gg Mariners. Would have fully cheered them on if they made it.
The evil empire vs a bird!Wouldn't that be the First Order vs. a bird?
Note - This is the first time Don Mattingly has ever made it to the World Series.
Really? I thought he did it with the Isotopes?But at the cost of his beautiful sideburns D:
Anyway, I love how the Jays are a contact team. Their hitting coach deserves all the credit that they can heap on a person.
It's a heck of an opportunity but it's also a gig destined for failure since, you know, Arte Moreno.Depends on where you draw the line. Would Paul Molitor (managed the Twins in 2018) and/or Mattingly (Marlins in 2022) count? Neither were at the level of Robinson (last managed in 2006) or Pujols, but Molitor's a HOFer and people still make an argument for Mattingly.
On the Padres front, I'm not sure inexperienced manager Pujols is what will get them over the top but the veteran manager Schildt didn't either, so I guess "why not?" When was the last that time a major superstar served as manager? Frank Robinson, maybe?