Blue Jays Hire Mattingly as Bench Coach

[connorp]

I dig it. The Hit Man helped me win my rotisserie league in 1985.

 

Did you mail in any lineup changes?

[Krylian]

Did you mail in any lineup changes?

 

Telegram

[John_Havok]

Telegram

 

Man, I remember doing the hockey fantasy leagues back then by having to wait for Tuesday's newspaper when all the stats for all the teams came out in the Sports section- fully up to date as of the Monday games.

 

Bernie Nicholls and Pat Lafontaine won me my first ever league.

[wilko]

Man, I remember doing the hockey fantasy leagues back then by having to wait for Tuesday's newspaper when all the stats for all the teams came out in the Sports section- fully up to date as of the Monday games.

 

Bernie Nicholls and Pat Lafontaine won me my first ever league.

 

I used to join NHL fantasy teams with my dad from the paper. I think it was $10 per entry.

[Jimcanuck]

Oh yeah now I remember doing this. Damn so long ago.

[G-Snarls]

I'm going to suggest that the gap in level of responsibility between manager and becnh coach here is going to be less than with most teams

[CrackerJack]

Did you mail in any lineup changes?

 

We had a draft on the weekend before the season started. There weren't lineup changes on a daily basis. The only way to change players on your team were: (1) to make a trade; (2) to claim an undrafted player (before somebody else does) and subsequently drop a guy to make room for him; and (3) we each had 5 players that we drafted in reserve who you could "call up" to replace somebody who was either on a long DL stint or who was having a s***** season. All player moves were made official by phoning the "commissioner" haha. And each player transaction cost some money which was added to the pot for the winner.

 

I had both Mattingly and George Brett in '85 and they finished 1-2 for AL MVP. Good times.

 

Edit: actually, it wasn't a draft; it was an auction.

Edited December 1, 2022 by CrackerJack

[Ehjays]

[Jaysareus]

Shows they don't have much faith in schneider

[connorp]

Shows they don't have much faith in schneider

 

On one hand, they gave him a 3 year contact, so that contradicts the statement.

However, I don’t get why you go with such a high profile 2nd in command. If the team struggles, you know it’s going to be more of a story with Mattingly sitting there. It’s like a team getting a high profile backup QB

[Laika]

I dunno. You don't have to read too much into it.

 

Mattingly has tons of experience, nobody wanted him as a Manager right now, evidently, so the Jays were able to get an overqualified bench coach. Good for Toronto.

[wilko]

I dunno. You don't have to read too much into it.

 

Mattingly has tons of experience, nobody wanted him as a Manager right now, evidently, so the Jays were able to get an overqualified bench coach. Good for Toronto.

 

Like the White Sox?

[John_Havok]

Like the White Sox?

 

I dunno. I think he seems perfectly qualified for a bench coach.

[Ehjays]

Well Gibby likes it!!