh gets re-signed.

 

I can’t wait.  I should probably take the day off to watch the butthurt (gross).  Bixby knolls will be on suicide watch.  

[eligrba4ever]

1 minute ago, tdawg87 said:

Angelswin will be absolutely amazing if Sosh gets re-signed.

 

There might be an explosion. But why would management set up that exchange on live radio between Mike and Terry? Five days before Mike's bobblehead day? That doesn't appear to be a farewell party.

[mp170.6]

9 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Angelswin will be absolutely amazing if Sosh gets re-signed.

Hostile takeover and rioting.  Who wants in?

[happybat4]

6 hours ago, True Grich said:

If Erstad as a manager is anything like Erstad as a player then we can bank on him having one great year and then living off that one great season for a long time.  People won't notice the drop off in production because he's gritty.

Erstad actually had several great years. He left the team in war in 2002 and he had the highest career war of all the 2002 players.

[ScottT]

7 minutes ago, happybat4 said:

Erstad actually had several great years. He left the team in war in 2002 and he had the highest career war of all the 2002 players.

Two... if you buy into his defensive value in 2002.