DODGERS DAVE ROBERTS hired as manager

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    Or. Zack thought he was just kidding around and then later realizes they ARE all a bunch of homos up there.
     
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    Roberts in place, but Dodgers' coaching staff is in flux
    by Steve Dilbeck | Los Angeles Times — 80 minutes ago

    So the Dodgers have chosen their manager, a significant to-do scratched off their busy off-season list.

    The list, of course, is Rapunzel-hair long, but somewhere in its upper reaches will be new Manager Dave Roberts naming his coaching staff. Assuming he gets to.

    The staff figures to be dramatically different from the one last seen under Don Mattingly. Pitching coach Rick Honeycutt has reportedly agreed to return, but after that it’s something of a free fall. First base coach Davey Lopes has signed with the Nationals, third base coach Ron Roenicke has returned to the Angels, bench coach Tim Wallach may follow Mattingly to the Marlins and hitting coach Mark McGwire is reportedly in discussions with the Padres to be their bench coach.

    That leaves just outfield coach Lorenzo Bundy, demoted from third base coach by the front office last season, assistant hitting coach John Valentin and bullpen coach Chuck Crim. All the coaching contracts have expired.

    Roberts is almost impossible to dislike and no doubt has built plenty of strong relationships with coaches and players during his 16 years around Major League Baseball. Roberts has yet to address the media and is not scheduled to until Tuesday.

    You have to wonder, though, just how much say Roberts will get in formulating his coaching staff. President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman and General Manager Farhan Zaidi appeared very hands-on in the daily running of the club last season. The constant lineup shuffles because of match-ups and the major increase in defensive shifts were attributed to their input.

    It's not much of a stretch to imagine they want to name, or at least have very significant input, in the coaching staff. Most new managers normally get to surround themselves with their own people. A manager is held responsible for the coaches' work too, and that’s more difficult to do if he was not allowed to select them.

    Because Roberts has never managed before, it’s likely the front office will want him to have a bench coach with managerial experience (or they could just have catcher A.J. Ellis double-dip). This will be the key coaching hire and no doubt Roberts would prefer someone with whom he has a history and feels comfortable with.

    After Mattingly announced his departure, Friedman said at his news conference that the next Dodgers manager would not necessarily have to be fluent in sabermetrics or any specific area.

    “We’re going to keep a really open mind about who is the best fit, and whatever we perceive to not be that person’s strengths, we’ll look to fill that in around him and figure out ways to help make it as well-rounded as possible,” Friedman said.

    There has been no announcement on Wallach, who was one of nine believed to have been interviewed for the Dodgers manager job. He could be miffed at being passed over, but it should be noted that he was Roberts’ hitting coach in 2004 before Roberts was traded to the Red Sox. And Wallach was raised and still lives in Orange County.

    We’re still learning how the final Friedman vision for the team will take shape, and how much freedom he has in making decisions away from team President Stan Kasten and the ownership group. If nothing else, it adds some intrigue to the next coaching staff.
     
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    Kasten: Roberts' hiring was a collective process
    by Ken Gurnick | MLB.com — 5 hours ago

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    LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers CEO Stan Kasten, speaking publicly for the first time about the hiring of Dave Roberts as manager, said the person whose decision "mattered the most" was president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman.

    Kasten told MLB Network Radio that ownership was involved when the field was trimmed to the final two, Roberts and Gabe Kapler, after a "collaborative" search driven by Friedman and top lieutenants Farhan Zaidi and Josh Byrnes.

    "At the very end with the last two guys, the owners met them as well, but it's fair to say we made a collective decision," said Kasten. "If there was one person whose decision mattered the most, I'd say it was Andrew. It really was a collective process, but most of it by Andrew along with Farhan and Josh."

    Kasten said Roberts' energy, character and ability to connect with players were key factors in his selection to replace Don Mattingly.

    "Anyone who knows Dave, you just captured him with three brief little words," said Kasten. "All of that is important, but let's not forget his experience in the game, his knowledge of the game, his ability to motivate players and motivate teammates. All of that bodes very well for us. The fact that he's a local product -- UCLA, a former Dodger -- those are nice things, but not the most important. His high integrity, his high character, his positive, high energy, his high work ethic -- all of those things we think are great qualities for a manager and we think he's going to lead us to a lot of success in the future."

    Roberts comes to the Dodgers after five years coaching with the Padres, the last two as bench coach for Bud Black, but he's never managed at any level. The Dodgers were known to have interviewed eight other candidates, including former Major League managers Black, Bob Geren, Kirk Gibson and Ron Roenicke. But the other five, including finalists Roberts and Kapler, had never managed in the Major Leagues and Kapler's managing experience was only one year at Class A.

    That the two finalists were relatively inexperienced managers indicates to some inside the organization that the front office will play an increasing role in game preparation and decision making. Analytics will continue to be stressed as the club attempts to end a 27-year World Series drought.

    "We had a couple of good seasons, but at end of last season we looked at a lot of different things and when the decision was made to have a different manager, we didn't really know exactly where we were going to go," said Kasten. "We obviously had some candidates we liked. But I give Andrew Friedman, Farhan Zaidi and Josh Byrnes, all of them a lot of credit for having a comprehensive search process. I am positive that they could not have foreseen this would be the result when they began and I think that's the mark of a good search. They were open-minded, comprehensive. I know a lot of names were listed in the newspapers, but I can tell you they spoke to more names than were written and considered even more than that. So, it was a good process that landed with a very, very good result."
     
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    roberts names new discipline coach....

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    from 2004...

    ROBERTS: "Here ya go ma'am. And let me tell you something..."
    FAN: "Wut that?"
    ROBERTS: "I'm going to manage the Dodgers one day."
    FAN: "STFU, they neva gonna give the reigns to a darkie."
    ROBERTS: "Hold up, I'm half Asian too!"
    FAN: "Yeah, but you half darkie too."
    ROBERTS: "Wow racist. I'm telling you, I will be the manager of the Dodgers someday."
    FAN: "Yeah, right. Nex you tell me they gonna elect a darkie president too."
    ROBERTS: "We can only hope for a change like that."
    FAN: "Wow, idiot darkie."
    ROBERTS: "Wow, really racist."

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    Hire Kirk Gibson as bench coach. He might be a shit in game strategist but will be good for the clubhouse.
     
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    RIP Puig
     
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    A Billy Mueller return wouldn't surprise me.
    The nerds could probably show him a nice amount of money and pull him away from St.Louis
    Maybe Nomar takes a call from Dave too
    Maybe Jim Thome
    Maybe Sandy Alomar Jr
    Maybe Mark Loretta
    Maybe Sweendog Sweeney
    All would be solid guys to have on the staff in different capacities, all former DR teammates, all still working around the game except for Thome who could if he wanted to
    Or maybe they'll look to go a bit older
     
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    Mickey Hatcher should be part of the staff and I think he will be.

    He was good base runner from what I recall.

    3B coach or hitting coach. He now has his chance to work with Joc.
     
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    I wonder if Al Campanis is turning in his grave...Racist
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    [​IMG] Nov 25

    Matt Kemp ‏@TheRealMattKemp
    Surprised my boy Dave Roberts went to LA. I love the man. I wish him da best and no he do a good job thare. But them Dodgers keep bringing me down. That ain't rite man. #padres4life #kershawismybitch #27beastmode2016
     
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    We need him to deliver an intense speech like this when were in the playoffs.
     
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    Or even just to tap Mattingly on the shoulder and remind him that the kid playing ss is a rook and might be alerted to covering 3b from the shift...
     
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  17. Great, so it came down to a nigger and a jew. Lesser of too evels I guess. At least he's not a nigger and a jew. Now that would be bad.
     
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    um, do i even need to say it?...

    no, i'll just ban you... again
    happy thanksgiving under that bridge
     
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    Wow. B2B as his true self.
     
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    Bring in Alex Cora too tbh
    Would be dope
     

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