My choice as manager would be Trey Hillman. Smart guy. AL experience. Knows the Yankees. Will be a good mgr again for somebody
Red Sox beat writer Pete Abraham
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Saber Trey would be fantastic there...
“Ellsbury reaches in first inning…
Bunt with Gonzo…"
by Tracer Bullet 82 on Oct 1, 2011 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions
And he knows St. Louis.
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the war room!
by KeepItCopacetic on Oct 1, 2011 2:04 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Holy shit this is funny.
I just shot iced tea out of my nose.
I'm waiting for my wave of talent to arrive.
by mitchfreakingmaier! on Oct 1, 2011 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
He's also listed as top 5
On Boston.com
TREY HILLMAN, Dodgers bench coach
Age: 48
History: Parlayed success in Japan to top job with Kansas City for two full years, fired just 35 games into last season.
That is the least helpful job history ever.
by Gross(est) on Oct 1, 2011 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
What do you mean
He was great here
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Love everything Jaguars and Royals
I wear number 13 in both Football and Baseball
by tiquanunderwear on Oct 1, 2011 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
If the Sox were to hire Hillman
it would feel like the Royals sent a Trojan horse right into the Boston dugout. But I’m sure Aviles will warn them plenty.
It would be as obvious as the scene in Office Space
where they uploaded “virus.exe” onto a work computer.
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the war room!
by KeepItCopacetic on Oct 3, 2011 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions
To WIll and Gatsby
F*** Notre Dame tonight…
BOILER UP!
HS Freshman sports enthusiast
Love everything Jaguars and Royals
I wear number 13 in both Football and Baseball
by tiquanunderwear on Oct 1, 2011 12:39 PM EDT reply actions
Meh...
I’m also a Purdue fan… But Will and Gatsby are easily the most tolerable, grounded Notre Dame fans I’ve interacted with.
Every Notre Dame fan should also be forced to be a Royals fan, IMO.
by Tracer Bullet 82 on Oct 1, 2011 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
THe best of both worlds
HS Freshman sports enthusiast
Love everything Jaguars and Royals
I wear number 13 in both Football and Baseball
by tiquanunderwear on Oct 1, 2011 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I think this is a capital idea!
Capital! He’d instantly raise the Red Sox grit level to heretofore unknown levels. Guarantee that a bit more grit and they’d be back to winning the World Series in no time.
Maybe he'd take Kendall with him too?
by Tracer Bullet 82 on Oct 1, 2011 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
If he speaks Spanish, I can almost guarantee he would be our bench coach.
Based on Ned’s statements that he wants somebody to teach the league to sal.
Stuck following the Royals since 1976.
I commented this yesterday as a joke.
I feel like I am the puppet master for Theo.
I will now work on a jacoby for melky trade.
Stuck following the Royals since 1976.
Trey in Boston, love it... but it's not the most bizarre possibility
Abraham is pretty good for a beat reporter, but did he bother talking to Posnanski, Mellinger, or Dutton before putting this out there?
Possibly the only thing funnier than Hillman managing the Red Sox would have been if Dayton had gotten/accepted the GM job there when he was short listed in 2004-2005 (right?). As bad as Hillman was with the press, until quite recently Dayton was every bit as defensive and arrogant. One could make an argument that that whole “organizational philosophy” stemmed from him, cf. the Rany incident.
Oh, yes: given what we know about Dayton’s pre-Royals fond-ness for Trey, there’s a strong possibility that Boston would have had a two-for-one deal with Dayton AND Trey if Dayton had been the man.
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Before getting tweaked, read up on regression.
by Matt Klaassen on Oct 1, 2011 1:51 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
If Theo were to leave for Chicago,
is there any reason to believe that DM wouldn’t be shortlisted for the Boston gig? WE know he shouldn’t be, but for some reason I don’t think THEY know that.
I'm waiting for my wave of talent to arrive.
by mitchfreakingmaier! on Oct 4, 2011 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd love for this to happen
and have him win the WS next year. Once and for all we could see how little managers matter.
Kansas City Royals: your 2006 and 2007 NL Central champions!
and if Torre didn't, Bob Brenly did
Making watching baseball as fun as doing your taxes.
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Before getting tweaked, read up on regression.
by Matt Klaassen on Oct 3, 2011 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions
This is what drives me mad about job searches, in general
There’s this want for experience that seems to trump all else.
Never mind that a person has better skills that would fit better at a task and never mind that said candidate has failed experience as an MLB manager, let’s go with the guy who has done it before. I’ve seen it in my job- the best contractors we brought in were the ones with good skills and eager to learn, not the retreads that were previous let go.
Exactly.
“Well you had a job with the same title before – even though you sucked at it – so I guess we’ll hire you.” Ugh.
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