Would Babe Ruth made a good manager?

[Peter_Spaeth]

McGraw was an outstanding player and manager both. Torre was a very good player, perhaps not quite great but not far from it.

[packs]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

McGraw was an outstanding player and manager both. Torre was a very good player, perhaps not quite great but not far from it.

I don't know if you could really say Torre was a great manager. I was only 11 when the Yankees won in 1996 and I'm pretty sure I could have won the series that year as much as Torre did.

[profholt82]

The Yankees offered to let him manage their minor league affiliate, and he turned them down, considering the offer insulting by all accounts. That's when he went to the Braves under the assumption that he would manage following the season. He was technically supposed to be an assistant coach that year for the Braves, but I don't know that he did any actual coaching that season.

In retrospect, he should have set his pride aside and taken the Yankees offer to manage in the minors. It would have been a good way to cut his teeth in coaching. Nowadays, it's very common for former players to manage in the minors before getting management positions in the majors. But during Ruth's era, the farm system was still a new thing, so I guess that's why he considered it beneath him.

[Hxcmilkshake]

Originally Posted by packs

I don't know if you could really say Torre was a great manager. I was only 11 when the Yankees won in 1996 and I'm pretty sure I could have won the series that year as much as Torre did.

What about 98, 99, 00?

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[packs]

Definitely 98 and 99. 2000 could have went either way since I always liked Al Leiter and I might have helped him out.