Don Mattingly's disgrace

[ShaimOnYou]

I was just making a comparison of the most revered Dodger manager in history's record his first 4 years to Mattingly's record.
There is no "Your turn. ".
I thought it was a good comparison. I didn't mean it to be a knock on the chip on your shoulder.

Roady,

No chip on my shoulder, just living through the pain of being a Dodger fan.

Curious: Who's your team? Short of you being a Cubs fan, or maybe an Orioles fan (they've been starving for success for awhile now too), maybe you can sympathize it's been 26 years since the Dodgers have held up the trophy. Add to that we all feel we have a team that could and should be there at the end, and someone has to start looking at the reasons why we're failing.

I simply believe that the most obvious reason is our manager. I've witnessed his sheer stupidity on numerous occasions. There's just no getting around it.

[Roady]

Roady,

No chip on my shoulder, just living through the pain of being a Dodger fan.

Curious: Who's your team? Short of you being a Cubs fan, or maybe an Orioles fan (they've been starving for success for awhile now too), maybe you can sympathize it's been 26 years since the Dodgers have held up the trophy. Add to that we all feel we have a team that could and should be there at the end, and someone has to start looking at the reasons why we're failing.

I simply believe that the most obvious reason is our manager. I've witnessed his sheer stupidity on numerous occasions. There's just no getting around it.

I am a Braves fan. Trust me I feel your pain.
I have just learned over the years that the Braves will disappoint me.

[earlywynnfan]

Roady,

No chip on my shoulder, just living through the pain of being a Dodger fan.

Curious: Who's your team? Short of you being a Cubs fan, or maybe an Orioles fan (they've been starving for success for awhile now too), maybe you can sympathize it's been 26 years since the Dodgers have held up the trophy. Add to that we all feel we have a team that could and should be there at the end, and someone has to start looking at the reasons why we're failing.

I simply believe that the most obvious reason is our manager. I've witnessed his sheer stupidity on numerous occasions. There's just no getting around it.

Uh, HELLOOOO!! Indians fan here, I wish I'd seen a trophy hoisted 26 years ago.

[Roady]

Uh, HELLOOOO!! Indians fan here, I wish I'd seen a trophy hoisted 26 years ago.

You guys are making me feel better about the Braves.

[helf35]

I have a question I would like to hear some opinions on. I'm a White Sox fan and I would like to know if the game relies on the manager so much how the hell did the sox win in 2005? Was Ozzie a good manager for a year and then just unbelievably bad the rest of his career?

[Roady]

I have a question I would like to hear some opinions on. I'm a White Sox fan and I would like to know if the game relies on the manager so much how the hell did the sox win in 2005? Was Ozzie a good manager for a year and then just unbelievably bad the rest of his career?

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.

[helf35]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.

Totally agree.

[ShaimOnYou]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.

But Don wouldn't know what to do with it.

[Sportskansascity]

You can't blame everything on the manager. A big league manager should not have to motivate grown men to win. Look at all of the teams who made it to the ALCS and NLCS. Each team have multiple leaders

Royals: james shields, Salvy perez, Alex Gordon, billy butler, Raul Ibanez
Cardinals: wainwright, yadier Molina, Matt Adams
Orioles: Adam jones, markakis, Cruz (weiters and machado were both hurt)
Giants: bumgardner, posey, pence, Sandoval, Hudson

You have to have great veteran leadership on a team and that's what the Dodgers lack. They have all of the talent in the world but besides kershaw there's no one who leads and brings people together. I'm sorry a manager shouldn't have to do that. Someone in the locker room needs to step up.

I am not attacking you just arguing your view. I'm a royals fan (grew up and live in KC) so I know what it's like to second guess managers lol

[jbsportstuff]

If I was Don Mattingly, I would have issue a restraining order. WOW.