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I fear, is in the manager's office, reminding me more and more of Mike Hargrove.
I want to like Eric Wedge. I really do. I want to think that Z has the ability to identify managerial ability, too. I wonder if he isn't sitting on his hands right now, wondering how he can get himself out of this mess.
Wedge's tough-guy, jut-jawed presentation is looking more and more to me like a tired cliche that represents the neanderthal, inflexible,arrogant side of baseball that I think SABRmetrics originally revolted against.
The man's actions put the lie to his words and his in-game management style is best described as statuesque: He stands there and does nothing. Why in the freaking world does he trot Chone out to defend left field in the ninth inning of a one-run game? Don't you put your best defense on the field to protect the slim lead? Maybe Casper doesn't make that throw either, but he has a faaaaaaaaaaaaar better chance, right?
Anyhow, I'm beyond citing chapter and verse. You all know it and comment regularly on it. We need a Joe Maddon in here, or a Jim Leyland, and the sooner the better.