Comments on: Identity Crisis http://www.dailyfungo.com/2011/04/21/identity-crisis/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:33:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: matt http://www.dailyfungo.com/2011/04/21/identity-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-96753 matt Wed, 27 Apr 2011 02:45:35 +0000 http://www.dailyfungo.com/?p=6018#comment-96753 I want to chime in here. It doesn't take a good manager to sit back when his team is pounding the ball and let them swing for the fences. I mean it's not rocket science to let the guys swing for the fences if they're hitting. But it does take a good manager to know that when his team is in a slump and not hitting that he needs to change his tactics. Small ball is one option but Leyland won't do this. He just continues to sit back and "let the boys work out of their slumps". I don't think the Tigers have played up to their potential because Leyland is constantly juggling the lineup (for no apparent good reason- other than "to keep them fresh") and is always replacing hot hitters with ice cold ones and getting... crappy results. A good manager manages and doesn't constantly play hunches or superstitions or read tea leaves or however Leyland goes about making his wacky decisions. Sure once in a while a hunch pays off... but pulling a starter who is breezing along and getting outsand replacing him with a lame-armed mop up man in the 7th inning and seeing the lead evaporate is not- in my opinion at least- good managing. I want to chime in here. It doesn’t take a good manager to sit back when his team is pounding the ball and let them swing for the fences. I mean it’s not rocket science to let the guys swing for the fences if they’re hitting.

But it does take a good manager to know that when his team is in a slump and not hitting that he needs to change his tactics. Small ball is one option but Leyland won’t do this.

He just continues to sit back and “let the boys work out of their slumps”. I don’t think the Tigers have played up to their potential because Leyland is constantly juggling the lineup (for no apparent good reason- other than “to keep them fresh”) and is always replacing hot hitters with ice cold ones and getting… crappy results.

A good manager manages and doesn’t constantly play hunches or superstitions or read tea leaves or however Leyland goes about making his wacky decisions. Sure once in a while a hunch pays off… but pulling a starter who is breezing along and getting outsand replacing him with a lame-armed mop up man in the 7th inning and seeing the lead evaporate is not- in my opinion at least- good managing.

]]> By: mnemec24 http://www.dailyfungo.com/2011/04/21/identity-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-96463 mnemec24 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:15:31 +0000 http://www.dailyfungo.com/?p=6018#comment-96463 I love the Tigers but the inability to get the runner home from third with less than 2 out is driving me insane. This has been a problem spot for this team for the last few seasons under Leyland. They have got to put the ball in play and cash in on those opportunities. The Ks are a killer, Jackson, Rayburn, Peralta, and Inge are the most notable culpits of striking out with less than 2 out and a runner on third. It happens too often in my mind for it to be only attributable to the pitcher bearing down. This has to stop for the team to be successful, and it is up to Leyland to change mindset when they get in the box. I love the Tigers but the inability to get the runner home from third with less than 2 out is driving me insane. This has been a problem spot for this team for the last few seasons under Leyland. They have got to put the ball in play and cash in on those opportunities. The Ks are a killer, Jackson, Rayburn, Peralta, and Inge are the most notable culpits of striking out with less than 2 out and a runner on third. It happens too often in my mind for it to be only attributable to the pitcher bearing down. This has to stop for the team to be successful, and it is up to Leyland to change mindset when they get in the box.

]]> By: Dave Chester http://www.dailyfungo.com/2011/04/21/identity-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-96399 Dave Chester Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:18:08 +0000 http://www.dailyfungo.com/?p=6018#comment-96399 I am a true Tigers fan and have the same exact worries, the last paragraph hit the nail on the head with Leyland allergic to small ball. I truly believe if you put guys in scoring position more guys will start thinking move thr runner over, make contact, go from first to third, and get the game tied instead of playing for the big one. Usually a swing and a miss. If we start to do the small ball we will then score big time because do whatever the situations asks and everbody will become a "team" do it for the team ! I am a true Tigers fan and have the same exact worries, the last paragraph hit the nail on the head with Leyland allergic to small ball. I truly believe if you put guys in scoring position more guys will start thinking move thr runner over, make contact, go from first to third, and get the game tied instead of playing for the big one. Usually a swing and a miss. If we start to do the small ball we will then score big time because do whatever the situations asks and everbody will become a “team” do it for the team !

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