Kurch for President

[kurchatovium]

Good one!

That reminds me of a great remark by Tommy Lasorda. When asked if trading Player A for Player B would help the Dodgers, he said that trading Player A for a bag full of broken bats would improve the team. 😛

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A good one as well. I always like Lasorda.

 

[milagros317]

A good one as well. I always like Lasorda.

Me, too. Lasorda was always underestimated and was smarter than people realized. 😀 😛

 

[kurchatovium]

Me, too. Lasorda was always underestimated and was smarter than people realized. 😀 😛

Very smart. And a great coach.

 

[milagros317]

Very smart. And a great coach.

Alas, he is very old now, 90 years old in fact.
I was in Dodger Stadium when they celebrated his 90th birthday. 😀 😛

 

[kurchatovium]

Alas, he is very old now, 90 years old in fact.
I was in Dodger Stadium when they celebrated his 90th birthday. 😀 😛

Way cool. I hope he lives to 100. The Dodgers need him for inspiration if nothing else. I love when he said ...words to the effect "You have to play for the name on the front of the jersey not the name on the back."

 

[milagros317]

Way cool. I hope he lives to 100. The Dodgers need him for inspiration if nothing else. I love when he said ...words to the effect "You have to play for the name on the front of the jersey not the name on the back."

Yes, that is another of his great quotes. 😀 😛

 

[kurchatovium]

Yes, that is another of his great quotes. 😀 😛

I wish they were more coaches like him. 🙂

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[milagros317]

I wish they were more coaches like him. 🙂

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Most baseball managers are nowhere near as good as Lasorda was at inspiring players to give their best efforts.
At best, they make the right technical moves during the games.

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[kurchatovium]

Most baseball managers are nowhere near as good as Lasorda was at inspiring players to give their best efforts.
At best, they make the right technical moves during the games.

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I always thought you need 2 things to be a great coach/manager.

1) A great understanding of the game

2) To be able to inspire players to play greater then they would normally.

Almost all are good at #1 hard to find those good at #2 as well.

 

[milagros317]

I always thought you need 2 things to be a great coach/manager.

1) A great understanding of the game

2) To be able to inspire players to play greater then they would normally.

Almost all are good at #1 hard to find those good at #2 as well.

That is very true, my friend. #1 is important but not rare, as there are always lots of retired players who would take the job of manager/coach.
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[kurchatovium]

That is very true, my friend. #1 is important but not rare, as there are always lots of retired players who would take the job of manager/coach.
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Yea #2 is the rare one. Very hard to inspire. If you can you can make and average player great. 😀 :

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[milagros317]

Yea #2 is the rare one. Very hard to inspire. If you can you can make and average player great. 😀 :

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Lasorda excelled at that. During the 1988 World Series, he inspired a quite ordinary utility player, Mickey Hatcher, to play like a champion. 😀 😛

 

[kurchatovium]

Lasorda excelled at that. During the 1988 World Series, he inspired a quite ordinary utility player, Mickey Hatcher, to play like a champion. 😀 😛

Yea I agree. Thats why I think of Lasorda as someone in the legendary coach category.

 

[milagros317]

Yea I agree. Thats why I think of Lasorda as someone in the legendary coach category.

It is very sad to compare that sterling record to recent Dodger managers. 🙁

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[kurchatovium]

It is very sad to compare that sterling record to recent Dodger managers. 🙁

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LOL Yea my thoughts exactly.

 

[milagros317]

LOL Yea my thoughts exactly.

Without pointing fingers, I would have to say that the worst recent Dodger manager was an idiot named Don Mattingly. <=== 😕

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[kurchatovium]

Without pointing fingers, I would have to say that the worst recent Dodger manager was an idiot named Don Mattingly. <=== 😕

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Yea, I agree he was not very good.

 

[milagros317]

Yea, I agree he was not very good.

I wish that he had never been hired in the first place.
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[kurchatovium]

I wish that he had never been hired in the first place.
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Yea me too. Probably cost us a few world series shots. 🙁

 

[milagros317]

Yea me too. Probably cost us a few world series shots. 🙁

Indeed, likely so. We had very talented players and they underperformed with him as manager. 🙁

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[kurchatovium]

Indeed, likely so. We had very talented players and they underperformed with him as manager. 🙁

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Thats always a sign of a bad manager, in my humble opinion. When you have talent and they underperform. 🙁

 

[milagros317]

Thats always a sign of a bad manager, in my humble opinion. When you have talent and they underperform. 🙁

Yes, that is the sign of a bad manager, and that is what the Dodgers had. 🙁

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[kurchatovium]

Yes, that is the sign of a bad manager, and that is what the Dodgers had. 🙁

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Hard to find good managers it seems. 🙁

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[milagros317]

Hard to find good managers it seems. 🙁

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Yes, it is. The Dodgers made a big mistake when they didn't hire Mike Scioscia as manager when Lasorda retired. Mike has been a fine manager for the Angels instead.

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[kurchatovium]

Yes, it is. The Dodgers made a big mistake when they didn't hire Mike Scioscia as manager when Lasorda retired. Mike has been a fine manager for the Angels instead.

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Yea I agree that was a big mistake.