Sunday, May 10, 2020

Top Ten MLB Managers?

Bleacher Report's Top Ten MLB managers of all time.
HM Bruce Bochy won 3 WS titles but .499 winning %

HM Tommy Lasorda won 3 WS titles

HM Earl Weaver won 4 AL pennants & one WS, .583 W%

HM Terry Francona winning record 13 straight years

HM Joe Maddon turned around Rays & Cubs
 
.years.wins..WP..PS.PW.WSW
10. 29 2504 .556 16   5   1 Bobby Cox (above)
09. 53 3731 .486 08   9   5 Connie Mack
08. 25 1905 .508 10 10   7 Casey Stengle
07. 17 1413 .555 06 06   3 Miller Huggins
06. 29 2326 .538 15 06   4 Joe Torre (below)
05. 33 2728 .536 14 06   3 Tony LaRussa
04. 26 2194 .545 07 05   3 Sparky Anderson
03. 23 2040 .558 07 07   4 Walter Alston
02. 33 2763 .586 09 10   3 John McGraw
01. 24 2125 .615 09 09   7 Joe McCarthy   
 
WP = winning percentage
PS = postseason appearances
PW = pennants won
WSW = World Series won

Anna's Mother's Day tribute.
 
Amazing seven minute anthem this morning from a socially distanced symphony orchestra and choir at Passion City Church. We watched it three times. I videoed it and will post the link if I can ever figure out how to download it.
Anna's Quarantine Diaries email publication
is gaining new subscribers every week.  
Norm Van Brocklin with QB Bob Berry,
the guy with the ridiculously oversized facemask.
If you like a show where the actors occasionally break out into a song and dance, you're gonna love Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist. 

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