I would take anyone over Torre. Heck, the Dodgers may do better being managed by someone who knows nothing about the game.I would take Torre over Dusty TWICE every day and three times on Sunday!:rant:
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Reminds me of my childhood, although I was never drafted to play anything.
I used to go around in 3rd grade naming the entire Dodgers starting lineup with their awesome infield of Cey, Russell, Lopes, and Garvey. IMO, during the 70s, the Dodgers had a bigger rivalry with the Reds than their long time rivals, the Giants
We are from the same time frame then ...
As a Child I was a Big Red Machine fan and would cherish the Reds / Dodgers rivalry ... It was the best thing going
I always thought that Torre was a GREAT manager BECAUSE he had the yankees to manage and that he did NOTHING with the teams he was with before the yankees.
That said, if I had an opening and my options were Baker or Torre, it would be Torre without any hesitation.
That said, if I had an opening and my options were Baker or Torre, it would be Torre without any hesitation.
Billingsley was pulled after 6 shutout innings. In this case I would have done the same. The Dodgers had the bases loaded with 2 outs and Billingsley up to bat. They needed to pinch hit for him and so far that pinch hit resulted in the only runs scored in the game.
The issue with Torre is he would have still pulled him even if the Dodgers were already leading.
The issue with Torre is he would have still pulled him even if the Dodgers were already leading.
I beg to differ my friend! The TRUE arm killer is the one residing in Cincinnati... Dusty "I have destroyed more arms than anyone" Baker. Shall I read the IMMEDATE list?
Mark Pryor
Kerry Wood
Edison Volquez
Johnny Cueto
And those are the recent guys I know off my head, I am sure there are PLENTY when he managed the Giants. Right now, outside of the Marlins, the Reds have one best young impressive pitching staffs in the Majors. BUT, I am afraid with Dusty's track record, who knows WHAT will happen to these pitchers.
Sorry but I don't agree. He had nothing to do with Volquez and Cueto isn't hurt, where did that come from?
Cueto has never been hurt. He's having a great season at 10-2 so far. I agree he had nothiong to do with Volquez. So far this season I think Dusty has handled the pitching staff as well as any manager could. He's not let any of his young pitchers have an excessive pitch count. I don't what happened when he was with the Cubs since I don't follow the Cubs that closely but as the Reds manager he's been just fine. Not great but better than most.
The Cubs and Giant's were both over used when he was there.
I hope he continues to handle the Reds correctly as it would be nice to see them win thier division, it's been a while.
Hey Reds fans, when did Marty and Joe get broke up, I know it's been awhile now and that Joe has retired (I think) and Marty continues, I always liked listening to them on WLW in my younger years.
Joe died in November of '07, just after he had a much diminished season behind the mike due to health problems!!!...
There have been big promotion campaigns the last three years to get him in the broadcasters division of the HOF, but unfortunately, he is more of a local celeberty than national!!!...
Joe died in November of '07, just after he had a much diminished season behind the mike due to health problems!!!...
There have been big promotion campaigns the last three years to get him in the broadcasters division of the HOF, but unfortunately, he is more of a local celeberty than national!!!...
We'll thats about as RETIRED as you get !
I'm sure I heard about it back then, just forgot about it.
I DO think he was a Big enough Voice to get into the HOF.
Of course he was in the same group as Harwell, Scully, Buck as far as time frame, so the table is set pretty HIGH.
Did he retire before he passed, or not ?
R.I.P. Joe
Yes and the young pitchers like Mike Leake have been put on an innings count for the year and will be shut down when he hits that, which looks like around the end of August for him.
They are skipping Leake's turn in the rotation. Which would be tomorrow if they were playing. They have done that a couple of times to keep his innings within the season innings count. It will be interesting to see what they do with him in September if the Reds are still in it and he's at his limit. Harang and Bailey should be back by then and they may just plug one of those two in Leake's spot.
I thought about that too. Maybe they will just start skipping every other start so he can pitch at the end of the season and the playoffs if....errr WHEN they make it.
I might have had him confussed with someone else on the staff. And how can an elbo injury not be associated due to over use unless he was hit there?
The blame is sporadic, BUT with Baker's HISTORY of doing this....as someone has said here..."where there is smoke....."
Who are we blaming for Edinson Volquez's arm injury? - Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
Interesting last line .....
As for the rest of the Reds mess this year .....
I do believe they are in 1st place at the moment, how much of a MESS can there be ?
Oh, I know that, but are the games normally in HD on the RSN ?
That brings up another question ....
Why would the game time feed be HD but the REPLAY not ?
It was in HD on RSN when it was live. FSN Cincinnati does not have a full-time HD channel yet so that is why the replay wasn't HD.
