The Loneliness of the Game:the Manager

June 1, 2012 by Andrés Pascual · Leave a Comment

In 1989, shortly before being suspended from duties as manager, Pete Rose stated: “managing is much harder than playing, sitting there, observing everything, responsible for everything and alone, helpless…” It is true, because in baseball, when a club wins it is the players, but when they lose, 98 % of the time it is the […]

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A New Beginning, The Same Ending

April 1, 2011 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment

In all the hoopla surrounding the start of the season, perhaps I misunderstood. Â I thought we were turning the page to 2011, not reliving 2010. Â Yet, for one game at least, a lot of last year’s issuesÂ reared their head in St. Louis. It was extremely frustrating to see how many two on, nobody out innings […]

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