# Best manager in MLB is ? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 29, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-manager-in-mlb-is/699898 "2014-09-29T20:32:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-manager-in-mlb-is/699898/21 "2014-10-10T05:25:04Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Saw that too. They didn’t come out and say it, but the logical extension of their arguments is that Bochy is a HoF manager. Not ready to go that far, yet. 18th in wins and 2 WS titles? I think he gets in if he retired after this season. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-manager-in-mlb-is/699898/22 "2014-10-10T15:04:43Z")
Ned Yost. I mean, he doesn’t seem to know what he’s doing, he does almost EVERYTHING wrong, and his team STILL wins! He HAS to be a genius. Either that or he sold his soul to Satan. ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-manager-in-mlb-is/699898/23 "2014-10-21T19:44:17Z")
I long for the day when a Dodger manager might be mentioned in this thread. Things might have been quite different had Scioscia taken over for Tommy all those years ago. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-manager-in-mlb-is/699898/24 "2014-10-22T01:50:53Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Ned Yost. > > I mean, he doesn’t seem to know what he’s doing, he does almost EVERYTHING wrong… Everyone says this and yet I keep waiting for him to make some boneheaded move and he never does. He manages pretty much the same way everyone else does. People put so much emphasis on in-game strategy, but truth be told I believe it’s a very small difference between managers. No MLB manager does anything insane, like bat the pitcher cleanup or play Billy Butler at shortstop. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-manager-in-mlb-is/699898/25 "2014-10-22T11:07:27Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Everyone says this and yet I keep waiting for him to make some boneheaded move and he never does. He manages pretty much the same way everyone else does. > > People put so much emphasis on in-game strategy, but truth be told I believe it’s a very small difference between managers. No MLB manager does anything insane, like bat the pitcher cleanup or play Billy Butler at shortstop. I haven’t seen him do anything really dumb, either. My answer wasn’t serious- just my way of noting that, if the guy keeps winning in spite of being perceived as an idiot, MAYBE he’s actually a genius in disguise. More seriously, there are a always a lot of perfectly okay managers out there, a few awful ones, and even fewer brilliant ones. If I had to give a SERIOUS answer as to who’s the best… I suppose I’d pick Bochy, but not with any real certainty or enthusiasm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-manager-in-mlb-is/699898.md?page=1)