Unlike in football, the impact of a manager in baseball is a very nebulous, difficult-to-quantify type of thing. In football, you "lead men", and "set the tone", "provide a presence", and you're the "CEO of the organization", etc... In baseball, you're forced to wear a uniform, and if you're unlucky, the cameras catch you picking your nose or catching a few ZZZ's.
Mike Lupica at the NY Daily News is one of the best writers (not just sportswriters, either) around, and he put together a pretty good piece today about how hiring a manager, like a lot of things in sports, is a total crap-shoot. His opinion is that Buck Showalter should have been the manager of the year in the AL (34-23 to end the year), but regardless, the Orioles and Andy MacPhail "lucked out" with the hiring, because these things so often go the other way... and can change in a heartbeat. If you read the article, there's no disrespect intended; he's just making a point on the nature of the business.
Orioles Luck Out With Hiring
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