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Robin Ventura named White Sox manager

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Comment by Bill James (on his website) in response to one of his readers' surprise that Ventura would be hired with zero experience:

Ventura is a very unusual person. People who know Ventura and who have worked with him speak about him in a way that they don't speak about anyone else--anyone. I have heard about him since he was in college that he has fantastic leadership skills. I'm not surprised that this would happen, and I don't think you can generalize about what will happen here based on what are really unlike situations, but which might appear similar based on the factors you might put on a chart.
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Comment by Bill James (on his website) in response to one of his readers' surprise that Ventura would be hired with zero experience:

Keith Law mentioned he was surprised that Ventura was hired with no managerial experience, so we can expect comment sections around the internet to be filled with fans of Keith echoing those thoughts...

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Apparently there was some discussion into making Paul Konerko a player-manager. I suppose it shows how much the White Sox respect the guy, but on some level, I think Kenny Williams is losing it. The sanity he temporarily regained from getting rid of Ozzie has disappeared.

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Apparently there was some discussion into making Paul Konerko a player-manager. I suppose it shows how much the White Sox respect the guy, but on some level, I think Kenny Williams is losing it. The sanity he temporarily regained from getting rid of Ozzie has disappeared.

Why that's as crazy as... offering for someone to be manager and GM at the same time! :eek:

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