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Give me Billy Heywood. He led a rag tag group that was the Minnesota Twins on an epic comeback and almost beat out a stacked Mariners team to the playoffs.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlexSeren
Not to mention he was fricking 12 years old at the time.
What's your beef with Kevin Kennedy?Quote:
Originally Posted by ASUcruz
No beef but what makes him qualified for an MLB job?Quote:
Originally Posted by BleedingPurple
Your basis for him being a good manager is a book he wrote. Cause that's not bias or anything. I've yet to see a good reason for him being qualified to manage.
I've never heard any Red Sox fan say, "man we should have never fired that Kevin Kennedy guy".
So in Texas he was fired because of politcs? It had nothing to do with the fact that the team 52-62 and time of his firing?
LMFAO, so you're telling me that you speak to Red Sox fans regularly enough that they tell you about the managers that they miss? come on...Quote:
Originally Posted by ASUcruz
If you want, I can pull excerpts from the book and let you know exactly why he was fired from each team. Nevertheless, he was a big league manager for two different teams. Each of his manager positions were during some transition periods for the teams which had at least something to do with his being let go.
I'll have to go back and read the chapters about his being let go from Boston and Texas but I do remember it wasn't simply that the team was losing so he was let go.
Well, of course in his book he's not going to admit that he was at fault.
Come on now. Biased source much?
Jesus, I didn't quote it as gospel but from reading the book, I obviously know a little more about the situation that the rest of ya...Quote:
Originally Posted by jbruin152
By the way, he took Boston to their first playoff appearance in 5 years in 1995.
I never said I knew the situation. I don't.Quote:
Originally Posted by BleedingPurple
All I'm saying is of course a guy isn't going to blame himself in his own book. It's a questionable source of information for several reasons.
So do you have an opinion on Kevin Kennedy being manager or were you only pointing out my questionable source of information?Quote:
Originally Posted by jbruin152
Yea, and the point we're trying to make is that the book is inherently biased. Of course it's not going to say, "yea I was fired because I had a team that was in first place at the time of the strike and the next year we were under .500"Quote:
Originally Posted by BleedingPurple
Ok... and Jim Tracy led the Dodgers to their first playoff appearance in 8 years. Does that mean he shouldn't have been fired?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bleedingpurple
Rather indifferent and it's a moot point considering Little is around for next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by BleedingPurple
