Honestly, I don't think managers make that much difference. You could line up Renteria's career with Dusty Baker's and conclude that Baker must be a better manager, but I don't think that's a meaningful comparison.
Yeah, but Rick Renteria speaks spanish. Sorry to Kyle the thread up, but I just don't feel excited about this possibility at all, and I'm not sure why other people are.
Is Edwin Jackson an example of how expensive pitching can go wrong or a counter-example to the argument that pitching can be acquired without overpaying for elite talent? Is he something else entirely?
http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/15104/wood-in-favor-of-retiring-sosas-number I'm glad to read that; it makes me feel a lot better about Kerry.