Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 26, 2005
Nationals Order

Frank Robinson doesn't usually make out the Washington lineup card. He leaves it to coach Eddie Rodriguez who loves working with numbers and computers.

The numbers dance for Rodriguez. He sees them when he drives home from the ballpark. He twists them around in his sleep, looking for an elusive, never-discovered combination. Then, after a fitful rest, he rises with the morning sun, pours a cup of coffee, tears open the paper and begins the daylong process of trying to make the Nationals' offense come to life.

There is honesty in the numbers, and Rodriguez plays them well.

It's a nice example of a manager delegating authority to someone who may be stronger at the task.


Posted by David Pinto at 06:16 PM | Management | TrackBack (0)
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True, but it's not as if Rodriguez has found some magic way of making the Nats' offense not suck.

Posted by: Joltin Joe Orsulak at July 26, 2005 07:32 PM
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