# Baseball - micromanaged?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-micromanaged/103375>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 13, 2002, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-micromanaged/103375 "2002-04-13T03:03:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![miatachris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@miatachris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miatachris)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-micromanaged/103375/1 "2002-04-13T03:03:01Z")

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How micro is baseball managed? Is someone making a decision on -

- which pitch to throw?

- where / when / how the batter swings?

- from pitch to pitch?

I usually just see the manager sitting there, not giving signs or instructions from pitch to pitch. Or is another coach/manager “calling the plays” to use a football term?

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**Author:** ![Rmat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rmat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rmat)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-micromanaged/103375/2 "2002-04-13T03:11:36Z")

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This varies tremendously from team to team and level to level. Some coaches/managers call every pitch. As one who has coached soccer, baseball, and basketball, I can tell you that the most “coach-driven” of the three is baseball; the least is soccer, and basketball is somewhere between, but closer to soccer than baseball.