Pujols to manage Angels

[Jatalk]

IF true, good for him, let him cut his teeth out West.

He might turn out to be a great manager, or not.

Might be a Cardinal managerial candidate in the future.

Best player I ever saw wear the Birds on the Bat

Yes let him cut his teeth with them.

[reson8]

Best of luck to Albert. Angels ownership is perpetually burdened with the shiny new toy syndrome. As a result they are always overloaded with bad contracts. That's a tough job. If I was choosing my first manager job it wouldn't be there.

[12xu]

As of this moment, there is still nothing substantial regarding this rumor. Other rumors are mentioning Torii Hunter, Skip Schumaker, and Bud Black as possible Angels' targets.

[12xu]

Problem with superior athletes is they have little patience with average talent a la Ted Williams. MLB came easy for Albert.

So true. The winningest managers in MLB: Connie Mack, Tony La Russa, John McGraw, and Bobby Cox were not great players.
Joe Torre and Dusty Baker were very good players, but not HOF.

Red Schoendienst is one who was good enough both as a player and manager to make the HOF.

Correct!

[nighthawk]

Problem with superior athletes is they have little patience with average talent a la Ted Williams. MLB came easy for Albert.

So true. The winningest managers in MLB: Connie Mack, Tony La Russa, John McGraw, and Bobby Cox were not great players.
Joe Torre and Dusty Baker were very good players, but not HOF.

John McGraw was a pretty great player.

[12xu]

Problem with superior athletes is they have little patience with average talent a la Ted Williams. MLB came easy for Albert.

So true. The winningest managers in MLB: Connie Mack, Tony La Russa, John McGraw, and Bobby Cox were not great players.
Joe Torre and Dusty Baker were very good players, but not HOF.

John McGraw was a pretty great player.

1309 hits in 17 years as a player. He went into the HOF strictly as a manager.

[redbirdfan51]

I do hope Pujols gets the job if he really wants it. The Angels would then become my favorite AL team.

[Bomber1]

Are fans still mad at Pujols because he left for Angels?

Seriously?

He took a deal at 250 million over 180 million

WTF is wrong with you jokers?

Not a single responder even hinted at whatever point you’re trying to make.

Where did you even come up with that c r a p?

[Absolut]

Are fans still mad at Pujols because he left for Angels?

Seriously?

He took a deal at 250 million over 180 million

WTF is wrong with you jokers?

And if he had only just said that and left it there…

[nighthawk]

Problem with superior athletes is they have little patience with average talent a la Ted Williams. MLB came easy for Albert.

So true. The winningest managers in MLB: Connie Mack, Tony La Russa, John McGraw, and Bobby Cox were not great players.
Joe Torre and Dusty Baker were very good players, but not HOF.

John McGraw was a pretty great player.

1309 hits in 17 years as a player. He went into the HOF strictly as a manager.

334/.466//.410/.876 career batting line. Among qualifiers, his .466 OBA is third all time. That is pretty great regardless of his managerial qualifications for the HOF.

[3dender]

Sorry for jumping the gun without confirmation yesterday. I hunted the rumor down and it came from one Hispanic media guy with like 140k followers, so not nothing but hardly confirmed.

But now Rosenthal and Woo are reporting he is Moreno's top choice: https://x.com/FoulTerritoryTV/status/19 ... 9849590047

[rockondlouie]

Are fans still mad at Pujols because he left for Angels?

Seriously?

He took a deal at 250 million over 180 million

WTF is wrong with you jokers?

Bingo

Anyone who claims they would've stayed here and foregone an additional $70M to live in SoCal is a liar.

[An Old Friend]

Sorry for jumping the gun without confirmation yesterday. I hunted the rumor down and it came from one Hispanic media guy with like 140k followers, so not nothing but hardly confirmed.

But now Rosenthal and Woo are reporting he is Moreno's top choice: https://x.com/FoulTerritoryTV/status/19 ... 9849590047

Yeah but that’s still echo chamber stuff

It started as basically Pujols being a name to watch… and Hector Gomez putting that out as he’s on the short list, to everyone else putting out that his hiring is imminent

I’m not saying that he’s not getting the job, but the early reporting on this highlights one of the dumbest things in media… repeat and amplify anything, verify later (or never)