Maybe it would be a step back but IMO Mattingly would do more for the game as a hitting coach then he would as a manager.
...I do find it somewhat humorous how both parties spin the divorce...Don saying how great the organization is, and the Dodgers saying what a great job he did. ...if that were truly the case, he'd still be coach of the Dodgers...again, it's funny really.
finally some radio audio, mano e mano...... http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v525389883/mattingly-discusses-mutual-split-with-dodgers
Wouldn't be such a bad idea. And if it were to happen, YES, I would be annoyed if they fired him after the 2016 season - just because he's Don Mattingly.....unless the team absolutely implodes offensively and/or he and the hitters have "issues" with each other. And just for the record, Pentland only was signed for the 2015 season and I couldn't care less about a bullpen coach being replaced. And I will be quite ready to dump Cashman if the 2016 edition doesn't show improvement- "90" wins or a division title. However I'll be willing to bite the bullet and give Cashman some room if the team struggles a bit as long as Refsnyder, Bird, Heathcott,(Williams? Judge?) possibly another SP from the farm are pushed hard by Cashman onto Girardi.....AND I'll have no problem if ownership replaces Girardi if they want to go in another direction. Clean sweep. Anyone get the feeling - if we were able to bring The Boss "back" just as the 2015 postseason was beginning, and having the Mets in the WS, he would dump Girardi and hire Donnie as the 2016 MGR right after the WS was completed? Lol
...Mattingly will not be the Yanx' hitting coach, why would he?....and the length of Pentland's contract is irrelevant...if he had done what he was hired to do he surely would have been retained and his contract would have been renewed, period. ...meanwhile, multiple Mets hitters are pointing to Long as being instrumental in their success. ...and many fans wanted Cashman gone before last year and then again after last year...and after this year's failure as well...funny how some think Cashman should not be held accountable and fired after multiple years of failure which many many people have pointed out...but suddenly 2016 is the real litmus test?
Cespedes was the tonic....hitting is contagious. His acquisition was the reason this offense turned around, provided confidence. Granderson hit .183 vs LHP (.558).. Kevin didn't work too much magic with Grandy in reg season . What we see now in the post season is pure players....rising to the occasion. And if we want to point to a single impressive improvement...it was the hitter Gregorious became in the second half. Yanks offense SUCKED for the last two years with Long. Bottom line- end of story.
...Mets' hitter beg to differ. ...and Gregorius got better in the 2nd half while virtually everyone else sucked...end of story.
Well what the hell are the Mets waiting for than, fire Longs ass & make Cespedes the roving hitting instructor. You can't make this shit up folks.
Getting rid of Kevin Long looks to be the beginning of the yearly Yankee scapegoat special.....Kevin Long stands smiling today as Cashman & Co are eating crow about now..........and deservedly so!
Do you doubt the Cespedes acquisition was the biggest most obvious reason for the Met turnaround in the second half?...and if you were keeping track, the Mets' offense sucked before he arrived. One question...I just "made it up": Did the Yankee offense rank near the bottom in most categories the last two years Long was there?
You forgot the part about the Yankee offense the last two years of Long. Convenient. Gregorious WAS a project....and now can be described as a successful project. I forgot to include Granderson hit two HRs vs vs LHP during the reg season along with his .183 BA and .558 OPS....during the REGULAR SEASON. But feel free to continue to labor over Long's dismissal by the Yanks. Whatever floats your boat.
...lmao at citing only LHed pitching....the other 75% of the time (when facing RHed pitching) Granderson's slash line was .280 .388 .504 .892 w/24 HRs.
Why? The Mets aren't allowed to go to the World Series? Harvey was a first round pick, #7 overrall in the 2010 draft. deGrom was a 9th round pick the 272nd player chosen in the 2010 draft. One was an obvious understandable pick - Harvey. The other came out of "nowhere" from Stetson University - deGrom. And THEY are the prime reasons why this team is where they now are. And Alderson and Long had nothing to do with it. Take a look at what deGrom did in three starts vs the Dodgers and Cubs. I'll avoid the sour grapes.
