Fear made Francona do it ... but of what?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...the manager of the most sabermetrically oriented team in the history of ever. So why did Terry Francona do it? We already know that his explanations make little sense. Well, MGL thinks he knows...
Blog | October 15, 2009Francona managing by the numbers?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...the organization. GM Theo Epstein is a "Moneyball" disciple, and once upon a time Terry Francona was hired as manager at least partly because of his devotion to statistical analysis. Obviously you...
Blog | October 13, 2009Bucknor moves behind plate in Game 2
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...strike three call on Nick Green from September or whether he caught the stomach bug that Terry Francona was dealing with, the examples of his errors in judgment were seemingly endless. Bucknor has twice...
Blog | October 09, 2009Tribe had to let Wedge go
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...failure not of Wedge, but of Shapiro. Some managers, you can't fire. Joe Girardi, Terry Francona, Mike Scioscia, etc. A few managers, you have to fire. Cecil Cooper, etc. Most managers fall...
Blog | September 30, 2009The limits (or not) of the numbers
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...the limits of the numbers: The other week, my former manager, the current Red Sox skipper Terry Francona, was discussing his leadoff hitter, Jacoby Ellsbury. Francona has been fielding a lot of questions about...
Blog | September 21, 2009Do the Red Sox need a LOOGY?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...of the season tomorrow night in Toronto. Clay Buchholz will get the start. Behind him, manager Terry Francona will begin the most critical games of the year with a relief corps that recently has...
Blog | July 20, 2009BoSox shopping for shortstop?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...most likely, I think, is that Lowrie comes back and plays shortstop on those days when Terry Francona just can't stand to write Lugo's name on the lineup card. Update...
Blog | June 09, 2009Francona wonders who wrote 'book'
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...just the way I was taught how to play the game." However, Red Sox manager Terry Francona had no issue with Laird's attempt Wednesday in what would end up a 10...
Blog | June 04, 2009Watching Twins and Sox
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...play? New respect for Kubel's arm. • Oops! Now Varitek's gone ... and Terry Francona, too! Bottom of the seventh, and Beckett looked in at Tichenor after a pitch just missed...
Blog | May 28, 2009Boston's shaky SS defense
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...love this quote -- in the wake of a double play that wasn't turned -- from Terry Francona (via Sean McAdam): "Evaluating our shortstops in May, for public consumption - I don't...
Blog | May 25, 2009Francona not concerned about Ortiz
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotPosted by ESPN's Claire Smith NEW YORK -- Terry Francona will not give up on David Ortiz. The Boston Red Sox manager not only made that...
Blog | May 04, 2009Ellsbury running for record?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...decent alternative in center field is Rocco Baldelli (who's got his own issues). In Terry Francona's five full seasons as Red Sox manager, his club has finished 11th, 13th, 14th...
Blog | April 27, 2009Dice-K down, WBC out?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...s in 12 innings. "We talked to him the other day," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. "He expressed a couple of days ago some kind of general soreness or fatigue...
Blog | April 15, 2009Finding each team's weak spot
Rob Neyer, ESPN InsiderAll eight playoff teams have weaknesses that can be exploited. Rob Neyer points them out.
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