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Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

Edgy DC Jul 22 2010 01:52 PM

I'll open with... When have you changed our mind about a baseball principle and why?

DocTee Jul 22 2010 02:11 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

What's your feeling on pitch counts? What's more important: flyball-groundball ratios or lefty-righty matchups? How would you handle a superstar who is not running hard or otherwise dogging it? Will you defend your GM in the press? (OK mebbe not that last one)...

Ceetar Jul 22 2010 02:14 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

How would you balance the NY media's thirst for information against protecting your players from outside distractions and pressure and keeping them focused?

metsmarathon Jul 22 2010 02:54 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

you have a high OBP guy with marginal power and average speed, and a low OBP guy with excellent speed and marginal power. which one is your leadoff hitter and why. why does tony larussa bat his pitcher 8th? what are the pros and cons of this strategy? you're on the road. it's the 9th inning and the score is tied. your starting pitcher got you through the 8th but is out of gas. do you bring in your closer or save him until you have a lead?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 22 2010 02:56 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

how would you describe your room-lighting ability?

Chad Ochoseis Jul 22 2010 03:06 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

It's the top of the 7th at Citizens Bank Park. Castillo is batting and Reyes is on first with one out. Wright is on deck, then Beltran. Halladay is pitching for the Phillies. Santana led off the inning for the Mets. Score is 2-1 Phillies. What is your strategy as far as bunting, stealing, hit-and-run? Why? Name one situation in a game you have been involved in where the manager has chosen to bunt and you disagreed. Similarly, name one situation where the manager has chosen not to bunt and you disagreed.

G-Fafif Jul 22 2010 03:07 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?

TransMonk Jul 22 2010 03:21 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

Waffles or pancakes?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 22 2010 03:44 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

Do you adore a minuet... the Ballet Russes, and crepe suzette? Or would you rather rock-and-roll? Does a hot dog make you lose control? Also, an "Compose and explain the batting order" short-essay portion.

Zvon Jul 22 2010 03:57 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

Does it hang to the left side or the right side.

Frayed Knot Jul 22 2010 04:55 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Do you adore a minuet... the Ballet Russes, and crepe suzette? Or would you rather rock-and-roll? Does a hot dog make you lose control? I'm embarrassed to say I know the origin of this.

themetfairy Jul 22 2010 05:17 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

Frayed Knot wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Do you adore a minuet... the Ballet Russes, and crepe suzette? Or would you rather rock-and-roll? Does a hot dog make you lose control? I'm embarrassed to say I know the origin of this. You were a kid once. No need for embarrassment.

Ashie62 Jul 22 2010 05:28 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

Who's on first?

Zvon Jul 22 2010 05:56 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

Frayed Knot wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Do you adore a minuet... the Ballet Russes, and crepe suzette? Or would you rather rock-and-roll? Does a hot dog make you lose control? I'm embarrassed to say I know the origin of this. Patty Duke Show, I'm proud to say. Not positive that was the name of the show but it was her show. Like F-troop, I love old TV show theme songs. Don't be embarrassed FK. Be happy and proud you remember kool stuff.

Ashie62 Jul 22 2010 06:26 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

Zvon wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Do you adore a minuet... the Ballet Russes, and crepe suzette? Or would you rather rock-and-roll? Does a hot dog make you lose control? I'm embarrassed to say I know the origin of this. Patty Duke Show, I'm proud to say. Not positive that was the name of the show but it was her show. Like F-troop, I love old TV show theme songs. Don't be embarrassed FK. Be happy and proud you remember kool stuff. I thought it was Green Acres.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 22 2010 06:38 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

If I were asleep, and you were my alarm clock, how would you wake me?

Ashie62 Jul 22 2010 06:50 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: If I were asleep, and you were my alarm clock, how would you wake me? Is Wilpon asking you this?

Fman99 Jul 22 2010 07:19 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

Do you like that? How does that feel? You want it, don't you? I would only be interviewing white-hot chicks. So my questions would be more, uh, pointed.

The Second Spitter Jul 22 2010 07:25 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

How many times have you invited players over to the owner's house in an effort to undermine your GM?

Vic Sage Jul 23 2010 01:23 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Ceetar Jul 23 2010 01:28 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

Do you have any photographic evidence of our time in Cabo that would prevent me from firing you if you suck?

Centerfield Jul 23 2010 01:55 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

European or African?

Frayed Knot Jul 23 2010 02:11 PM Re: Questions you ask your managerial candidates in interviews.

Zvon wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Do you adore a minuet... the Ballet Russes, and crepe suzette? Or would you rather rock-and-roll? Does a hot dog make you lose control? I'm embarrassed to say I know the origin of this. Patty Duke Show, I'm proud to say. Not positive that was the name of the show but it was her show. Like F-troop, I love old TV show theme songs. Don't be embarrassed FK. Be happy and proud you remember kool stuff. Yes, it was 'The Patty Duke Show'. The odd thing being that I never (or maybe rarely) actually watched the show as I think the idea of physically identical but otherwise totally different cousins sounded really stoopid to me even way back then. Maybe it came on either right before or right after something I did watch, or maybe my sister watched it for a time and I picked it up via osmosis that way, but it's amazing how those stupid theme songs stick in your head. I couldn't have recited the words from memory, but I would have gotten a chunk of them and recognized the origin above as soon as it was printed. Meet Cathy, who's lived most everywhere, From Zanzibar to Barclay Square. But Patty's only seen the sight. A girl can see from Brooklyn Heights -- What a crazy pair! But they're cousins, Identical cousins all the way. One pair of matching bookends, Different as night and day. Where Cathy adores a minuet, The Ballet Russes, and crepe suzette, Our Patty loves to rock and roll, A hot dog makes her lose control -- What a wild duet! Still, they're cousins, Identical cousins and you'll find, They laugh alike, they walk alike, At times they even talk alike -- You can lose your mind, When cousins are two of a kind. Now, F-Troop on the other hand, there was a great show!!