The Dugout: Under New Management
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Dusty Baker gets a press pass for the World Series because he’s the manager of the Cincinnati Reds, and if the Reds finish in last place with 161 losses in 2008, Dusty will be fired and become the new head coach of the Devil Rays. Or the new head coach of the Phillies. Or the new head coach of some amalgamation of the Cubs and Giants. He’ll coach the “Gubs.”
Now is the season for managerial changes and the more things change, the more things stay the same. We know what a coach does. It makes sense. We’ve read books telling us that coaches do nothing. But as do-gooders or do-nothings, why are they always the same guys? Is Jim Tracy seriously in the top 30 baseball coaches in the world?
Today, the Dugout deals with intolerance. It has little to do with how much Dusty Baker looks like Ving Rhames in that get-up.