"'Other giants' of the game"????!!!! Are you serious? Bobby Valentine's name should never EVER be uttered in the same sentence as Frank Robinson, Joe Torre, and Tony La Russa. Valentine is simply a clown. Correct me if my memory is off, but did Torre or La Russa ever try to throw their coaching staffs under the bus when they knew they were about to be fired?
As a Twins fan, I have a lot of love for Gardy, but at the same time he makes some head-scratching decisions sometimes... For instance, I put a lot of the blame for the first two losses of the 2010 series against the Yankees squarely on his shoulders. He put Crain in against Teixeira in game 1, even though the numbers clearly indicated that we were better off keeping him right-handed. Tex hit a home run and the Yankees won. In game 2, Pavano made it three times through the Yankees order (6 innings), only giving up 2 runs. In my opinion, that is literally the best possible performance you could get from the guy against that squad in that situation, and I strongly believed at the time that he should've been taken out if only to give the NY hitters a different look. Instead, Pavano went out for the 7th, gave up 2 more runs, and lost the game. You might call me a nitpicker, but these just seemed like no-brainers at the time. He also seems to be resistant to bunting, no matter how many times the guy he tells not to bunt hits into a double play. Just sayin'.
Spagnuolo "threw in his lot" with New Orleans? They make it sound like he's some kind of traitor or something. Who in their right mind would pick coaching in Philly (who just finished 8-8) with Vick as a QB when they could coach in New Orleans (13-3) with Drew Brees at QB?
What's a Lions fan?