Candidates

[Guest Edgy DC]

Successor to Art Howe in Houston.

Collins is the King of Second Place.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Yep-- with the Angels, after three years of second-place finishes, in the middle of an injury-filled backslide of a year. (Apparently, the Caminiti/Berkman/Bagwell Astros chafed under his stewardship, too... to the point where Larry Dierker was brought in straight out of the TV/radio booth to manage.)

He's gotten some decent pub this year for his work in the minors, and has won more than a few accolades in the PCL in the past. I wonder if his style simply fits minor-leaguers better?

[metirish]

TransMonk wrote: Yuck. Isn't he the guy who's players petitioned for his firing and then he quit?

What's the back story on that though? , is he a hard ass type?

[batmagadanleadoff]

TransMonk wrote: Yuck. Isn't he [Collins] the guy who's players petitioned for his firing and then he quit?

Sounds exactly like the guy Wilpon would wanna hire. He'll come cheap, too.

[Centerfield]

This depresses me. This is like a Queen cover band looking through re-treads for a new lead singer while Freddie Mercury sits waiting tables at the restaurant next door.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Maybe he's like Kevin Cough, and has now learned the advantages of being a brilliant manager without being an asshole.