Roger & Me (Well, not "me"... the Braves)

by Doc Manhattan on Oct 30, 2005 10:04 PM EST

The Braves have replaced legendary pitching coach Leo Mazzone with... Roger McDowell?

Roger's done some coaching, but--face it--even when he helped win the chip in '86, we all remember him as "pants on his head guy," or possible "pie in the face guy."

I'd try to cast more doubt, but it's the friggin' Braves. Every time the Braves do, um, anything, they win the division (and then turn into Sisyphus in the playoffs.)

Good luck, Rog. Can't wish you wins on principle, but how about a lot of 1-0 losses?

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"pants on the head guy"

For some reason I remember him as hot-foot guy. Some interview I saw in '84 or '85 featured him and Dykstra explaining in great detail how to assemble the most obnoxious, painful, and surprising hot-foot possible.

It's hard for me to know how to feel about this, because I wish McDowell the best, but the Braves the worst. I think there's every possibility he will not be a successful pitching coach, and Mazzone's are hard shoes to fill at best. Maybe we can settle for him achieving happy mediocrity and a strong second place to the Mets.

by anonymous on Oct 31, 2005 1:18 PM EST reply actions