MANAGER - NEED NOT APPLY WITHIN

Bob Geren is about to be announced as the A's new manager.


Let's take something right off of face value...Geren was Billy Beane's best man when he got married (to his most recent wife). Do we really need to go over the other candidates?


Jamie Quirk is an interesting guy and humorous. But he does not favor the A's principles of taking pitches and walking and unless he has taken a crash course in sabermetrics doesn't understand those concepts that are the foundation of the A's success.


Orel Hershiser would be a great pitching coach and maybe a great bench coach. I would like to see Hershiser as the A's bench coach when Geren is hired. However, if we judge his abilities by what he says as a broadcaster and on ESPN's BASEBALL TONIGHT then he should not even be considered one of the top three.


As far as Beane being racist for not hiring Washington that's just foolish. The Rangers did hire Art Howe as bench coach - which can be an indication that maybe the Rangers aren't sold on Washington, either. Just a thought. Usually former managers don't come back to be bench coaches unless it is a high profile situation SEE: Don Zimmer.


I think the A's would do fine with Bob Geren as a manager. I would prefer Geren and someone like FP Santangelo as bench coach. But Tony DeFrancesco might be in the running for that position. I think Curt Young should move back into the minor league system and see if Hershiser can infuse Tom House principles with the Rick Peterson and further advance pitching theory into practice.