The Hardball Times:Franchise Managerial Hiring Tendencies
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THT: Jaffe: Franchise Managerial Hiring Tendencies
Published 4/28/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
THT: Jaffe: Franchise Managerial Hiring Tendencies Muy interesting findings from Jaffe here… Boston Red Sox: untried and unwanted The Red Sox have an usual tradition. They’ve hired 16 new managers in their history. Only four ever got hired by another team. And three of them crapped out completely in short order. That’s interesting, but that’s not what sets them apart. Red Sox newbies have these odd tendencies to amass resumes that would normally lead one to be easily hired by a new team—only no one wants them. They come. They win. They disappear. Simply put, the Red Sox ...
Notes For a Cub Off-Day
Published 4/29/2008 by Cubnut at A Hundred Next Years
... — Chris Jaffe of The Hardball Times identifies ten Major League teams which "keep hiring the same sort of skipper again and again." Can you guess which franchise's inability to "find good, new managers" causes Jaffe to characterize them as a "compost heap"? If you can't, you're reading the wrong blog. ...
Baseball Today: Tuesday, April 29
Published 4/29/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... GO FIGURE: Chris Jaffe of The Hardball Times notes that of the 16 "new" managers the Red Sox have hired in franchise history, only four ever were hired again . . . but almost all of them did well with the Sox. "They come. They win. They disappear," he concludes. Among the familiar names on this list (at least to me) are Joe Morgan and Eddie Kasko. ...
Friday Links (9 May 08)
Published 5/9/2008 by Geoff Young at Ducksnorts
... Franchise Managerial Hiring Tendencies (Hardball Times). Chris Jaffe provides another glimpse into his forthcoming book on managers, which is going to rock. ...
