Charlie Ball!!!!
Wow!
What a night last night. I can remember back in 1980 when Tug McGraw struck out Willie Wilson to win it all.
Last night, the scenario was a tad similar as Brad "Lights Out" Lidge got the strike out to end the 28-year drought of not winning a world title in baseball. Who cares about the other sports, well, except maybe the Eagles.
So now that the World Series is over, who is the best manager in Phillies’ history? Dallas Green or Charlie Manuel. They both have rings.
I like Dallas because of his hard nose approach to the game, which worked in 1980, but I’m not sure it would work today. Heck, had it not been for the strike of 1981, he may have won back-to-back titles. Had it not been for that strike, who knows.
So that brings us to Charlie, not exactly the brightest in my mind when it comes to strategy. I lost count of how many games he may have cost us during the regular season.
But down the stretch (I sound like someone calling a horse race), 99 percent of the time he was brilliant.
I’ve written a lot about Charlie, Chuckles, Bobblehead, Chuck, and many other names, about how his country-bumpkin style and his lack of baseball strategy was killing the team and its fans. I and many others thought he needed to be more hard-nosed, and while I still feel that way, maybe his style works.
Maybe it’s because I am old school when it comes to baseball and many other sports. Perhaps its time I get with the new school, but in some ways, I’m too darn old to do that.
I guess I may have been wrong about Charlie. Maybe he was the right person for the job after all. Perhaps had Larry Bowa stayed, we would have never reached this pinnacle. Perhaps had they hired Jim Leyland instead, maybe he would have been "out of here" by now getting a pack of smokes.
It took a World Series title, a ring, so to speak, to change my attitude about Charlie. He may have been the best fit for the club.
And if he gets us back to the Promised Land again next year, well, who knows. But next year is a long way off and we need to enjoy the success of this season until then.
Got to admit, I may have been wrong about Charlie’s managerial ability. Well, at least this year.
What a night last night. I can remember back in 1980 when Tug McGraw struck out Willie Wilson to win it all.
Last night, the scenario was a tad similar as Brad "Lights Out" Lidge got the strike out to end the 28-year drought of not winning a world title in baseball. Who cares about the other sports, well, except maybe the Eagles.
So now that the World Series is over, who is the best manager in Phillies’ history? Dallas Green or Charlie Manuel. They both have rings.
I like Dallas because of his hard nose approach to the game, which worked in 1980, but I’m not sure it would work today. Heck, had it not been for the strike of 1981, he may have won back-to-back titles. Had it not been for that strike, who knows.
So that brings us to Charlie, not exactly the brightest in my mind when it comes to strategy. I lost count of how many games he may have cost us during the regular season.
But down the stretch (I sound like someone calling a horse race), 99 percent of the time he was brilliant.
I’ve written a lot about Charlie, Chuckles, Bobblehead, Chuck, and many other names, about how his country-bumpkin style and his lack of baseball strategy was killing the team and its fans. I and many others thought he needed to be more hard-nosed, and while I still feel that way, maybe his style works.
Maybe it’s because I am old school when it comes to baseball and many other sports. Perhaps its time I get with the new school, but in some ways, I’m too darn old to do that.
I guess I may have been wrong about Charlie. Maybe he was the right person for the job after all. Perhaps had Larry Bowa stayed, we would have never reached this pinnacle. Perhaps had they hired Jim Leyland instead, maybe he would have been "out of here" by now getting a pack of smokes.
It took a World Series title, a ring, so to speak, to change my attitude about Charlie. He may have been the best fit for the club.
And if he gets us back to the Promised Land again next year, well, who knows. But next year is a long way off and we need to enjoy the success of this season until then.
Got to admit, I may have been wrong about Charlie’s managerial ability. Well, at least this year.
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