In a post to SNY.tv, Ted Berg looks beyond Willie Randolph to profile the team’s newest manager, Jerry Manuel, writing, among other things:
“Manuel emphasizes the leadoff walk, is willing to break from ‘the book,’ and has shown the ability to handle the peculiarities of the big-league ego. Other aspects sound painfully familiar: Manuel remains calm and collected in the dugout, prefers not to consider the percentages when running his ballclub and is compared to a Yogi for his patient approach to managing…But one word comes up over and over again to describe Manuel: fearless. Given the way the Willie Randolph era ended, Manuel’s lauded courage will be welcome in Queens.”
Earlier today on MetsBlog, I put up an e-mail from a White Sox fan describing Manuel’s time with the Chicago White Sox, which you can read here.
