tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21666786.post3428203696577856051..comments2023-10-31T09:01:11.464-04:00Comments on Church of Baseball: The Reds weren't always a poorly managed team...Cathiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291479913130967235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21666786.post-63181743474894340112009-11-17T11:30:09.963-05:002009-11-17T11:30:09.963-05:00Innovation uber alles. It went into making the Big...Innovation uber alles. It went into making the Big Red Machine. Rose & Morgan had great on base percentages in an age when only batting average mattered. Plus Sparky was hooking pitchers early and often, ahead of the curve there.TSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21666786.post-70429400427504525432009-11-17T05:15:37.364-05:002009-11-17T05:15:37.364-05:00Interesting story as for me. It would be great to ...Interesting story as for me. It would be great to read more about that theme.<br />By the way check the design I've made myself <a href="http://www.admirableescorts.com/russian_escorts_london.html" rel="nofollow">Russian escorts</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21666786.post-22361090196031085762009-11-16T20:52:08.199-05:002009-11-16T20:52:08.199-05:00Gotta love your blog! The notion of being innovati...Gotta love your blog! The notion of being innovative is something that is peculiar to baseball. Other sports just demand a winner. <br /><br />Well, being a winner helps.<br /><br />The problem with innovation is that MLB will doubtless come down on anything that's too creative. There's a master plan at work here that says all the money in according to your ability and all the money back according to your need.<br /><br />Wait, Trotsky said that.<br /><br />So, need is what drives the money. You don't need money to be bad at baseball. You need money to be good at it, apparently.<br /><br />But in looking back at McPhail and the lights issue, it pays to remember that the nation was in the middle of a depression. Major depression. Whatever parallels you can draw are up to you.<br /><br />I just think back to the 1961 Reds and their improbable dream.<br /><br />It can be done.<br /><br />PeaceJohn C. Updikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717474679247050793noreply@blogger.com