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Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Dodgers Hire Grady Little As Manager

The Dodgers have hired Grady Little as their manager, according to Ken Rosenthal. Thanks for the tip, Rich.

Update: BTF thread; Dodger Thoughts thread.

Update 2: ... aaaand at MLB.com.

Since everyone expects me to have an opinion on this matter, I'll say this much: Little isn't terrible. He was forced in Boston to leave his starters in because management left him a less-than-ideal bullpen (so I recall), and supposedly isn't all that big a bunt-and-steal guy, good if your team isn't that speedy. (But then, why the rumors of a Dodger pursuit of Juan Pierre?) He might even be an incremental improvement over Jim Tracy; he earned multiple Manager of the Year awards in the minors. That may not be saying much; Jim Tracy did also. Regardless, this wasn't a bad choice, nor particularly was it a great one. Good things happen when you get to pencil in David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez into your lineup card. May the same thing happen with a healthy Jeff Kent and J.D. Drew.


Comments:
You'll have it deleted in a week, too.
 
I'm edging closer to becoming an Angels fan.
 
It's a very good choice. When the Red Sox signed David Ortiz, Ortiz tried to smallball a runner over in one of his first spring training games. Little called him over after the inning and told him "you're not here to do that"
Little took Derek Lowe from the bullpen and he went 38-15 over two years as a starter. 'Nuff Said.
 

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