Dusty: Genius or Idiot?

[GrantNKY]

To answer the question: idiot.

[Jumper_Dad]

Dusty Baker is the Marvin Lewis of baseball managers.

 

Dusty has actually won a playoff series or two, isn't Marvin still waiting for his first playoff win? :lol2:

[UKMustangFan]

Why does anyone think Scherzer is starting? It'll be Gio, and if not him, Roarke.

[Bengal Maniac]

Dusty is a darn good manager, he has won every where he has managed. I would hire him in a New York minute.

[littleluck55]

Why does anyone think Scherzer is starting? It'll be Gio, and if not him, Roarke.

 

Dunno....everything I read said this sets him up perfect for game 1 unless they have to use him out of the pen.

[PP1]

Dusty Baker is the Marvin Lewis of baseball managers.

 

How? He has gone to the world series. He has taken four different teams to the playoffs. His career as a baseball player far exceeds Marvin's career as a football player. I don't think Marvin ever made the nfl.

[LRCW]

Why does anyone think Scherzer is starting? It'll be Gio, and if not him, Roarke.

 

Because that's what TBS stated yesterday after the completion of Game 4.

[UKMustangFan]

Because that's what TBS stated yesterday after the completion of Game 4.

 

Interesting.

 

I saw where after the game Dusty said it would be either Roarke or Gio.

[GrantNKY]

Dusty has actually won a playoff series or two, isn't Marvin still waiting for his first playoff win? :lol2:

Both were 0 for in Cincinnati which is about all I really care about. They are both stubborn to a fault and it cost both of them playoff victories.

[GrantNKY]

How? He has gone to the world series. He has taken four different teams to the playoffs. His career as a baseball player far exceeds Marvin's career as a football player. I don't think Marvin ever made the nfl.

He blew an 2-0 lead with 2 HOME GAMES remaining with what was the most talented Reds team in 2 decades. Couple that with Dusty's reluctance to sit veteran players who clearly weren't going to get it done anymore and you have a guy who wasted the prime of Joey Votto, Brandon Phillips, and Johnny Cueto. Dusty Baker is the reason this team is still a mess. He set the team back at least 5 years due to his poor managing.

[jpa2825]

He blew an 2-0 lead with 2 HOME GAMES remaining with what was the most talented Reds team in 2 decades. Couple that with Dusty's reluctance to sit veteran players who clearly weren't going to get it done anymore and you have a guy who wasted the prime of Joey Votto, Brandon Phillips, and Johnny Cueto. Dusty Baker is the reason this team is still a mess. He set the team back at least 5 years due to his poor managing.

 

Wasn't it 3 home games remaining because of that stupid old format where the better team started with 2 games on the road and then got the final 3 at home? I think they lost 3 straight at GABP after winning 2 in SF. (Of course, rotation got all blownt up by Cueto in winning those 2 games, but that's not as much fun to talk about.)

[HammerTime]

Wasn't it 3 home games remaining because of that stupid old format where the better team started with 2 games on the road and then got the final 3 at home? I think they lost 3 straight at GABP after winning 2 in SF. (Of course, rotation got all blownt up by Cueto in winning those 2 games, but that's not as much fun to talk about.)

 

I think it was 3 at home.

 

I've watched enough of Dusty day to day to know what kind of manager he is, I'll go idiot.

[PP1]

Both were 0 for in Cincinnati which is about all I really care about. They are both stubborn to a fault and it cost both of them playoff victories.

 

How did Dusty's stubbornness cost him a playoff series?

[GrantNKY]

How did Dusty's stubbornness cost him a playoff series?

The lineups he threw out there day after day were pure stubbornness. Continued in the playoffs.

[GrantNKY]

Wasn't it 3 home games remaining because of that stupid old format where the better team started with 2 games on the road and then got the final 3 at home? I think they lost 3 straight at GABP after winning 2 in SF. (Of course, rotation got all blownt up by Cueto in winning those 2 games, but that's not as much fun to talk about.)

It was 3 games I forgot about the old playoff format. Makes my point that much more valid. You don't lose 3 straight games at home.