But Soria’s injury changes the narrative, from "our manager is actively costing our team a chance at the playoffs" to "our manager has made some bad decisions along with some good decisions, and overall he’s neither an asset nor a liability."
Old news here. Rany on how Soria's injury changes the evaluation of Hillman. Rany and I agree that Hillman is a middle of the road manager.
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agreed.
I also liked him showing some emotion the other day when Aviles was called out at 3rd on the sac bunt attempt. Not that it matters at all in evaluating him as a manager, but it was the first time in a long while I’d seen any emotion from him.
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by CollininCalifornia on Apr 30, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah, but I think in that situation he was just more pissed
that his bad decision to bunt didn’t work and had a negative consequence rather than being truly pissed because he thought Aviles was safe.
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by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 30, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Add me to the group.
Hillman is certainly far from perfect, and probably isn’t even “good”.
But he makes a lot of good decisions, too, and is overall an averageish manager.
+1
His lineups seem much better this year, and other than Farnsy and Soria, he has utilized the rest of the bullpen quite well.
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