I know it's a little soon with the Mets but I don't see them getting out of their mind numbingly bad streak right now. I mean when the SP tonight plunks 3 (or was it 4?) guys in an inning and INFs making mental errors (Wright not putting his foot on the 3B bag for the double play) then you know things are not right. As soon as the Marlins scored the first runs in the game you knew it was basically over. I know Minaya likes Randolph and all but someone's gotta pay the price if the Mets completely blow it and sit out the postseason.
On the other hand there's Ned Yost of the Milwaukee Brewers who in the last week has been to quote his own wife "going crazy". He is visibly showing the strain and now the Brewers are more or less dead. Now he's done a great job but this could be a situation where you fire a good manager because he's just one of those guys that's good at developing young talent but when it comes to going over the hump he just can't cut it. The Brewers need a steadying influence at the manager position but they're a team that's VERY close to playoff success in the next couple years. I just don't see Yost as the guy to the manager.
If I were to apply it to a situation i'm familiar with it's an awful lot like Bobby Mattick who managed the Jays for a couple seasons and even had them in contention for a while in '84. He was very good at developing the young talent but it was felt that the Jays needed a guy who's been around and could be a voice of authority rather then a teacher type and that guy was Bobby Cox.
On the other hand there's Ned Yost of the Milwaukee Brewers who in the last week has been to quote his own wife "going crazy". He is visibly showing the strain and now the Brewers are more or less dead. Now he's done a great job but this could be a situation where you fire a good manager because he's just one of those guys that's good at developing young talent but when it comes to going over the hump he just can't cut it. The Brewers need a steadying influence at the manager position but they're a team that's VERY close to playoff success in the next couple years. I just don't see Yost as the guy to the manager.
If I were to apply it to a situation i'm familiar with it's an awful lot like Bobby Mattick who managed the Jays for a couple seasons and even had them in contention for a while in '84. He was very good at developing the young talent but it was felt that the Jays needed a guy who's been around and could be a voice of authority rather then a teacher type and that guy was Bobby Cox.
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