Don Mattingly Appreciation Thread

I think Donnie just gave the BJ’s manager some bad advice.

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

I think Donnie just gave the BJ’s manager some bad advice.

I don't know. Now that I think about it, the Marlins likely would've won 110 games had they kept Donnie and would've gotten a bye.

162-0, and cancelled playoffs...just give Donnie his long overdue trophy to get him into the HoF

Is it SI or is it their new bullshit fan fed team specific type sites?
I see so many bogus reports from "SI" now.

Wobbie said:

igotid88 said:

Wobbie said:

new scenario for donnie….

SD has granted SF permission to talk to bob melvin….melvin goes to SF….donnie gets to manage all that “talent” in SD.

I saw that about Melvin a couple of weeks ago. But they might trade Soto. And I think they might look to get rid of the contracts of Machado. Just have a feeling they might look to rebuild soon. Unless they sign a Kershaw and another bat. Also how will Melvin be any better with less talent in SF?

SF doesn’t really have the talent to be good but I think Melvin might be able to get through to them in a way he was unable to do with the prima donna Padres.

I have heard talk of Ohtani going there because of the talent they have.

Matos, Luciano, Ramos and the young pitchers?  Hell Wilmer Flores gave u 20+ HR's.  Thats more than he ever gave the Mets.

Don't count your Giants so low.

tempo_n_groove said:

Wobbie said:

igotid88 said:

Wobbie said:

new scenario for donnie….

SD has granted SF permission to talk to bob melvin….melvin goes to SF….donnie gets to manage all that “talent” in SD.

I saw that about Melvin a couple of weeks ago. But they might trade Soto. And I think they might look to get rid of the contracts of Machado. Just have a feeling they might look to rebuild soon. Unless they sign a Kershaw and another bat. Also how will Melvin be any better with less talent in SF?

SF doesn’t really have the talent to be good but I think Melvin might be able to get through to them in a way he was unable to do with the prima donna Padres.

I have heard talk of Ohtani going there because of the talent they have.

Matos, Luciano, Ramos and the young pitchers?  Hell Wilmer Flores gave u 20+ HR's.  Thats more than he ever gave the Mets.

Don't count your Giants so low.

sorry to muck up your mattingly thread, igot…

I’m not sure I even want my giants to give ohtani what could turn out to be an albatross contract. is there any chance at all he re-signs with the halos? i’m afraid he’s gonna go to the d**gers. the rich get richer. even if the contract is an albatross, they have so much fucking money it won’t hurt them.

as far as our young guys….they’re decent but we need them to be better than decent. with the exception of the clueless rockies, the NL West will continue to be tough, especially with the emergence of the d-bags.

OK….back to donnie….I don’t see him getting a managerial job…not this year; maybe never again.

igotid88 said:

Not sure why not ever? Worse managers have had more jobs. But I would say as more teams get more analytical they'll want to hire first time managers they can manipulate. 

just not sure it’s gonna happen…

igotid88 said:

Not sure why not ever? Worse managers have had more jobs. But I would say as more teams get more analytical they'll want to hire first time managers they can manipulate. 

Question, is Donnie an analytic guy?

igotid88 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

igotid88 said:

Not sure why not ever? Worse managers have had more jobs. But I would say as more teams get more analytical they'll want to hire first time managers they can manipulate. 

Question, is Donnie an analytic guy?

I think he has learned to embrace it. He knows it's going to be a part of the game. I don't believe he's a full on analytics guy. There are still owners that are still allow old school

I heard that they do that in the playoffs now and very little analytics.