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

[MAD]

I was impressed with Valentine as a pbp guy.

Wait.  You mean "color" guy, right?

[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.

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 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.

I only heard extra innings from that ESPN team. Pat and Ron talked me home from Indy, and they were great. What I heard from Valentine et al. was kind of an unfunny clusterfuck. Beat the shit out of Miller/Morgan though.

[Internet Apex]

I was impressed with Valentine as a pbp guy.

Wait.  You mean "color" guy, right?

Schulman did PBP

[Yeti]

I was impressed with Valentine as a pbp guy.

Wait.  You mean "color" guy, right?

He can't do color quite like ole Joe.

[Internet Apex]

I was impressed with Valentine as a pbp guy.

Wait.  You mean "color" guy, right?

He can't do color quite like ole Joe.

8-year-old joke.

[Yeti]

I was impressed with Valentine as a pbp guy.

Wait.  You mean "color" guy, right?

He can't do color quite like ole Joe.

8-year-old joke.

You didn't think that would be a perfect fit for me? My girlfriend texted it to me with this phone

[Armchair_QB]

I was impressed with Valentine as a pbp guy.

Wait.  You mean "color" guy, right?

Oops. yeah, I do.

[Gilgamesh]

I was impressed with Valentine as a pbp guy.

Wait.  You mean "color" guy, right?

Racist.

[PenPho]

First up...Eric Wedge.

Former Cleveland Indians  manager Eric Wedge had a face-to-face interview with Cubs general manager Jim Hendry on Thursday in Cleveland, as Hendry searches for a replacement for retired manager Lou Piniella. Wedge managed the Indians from 2003-09, winning the American League Manager of the Year Award in 2007, when he guided the Indians to the ALCS, only to lose to the Boston Red Sox after going up 3-1. Wedge, 42, won over 500 games with the Indians, including a first-place finish in 2007 and finishing second in 2005 behind the world champion Chicago White Sox.

[R-V]

First up...Eric Wedge.

Former Cleveland Indians  manager Eric Wedge had a face-to-face interview with Cubs general manager Jim Hendry on Thursday in Cleveland, as Hendry searches for a replacement for retired manager Lou Piniella. Wedge managed the Indians from 2003-09, winning the American League Manager of the Year Award in 2007, when he guided the Indians to the ALCS, only to lose to the Boston Red Sox after going up 3-1. Wedge, 42, won over 500 games with the Indians, including a first-place finish in 2007 and finishing second in 2005 behind the world champion Chicago White Sox.

Intrepid Reader: Yeti

I don't know about you guys, but anytime a GM interviews managerial candidates one-on-one, I take it as a sure sign he's about to get fired.

[Quality Start Machine]

First up...Eric Wedge.

Former Cleveland Indians  manager Eric Wedge had a face-to-face interview with Cubs general manager Jim Hendry on Thursday in Cleveland, as Hendry searches for a replacement for retired manager Lou Piniella. Wedge managed the Indians from 2003-09, winning the American League Manager of the Year Award in 2007, when he guided the Indians to the ALCS, only to lose to the Boston Red Sox after going up 3-1. Wedge, 42, won over 500 games with the Indians, including a first-place finish in 2007 and finishing second in 2005 behind the world champion Chicago White Sox.

Wedge GETS IT.

[Yeti]

First up...Eric Wedge.

Former Cleveland Indians  manager Eric Wedge had a face-to-face interview with Cubs general manager Jim Hendry on Thursday in Cleveland, as Hendry searches for a replacement for retired manager Lou Piniella. Wedge managed the Indians from 2003-09, winning the American League Manager of the Year Award in 2007, when he guided the Indians to the ALCS, only to lose to the Boston Red Sox after going up 3-1. Wedge, 42, won over 500 games with the Indians, including a first-place finish in 2007 and finishing second in 2005 behind the world champion Chicago White Sox.

Intrepid Reader: Yeti

I don't know about you guys, but anytime a GM interviews managerial candidates one-on-one, I take it as a sure sign he's about to get fired.

Fo shizzle.

[Eli]

They could do a lot worse than Wedge.  Like Ryne Sandberg, for instance.

[R-V]

They could do a lot worse than Wedge.  Like Ryne Sandberg, for instance.

Yeah, Wedge is a good candidate. It is just troubling that the GM-who-should-be-fired is the one doing the interviewing.

[Chuck to Chuck]

They could do a lot worse than Wedge.  Like Ryne Sandberg, for instance.

That's just dumb.  A few years back, there was a guy named Mike Murphy calling the Twins new manager "Gardenvariety" because MacPhail was going to hire him on the cheap.  Instead, we got Don Baylor.

I wouldn't hire Sandberg and I hope the Cubs don't.  But that's only because Sandberg's ability is unknown.  We don't know if he'll be better or worse than Wedge.

:::UPDATE:::

Wow.  Did you know that before Wedge took the Injuns job he was their A manager, then their AA manager, then their AAA manager?

What a fucken pathetic track to become a manager at the major league level.