The All-Purpose No Bullshit Tolerating Who Should Be the Next Manager Thread

[Brownie]

A team sending an HOFer to A ball to manage is hardly standard practice.

The Phillies did it to Mike Schmidt in hopes he'd say "fuck it" and quit and he did.  The Cubs?  Oh they're never that lucky.

Bea Arthur wrote that Ed Lynch gave Billy Williams the same offer. Billy said no way, and here he is.

[Quality Start Machine]

A team sending an HOFer to A ball to manage is hardly standard practice.

The Phillies did it to Mike Schmidt in hopes he'd say "fuck it" and quit and he did.  The Cubs?  Oh they're never that lucky.

I should have rephrased to "a HOFer taking an A Ball managing assignment"...

[Saul Goodman]

I'd be OK with this:

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news/story?id=5398820

Former Florida Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez will be one of the candidates interviewed for the Chicago Cubs  managerial job, according to a major league source.

Gonzalez, who was fired by the Marlins on June 24, has a long personal and professional relationship with Cubs general manager Jim Hendry stemming from the time they worked together with the Marlins.

I'm more than OK with Gonzalez, not OK with Hendry.

[CBStew]

A team sending an HOFer to A ball to manage is hardly standard practice.

The Phillies did it to Mike Schmidt in hopes he'd say "fuck it" and quit and he did.  The Cubs?  Oh they're never that lucky.

If the Cubs wanted to hire a manager who had a great career at Wrigley, then Schmidt is their man.

[Andy]

A team sending an HOFer to A ball to manage is hardly standard practice.

The Phillies did it to Mike Schmidt in hopes he'd say "fuck it" and quit and he did.  The Cubs?  Oh they're never that lucky.

I should have rephrased to "a HOFer taking an A Ball managing assignment"...

Schmidt did take it, and after a year he decided he'd rather be golfing.

[Saul Goodman]

"Think of all the wine and roids I could buy with a big market team...."

[Saul Goodman]

CHICAGO -- Bobby Valentine said Sunday he's interested in taking over the Cubs after Lou Piniella retires at the end of this season.

Oh God no.

[Armchair_QB]

Bobby V spent three-and-a-half hours tonight interviewing for the job on ESPN. I don't think I've ever heard a national p-b-p guy spend an entire game analyzing only one team.

[Powdered Toast Man]

Bobby V spent three-and-a-half hours tonight interviewing for the job on ESPN. I don't think I've ever heard a national p-b-p guy spend an entire game analyzing only one team.

Is he normally in the booth for ESPN's Sunday night games?  I always thought it was Jon Miller and that other retard Joe Morgan on Sunday nights.

[morpheus]

Bobby V spent three-and-a-half hours tonight interviewing for the job on ESPN. I don't think I've ever heard a national p-b-p guy spend an entire game analyzing only one team.

Is he normally in the booth for ESPN's Sunday night games?  I always thought it was Jon Miller and that other retard Joe Morgan on Sunday nights.

Jon Miller was in Cooperstown to be inducted into the Hall of Fame yesterday.  Joe Morgan was in Cooperstown building a physical barricade to keep other 2nd basemen from invading his turf.  So, we actually got decent announcing yesterday for the game, although I believe that Bobby V's Cubs:Cardinals comment rate of approximately 1.33 was much higher than Morgan's 0.7, or the ostensible average of 1.0.

[Internet Apex]

Bobby V spent three-and-a-half hours tonight interviewing for the job on ESPN. I don't think I've ever heard a national p-b-p guy spend an entire game analyzing only one team.

Is he normally in the booth for ESPN's Sunday night games?  I always thought it was Jon Miller and that other retard Joe Morgan on Sunday nights.

Jon Miller was in Cooperstown to be inducted into the Hall of Fame yesterday.  Joe Morgan was in Cooperstown building a physical barricade to keep other 2nd basemen from invading his turf.  So, we actually got decent announcing yesterday for the game, although I believe that Bobby V's Cubs:Cardinals comment rate of approximately 1.33 was much higher than Morgan's 0.7, or the ostensible average of 1.0.

Fuck Jon Miller with a giant statue of Barry Bonds in every hole in his fat, patethic whale corpse of a body. He makes Joe Buck look like Jack Buck. Fuck him till he's dead.

[Slaky]

Bobby V spent three-and-a-half hours tonight interviewing for the job on ESPN. I don't think I've ever heard a national p-b-p guy spend an entire game analyzing only one team.

Is he normally in the booth for ESPN's Sunday night games?  I always thought it was Jon Miller and that other retard Joe Morgan on Sunday nights.

Jon Miller was in Cooperstown to be inducted into the Hall of Fame yesterday.  Joe Morgan was in Cooperstown building a physical barricade to keep other 2nd basemen from invading his turf.  So, we actually got decent announcing yesterday for the game, although I believe that Bobby V's Cubs:Cardinals comment rate of approximately 1.33 was much higher than Morgan's 0.7, or the ostensible average of 1.0.

Fuck Jon Miller with a giant statue of Barry Bonds in every hole in his fat, patethic whale corpse of a body. He makes Joe Buck look like Jack Buck. Fuck him till he's dead.

I'll push.

[Lance Dicksons Arm]

Bobby V spent three-and-a-half hours tonight interviewing for the job on ESPN. I don't think I've ever heard a national p-b-p guy spend an entire game analyzing only one team.

He did spend a significant amount of time discussing Jon Jay's swing as well.

Say what you will about Valentine (I'm neutral on him as a managerial candidate for the Cubs)...I think he's an interesting guy to listen to.  He has an opinion, it's not the same recycled shit that most other color guys provide.  I thought that broadcast last night was better than the last two Sunday nights with Miller and Morgan out of the way.

Then again, I like Joe Buck.  So I'm prepared to again sit by myself in the corner, drinking non-alcoholic beer, getting turned down by hairy tanged fat broads.

[BBM]

Bobby V spent three-and-a-half hours tonight interviewing for the job on ESPN. I don't think I've ever heard a national p-b-p guy spend an entire game analyzing only one team.

Is he normally in the booth for ESPN's Sunday night games?  I always thought it was Jon Miller and that other retard Joe Morgan on Sunday nights.

Jon Miller was in Cooperstown to be inducted into the Hall of Fame yesterday.  Joe Morgan was in Cooperstown giving the GREATEST INTRODUCTION IN BASEBALL HISTORYbuilding a physical barricade to keep other 2nd basemen from invading his turf.  So, we actually got decent announcing yesterday for the game, although I believe that Bobby V's Cubs:Cardinals comment rate of approximately 1.33 was much higher than Morgan's 0.7, or the ostensible average of 1.0.

Joe Morgan'ed

[Armchair_QB]

Bobby V spent three-and-a-half hours tonight interviewing for the job on ESPN. I don't think I've ever heard a national p-b-p guy spend an entire game analyzing only one team.

He did spend a significant amount of time discussing Jon Jay's swing as well.

Say what you will about Valentine (I'm neutral on him as a managerial candidate for the Cubs)...I think he's an interesting guy to listen to.  He has an opinion, it's not the same recycled shit that most other color guys provide.  I thought that broadcast last night was better than the last two Sunday nights with Miller and Morgan out of the way.

Then again, I like Joe Buck.  So I'm prepared to again sit by myself in the corner, drinking non-alcoholic beer, getting turned down by hairy tanged fat broads.

I thought that was a great crew last night as well. I didn't even notice that Miller wasn't there.

I was impressed with Valentine as a pbp color guy. First time I've heard him. I know he talked about the Cards but it just seemed like he spent way too much time critiquing the Cub players. More than you would expect from a national guy who only sees a team once or twice a year.