Here's six names that are in the running.
Joe Girardi
Raul Ibanez
Carlos Beltran
Mike Scioscia
Bruce Bochy
Josh Bard
I personally dislike Girardi manager, as a manager I couldn't stomach him.
When he was running the Yankees he was stubborn. He's also extremely anal.
Behind the scenes if he disagrees with a GM or front office exec he's been known to ignore.
There's a reason why he was fired by Jeffrey Loria in '06 when he won Manager of the Year Award.
My favorite Girardi story was in a crucial regular season game that year the Marlins were in big game that had Wild Card implications.
Owner Loria thought the umpires were not giving his Marlins any border line calls.
Loria sitting behind the plate began heckling and criticizing HPU Larry Vanover non stop.
Vanover issued warning to Girardi, Between innings Girardi instead of saying to Vanover Loria is entitled to heckle from the stands Girardi approached Loria and basically told him to STFU. The story has it Loria wanted to shit can Girardi right there and then but did it 3 months later.
When he was with the Yankees people I know who work in or with MLB say most of the veterans couldn't stand him and the rookies tolerated him out of fear of minor league demotions. I'm told Jeter wan't very fond of Girardi as a manager, Joe Torre was Jeter's guy, most of the NYY players loved Torre too. Girardi once told Mussina to pitch around or walk David Ortiz during a critical Red Sox game.
Mussina told him pretty much I know how to get Ortiz out etc. and let's just say behind the scenes after the game it really wasn't pleasant.
Rumor has it Mussina retired after winning 20 games that year and after reinventing himself as a pitcher had two more or so good seasons in his arm could have reached 300 career games. Mussina decided at age 37 he had enough of that crap. I don't how much of that is fact though but it's extremely believable.
When he took of the Yankees as a rookie manager he demanded all players to be clean shaven, no facial hair etc. and even banned ice cream from the dugout, Yeah, that kind of anal.
He's great as an analyst on MLB Network and FOX.
He's a really good family man I'm told and a solid private citizen as well.
As a manager and if I was in charge of hiring new coaches I wouldn't give him a call.
Beltran and Ibanez would be interesting fits but either one of them could get the KC job.
Both are loved inside the Royals nation, both played for KC, both of them also does a lot of mentoring with the younger kids.
Ibanez's kid plays for KC, works for the Dodgers in the front office and has one of the best SABR and analytics mind in the business.
I think Beltran gets the KC job. Right now he's an advisor for the Yanks.
Josh Bard is also considered an extremely intelligent analytics guy, has the skill sets most GM's and owners are looking for today as a MLB manager, kids love him too and is Boone's go to guy as his bench coach in the dugout.
Bard also played for SD for a couple of years.
Bochy and Scioscia have tremendous resumes. No need to elaborate here.
Both would be terrific hires.
Bochy lives in SD but I think his MLB manager days are long gone. I think he's retired for good. He even said that just recently.
Scioscia still lives in the SD area too, insiders say it's his job if offered.
Watch Moises Alou wind up getting the gig,
He has a bright baseball mind and is a proven GM in Latin America in the Dominican league.
Alou can recruit Latin American young talent SD's way as is good with the kids.
I think Scioscia will be the new man for the job.
Joe Girardi
Raul Ibanez
Carlos Beltran
Mike Scioscia
Bruce Bochy
Josh Bard
I personally dislike Girardi manager, as a manager I couldn't stomach him.
When he was running the Yankees he was stubborn. He's also extremely anal.
Behind the scenes if he disagrees with a GM or front office exec he's been known to ignore.
There's a reason why he was fired by Jeffrey Loria in '06 when he won Manager of the Year Award.
My favorite Girardi story was in a crucial regular season game that year the Marlins were in big game that had Wild Card implications.
Owner Loria thought the umpires were not giving his Marlins any border line calls.
Loria sitting behind the plate began heckling and criticizing HPU Larry Vanover non stop.
Vanover issued warning to Girardi, Between innings Girardi instead of saying to Vanover Loria is entitled to heckle from the stands Girardi approached Loria and basically told him to STFU. The story has it Loria wanted to shit can Girardi right there and then but did it 3 months later.
When he was with the Yankees people I know who work in or with MLB say most of the veterans couldn't stand him and the rookies tolerated him out of fear of minor league demotions. I'm told Jeter wan't very fond of Girardi as a manager, Joe Torre was Jeter's guy, most of the NYY players loved Torre too. Girardi once told Mussina to pitch around or walk David Ortiz during a critical Red Sox game.
Mussina told him pretty much I know how to get Ortiz out etc. and let's just say behind the scenes after the game it really wasn't pleasant.
Rumor has it Mussina retired after winning 20 games that year and after reinventing himself as a pitcher had two more or so good seasons in his arm could have reached 300 career games. Mussina decided at age 37 he had enough of that crap. I don't how much of that is fact though but it's extremely believable.
When he took of the Yankees as a rookie manager he demanded all players to be clean shaven, no facial hair etc. and even banned ice cream from the dugout, Yeah, that kind of anal.
He's great as an analyst on MLB Network and FOX.
He's a really good family man I'm told and a solid private citizen as well.
As a manager and if I was in charge of hiring new coaches I wouldn't give him a call.
Beltran and Ibanez would be interesting fits but either one of them could get the KC job.
Both are loved inside the Royals nation, both played for KC, both of them also does a lot of mentoring with the younger kids.
Ibanez's kid plays for KC, works for the Dodgers in the front office and has one of the best SABR and analytics mind in the business.
I think Beltran gets the KC job. Right now he's an advisor for the Yanks.
Josh Bard is also considered an extremely intelligent analytics guy, has the skill sets most GM's and owners are looking for today as a MLB manager, kids love him too and is Boone's go to guy as his bench coach in the dugout.
Bard also played for SD for a couple of years.
Bochy and Scioscia have tremendous resumes. No need to elaborate here.
Both would be terrific hires.
Bochy lives in SD but I think his MLB manager days are long gone. I think he's retired for good. He even said that just recently.
Scioscia still lives in the SD area too, insiders say it's his job if offered.
Watch Moises Alou wind up getting the gig,
He has a bright baseball mind and is a proven GM in Latin America in the Dominican league.
Alou can recruit Latin American young talent SD's way as is good with the kids.
I think Scioscia will be the new man for the job.
