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Like Blowers said, "his manager doesn't trust him yet." That's all well and good in Month Four of the campaign... but some guys who are angry taskmasters always have to be shouting at someone and the veteran guys who've proven themselves often don't appreciate the schtick after a bit. Luckily for us, that's a problem for Years Three and Four.
I like Year One of Lloyd.  I'm fond of our pennant race, and his eccentricities or character flaws are no worse than any other manager. He has the team with him, has one of the greatest pitching staffs ever assembled, performance-wise (somebody get Waits a contract extension and an Assistant Moustache Groomer, STAT), and so far he's kept his simmer pointed where it needs to be (with some Erasmo-shaped exceptions).
La Russa and Cox were able to do that as well.  They also had All-World players and PED-enhanced mega-Godzillas to help out, so we'll see what Lloyd can do without the latter... but as long as the guys fight for him and we don't have overcrowding in the doghouse, we'll be all right.
And I'll do what I can to be around more often, m'man. :) We finally have good baseball to watch! Might as well talk about it...
~G