Great point about Moore that wasn't visible to me while he was employed and failing on the field. It's incredible that a team owned by the Walmart Glasses had such a good and caring culture for the employees. I even experienced it as a fan. It made an absolute difference to people and it made the highs of 2014 and 2015 even higher, and the lows a little less low.
"... and it creates more questions ..." is the phrase that gets me pumped. It's one thing to passively receive data, it's another to, well..., collaborate in the discovery and interpretation of it. I can only imagine how pumped the analytics team will be to get their first inquiry from the coach.
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Could be a long ways off, but I think the day may come when we appreciate and revere John Sherman nearly as much as Mr K.
I think it's fair to say that both of them saved Major League baseball for KC. And "yes baseball" no matter how pedestrian it appears, is way way better than "no baseball." So thank you for that, Mr K and Mr S. Take it from a guy who still has gruesome memories of the summer of 1968 when KC had no MLB team! As if listening to radio broadcasts of Twins and Cardinals games would be an acceptable substitute! I'm still pissed at Charlie Finley over that!
Now, as we turn our attention to winning a few of those ballgames an entirely different conversation emerges....
.... And I will merely note without comment that winning the press conference requires entirely different skills than winning baseball games. We'll soon find out if Q has both sets of skills.
I've heard it said before that new managerial hires reflect the organization's criticisms of and disappointments with the previous manager. I think it's pretty clear that Matheny was a poor communicator and while he understood the math behind the analytics he didn't understand the "why" and "how should I apply this knowledge?"
Well-said. Now, to pull form those trees in which Q has coached and bring in experts on the pitching side.
Great point about Moore that wasn't visible to me while he was employed and failing on the field. It's incredible that a team owned by the Walmart Glasses had such a good and caring culture for the employees. I even experienced it as a fan. It made an absolute difference to people and it made the highs of 2014 and 2015 even higher, and the lows a little less low.
"... and it creates more questions ..." is the phrase that gets me pumped. It's one thing to passively receive data, it's another to, well..., collaborate in the discovery and interpretation of it. I can only imagine how pumped the analytics team will be to get their first inquiry from the coach.
Could be a long ways off, but I think the day may come when we appreciate and revere John Sherman nearly as much as Mr K.
I think it's fair to say that both of them saved Major League baseball for KC. And "yes baseball" no matter how pedestrian it appears, is way way better than "no baseball." So thank you for that, Mr K and Mr S. Take it from a guy who still has gruesome memories of the summer of 1968 when KC had no MLB team! As if listening to radio broadcasts of Twins and Cardinals games would be an acceptable substitute! I'm still pissed at Charlie Finley over that!
Now, as we turn our attention to winning a few of those ballgames an entirely different conversation emerges....
.... And I will merely note without comment that winning the press conference requires entirely different skills than winning baseball games. We'll soon find out if Q has both sets of skills.
I've heard it said before that new managerial hires reflect the organization's criticisms of and disappointments with the previous manager. I think it's pretty clear that Matheny was a poor communicator and while he understood the math behind the analytics he didn't understand the "why" and "how should I apply this knowledge?"