Baseball Toaster: Bad Altitude : I'm Pretending I'm The Griddle

I'm Pretending I'm The Griddle

2006-11-16 18:04

by Mark T.R. Donohue

This does have a Rockies connection: one of the other three finalists for the job was Jamie Quirk, Colorado's bench coach and their go-to interim manager the past few seasons. I am glad to see Quirk not get the job because I think he will make an excellent successor for Clint Hurdle. Not that I am saying Hurdle should be fired. Yet.

Comments

2006-11-16 18:15:33

1. trainwreck

Beane loves making the most boring manager choices.

2006-11-16 18:23:58

2. Ken Arneson

If you were really good, you'd have written your headline as "I'm Pretending I'm The Griddle Pretending I'm Catfish Stew". Then I would have been really impressed.

2006-11-16 20:18:58

3. Cliff Corcoran

Kudos to Geren, whom I remember from his days platooning with Don Slaught as Yankee catcher. I remember one year he lost a bet to Mel Hall and Hall shaved Geren's head.

Other than that all I have to offer is that surveying Geren's B-Ref page I've learned that Rollie Fingers was a St. Louis Cardinal for four days in December 1980. I did not know that.

2006-11-16 21:48:28

4. Bob Timmermann

And a fine job Mark has done!

2006-11-16 23:23:06

5. sanchez101

has Geren announced who his successor, um, I mean, bench coach will be

2006-11-17 13:44:21

6. dianagramr

Ooohh ooooh .... I know what Catfish Stew should change its name to (in honor of the new manager)

"Gerentology" !!!