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RMF · January 25th, 2007, 05:54 PM

By no means am I a baseball historian. However, Basketball, Football, Hockey all have coaches who have put up great W/L records and championships all without playing professionally. These leagues all currently have these Coaches with 0 professional experience as a player. Does baseball currently have a manager that wasn't a professional player MLB or ML?

Why not? Is the job so difficult that only an ex player can handle it? Is the psychology so tough? Frankly I think its ridiculous that managers wear uniforms. Most of those old guys look really silly. Nor am I advocating that baseball give up its tradition.

There are some great minds out there who couldn't swing the stick. We are stuck with Clint Hurdle. A man without a great mind, who also couldn't swing the stick.

January 25th, 2007, 05:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
RMF Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 206	The Manager Code? By no means am I a baseball historian. However, Basketball, Football, Hockey all have coaches who have put up great W/L records and championships all without playing professionally. These leagues all currently have these Coaches with 0 professional experience as a player. Does baseball currently have a manager that wasn't a professional player MLB or ML? Why not? Is the job so difficult that only an ex player can handle it? Is the psychology so tough? Frankly I think its ridiculous that managers wear uniforms. Most of those old guys look really silly. Nor am I advocating that baseball give up its tradition. There are some great minds out there who couldn't swing the stick. We are stuck with Clint Hurdle. A man without a great mind, who also couldn't swing the stick.