Why hatin' on Dusty?

Bench Coach · July 29, 2005

Everyone on this site takes every oppertunity to rip on Dusty for anything and everything. From the lack of a solid bullpen, the lack of a solid left fielder, and the sometimes lack of a solid leadoff hitter it's all his fault.

People also call him out for not playing Cedeno. Keep in mind Cedeno is a ROOKIE. I like him, but he's probably not ready to be a major league starter. I'll take the experience of Neifi Perez over the RAW UNTRIED talent of Cedeno 9/10 times.

That being said, I want someone to bring me actual NUMBERS, proving he's a bad manager. I personally haven't found anything that bad. I don't mean the same old crap where you blame Dusty for everything from the assanation of JFK to the hole in the ozone layer. I want FACTS and NUMBERS (And I already know about Game 6 of the '03 NLCS, I was watching, and I threw up afterwards).

umpunk · July 30, 2005

Many people just don't like Dusty for whatever reason. Some criticism he deserves, he makes mistakes the same as any other manager. Mostly though, it is just complete nonsense. There will never be a "stat" people who hate Dusty can point to because there isn't one. In the bottom line business of winning, the bottom line is that he has won.