Hale to the Chief: 2018

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I've appointed myself Chip Hale's Campaign manager and hope he gets your vote.

People call him "a baseball guy" AND a "high-energy" guy. I think Sandy likes him. He was fantastic third base coach. He was a finalist last time around, then went and got some experience.

His record in AZ was mixed. dBaggs improved by 15 wins in his first season. They went back down again in '16 but to me he looks like a victim of dumb decisions made by since-ousted GM Dave Stewart.

He was hired by Oakland almost immediately after being fired by AZ. That's not the mark of a shitty incompetent guy who gets jobs because of his fame.

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He's pretty good in commercials:

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[Benjamin Grimm]

He was the guy I was rooting for to get the Mets job back in 2011.

Is there any chance at all that he's related to Alan Hale? He also has experience as a Skipper.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I hope I count on your vote then. Chip's better than Todd "Low-Energy" Zeile and "Lyin'" Bob Geren, that's for sure.

[Frayed Knot]

2016 was one of those seasons where everything went pear-shaped for Hale's DBacks, particularly the pitching -- Greinke wasn't good, Corbin sucked, Shelby Miller sucked, CF AJ Pollack essentially
missed the entire season, etc. -- not unlike the 2017 NYM
It's certainly easier to see that year as the outlier rather than his previous improvement year or this current jump once they dumped him.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I'm fine with Hale; loved his cartoons Chip and Hale back in the day.

[Ceetar]

The Hale and Hearty soup sponsorship will be nice too.

[metirish]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I hope I count on your vote then. Chip's better than Todd "Low-Energy" Zeile and "Lyin'" Bob Geren, that's for sure.

And better than "Little Joe" , anyway , I do think he's the guy for the job, "knows NY" (which means nothing but sounds good)