Hanley Ramirez

[jstraw]

<!--quoteo(post=97211:date=May 19 2010, 08:51 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ May 19 2010, 08:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=97204:date=May 19 2010, 08:42 PM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jstraw @ May 19 2010, 08:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=97202:date=May 19 2010, 08:35 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ May 19 2010, 08:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I think Hanley's quote about Fredi never playing in MLB was pretty dumb. For the record, no player of Hanley's ability has <i>ever</i> been a great MLB manager. (although Ted Williams was pretty good with hitters).

Almost all of the great ones were scrappers who had to fight for every inch, not pampered superstars with so much natural ability that they could play at 75% and still dominate.
Earl Weaver never played a day in the majors.

John McGraw was actually a good player, but that was over 100 years ago. And Joe Torre was a <i>damn</i> good player. But they're exceptions.

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THIS has always worried me about Ryno as a manager.
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To be honest, what stood out about Ryno was that he approached the game like a scrapper, even though he was immensely talented. So i don't worry about that aspect.

With Ryno, I do worry about his basic philosophies...<i>really</i> old school, as if the past decade of front-office knowledge had never happened.
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I agree...on both counts. But I've sat thinking about the glaring lack of HOF players that have been successful managers.