* "…but somebody has to do it."

August 31, 2008

How will the Mets (and history) treat Jerry Manuel> The “interim” manager took over for the beleaguered Willie Randolph early this season, when the team was hovering under the .500 mark. Yes, Randolph was the leader of a bunch of underachievers, but almost everyone agrees that the way in which his dismissal was handled was, to put it plainly, not nice.

Baseball managers are not monarchs; they don’t ascend to the throne and hold onto their jobs forever (although some do abdicate).

So just how important is the job? See what Baseball Prospectus’ Kevin Goldstein and Christina Kahrl have to say in this video:

The Amazon report on baseball managers:

Man in the Dugout, by Leonard Koppett

Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager

Red Sox Rule: Terry Francona and Boston’s Rise to Dominance

Connie Mack and the Early Years of Baseball

Stengel: His Life and Times

They Call Me Sparky

The Man in the Dugout: Fifteen Big League Managers Speak Their Minds, by Donald Honig
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