Comments on: The Next Yankee Manager should be #23 http://www.blog.littyhoops.com/2007/10/19/the-next-yankee-manager-should-be-23/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jermaine http://www.blog.littyhoops.com/2007/10/19/the-next-yankee-manager-should-be-23/comment-page-1/#comment-263 jermaine Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:21:51 +0000 http://www.blog.littyhoops.com/2007/10/19/the-next-yankee-manager-should-be-23/#comment-263 Don Mattingly FTW Don Mattingly FTW

]]> By: K http://www.blog.littyhoops.com/2007/10/19/the-next-yankee-manager-should-be-23/comment-page-1/#comment-262 K Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:24:59 +0000 http://www.blog.littyhoops.com/2007/10/19/the-next-yankee-manager-should-be-23/#comment-262 While I certaintly enjoyed your post, I have to say--proceed with caution. When a childhood hero comes returns to your team, the greeting is always especially welcoming. That all changes without results and can even remove some of the luster of your memories of performance. These are larger than life heroes in our minds who never failed. If they do, it is difficult to swallow. When I was young, Alan Trammel was my favorite player. At my first baseball game, I remember him hitting a long ball, as if it was in my honor. Lou Whitaker and him made double plays look as simple as a sexual harassment suit against the Knicks. (Isiah was also larger than life to me....at one point) When he took over the Tigers with little managerial experience, the press gave him the red carpet. That came to a halt when he narrowly escaped being the skipper for the second biggest losers in MLB history. When Leyland took over, Detroiters witnessed what an experienced manager can do... While I certaintly enjoyed your post, I have to say–proceed with caution. When a childhood hero comes returns to your team, the greeting is always especially welcoming. That all changes without results and can even remove some of the luster of your memories of performance. These are larger than life heroes in our minds who never failed. If they do, it is difficult to swallow.

When I was young, Alan Trammel was my favorite player. At my first baseball game, I remember him hitting a long ball, as if it was in my honor. Lou Whitaker and him made double plays look as simple as a sexual harassment suit against the Knicks. (Isiah was also larger than life to me….at one point) When he took over the Tigers with little managerial experience, the press gave him the red carpet. That came to a halt when he narrowly escaped being the skipper for the second biggest losers in MLB history. When Leyland took over, Detroiters witnessed what an experienced manager can do…

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