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davengmusic
Waiting for Brad Ausmus to show up in these rumors…
start_wearing_purple
Back when Valentine was first hired by the Sox and he took on Bogar as his bench coach there was a rumor floated that the Sox were grooming him as the next manager. That said, a year or 2 before before Mills went on to manage the Astros a few reporters were claiming he would be the only person to replace Francona.
Anyway, my point is: I’m curious if Bogar is preparing to jump ship or if he’s trying to nudge the Red Sox front office to give him the job now.
johnsilver
Hope not.. None of Francona’s coaches.
Pre Franona.. As in Tommy Harper, or Dwight Evans? certainly.
start_wearing_purple
You’ve been pushing Dewey for a couple of weeks now. Why?
johnsilver
Combination of knowledge of the game, coaching experience, always a leader during he 20 years as a player and lastly? No nonsense who wants the utmost from everyone around him.
Karkat
Having watched Bogar horribly mismanage the third-base coaching job in 2010/2011, I don’t want him having responsibility for things like lineups.
MaineSox
Third base coach and manager have absolutely nothing in common.
Karkat
Except for the part where they require you to apply good judgment about baseball based on knowledge about the players?
baseball lifer
Good point…
MaineSox
One requires you to judge where the ball lands, where and when it will get picked up, if it will be caught, the speed of the base runner, and the arm strength/accuracy of the outfielder, and do it all usually in less than a second; the other requires you to make pitching changes, personnel/roster moves, bunts/steals/hit and runs etc., and managing personalities. You can be great at one and terrible at the other – the skills really aren’t interchangeable.
notsureifsrs
that’s about as ridiculous as suggesting joe maddon would make a great third base coach because he’s been a good manager. it’s a non sequitur
having said that, i have no interest whatsoever in bogar
Karkat
I don’t think that’s quite a fair comparison. Sure it’s kind of logically equivalent (roughly the contrapositive of my statement), but my statement was grounded in personal belief (I saw how he mangled third base, therefore I don’t trust him with a tougher job).
But really as long as he’s not our third base coach I don’t care if he BUYS the team.
Jim McGrath
I hope Bogar gets the Astros job and he takes it–he needs a fresh start. He should interview well–hopefully the Sox don’t hire him again. I’m hoping for Arnie B the manager of the PawSoix and his pitching and batting coach join him. I like the current Sox base coaches as well. Why not hire from within if the people have done a GOOD JOB.
hawkny11
I hope the Astros select Tim. One good loser deserves another. On a more serious note, Bolger is smart to be looking elsewhere, as his tenure as Ben Cherington’s bench coach, is coming to an end, when Larry Lucchino demotes Ben to the assistant’s job he held before 2012, or offers him to Theo Epstein, free of charge.
UnknownPoster
good job by the astros avoiding Bowa. He was a horrible influence on the Dodgers when they had the young core come up. He was a bad teacher and was not patient with the young guys
corey23
Why don’t the sox hire one of their bench coaches instead of looking for has beens?
Kevin Fuchs
what about Craig Biggio perfect for manager