Happy for Hyde

[Jim'sKid26]

He should be AL manager of the year. I hope he wins it. 

[Sports Guy]

The moves people scratch their heads over are the same exact moves Buck and the same ones most managers make.

They play what they believe to be percentage baseball. It’s why there is so little difference between the best and worst in game managers when it comes to run differential decision making wise.

The difference for these managers is what they do behind the scenes. That’s your difference maker.

 

[Sports Guy]

3 minutes ago, Jim'sKid26 said:

He should be AL manager of the year. I hope he wins it. 

He should be back to back MOY.

[Aristotelian]

Yep, tremendous achievement to have these guys in the playoffs and on the cusp of the division and 100+ wins. This is going to go down as one of the great O's teams in history and he has  been a big part of it. Regardless of what you think of his moves he usually has a reason. Every post game you can just feel the pride growing. Should absolutely get Manager of the Year and I hope he sticks in Baltimore for a long time. 

[Malike]

Cash went for it tonight using Fairbanks for 2 innings, something Fairbanks hasn't done, according to the Rays team. I'm sure the 9 Rays fans are lamenting about him doing that.

[Frobby]

4 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

He should be back to back MOY.

I think he won The Sporting News’ version last year.  

[Etch]

Hyde > Lee Mazilli

[OriolesMagic83]

2 minutes ago, Etch said:

Hyde > Lee Mazilli

lol, I think several posters here would be better managers than Lee Mazilli

[baltfan]

Interesting thing about Hyde is we have no idea how long his or Elias’ contract is.  Only thing we know is Elias said last year they both are going to be around for a long time. Very odd. 

[now]

Impressed (along with all of the above) with his late-inning lineup juggling act, a credit to his NL experience. 

[CynBeth]

Everyone here has made great points. We are so lucky to have him as our manager.

[Aristotelian]

And by the way, although it didn't work out when he challenged Lopez with high leverage, he did the same for Hall and got a great result. That not only led directly to the win, it should be a big boost to Hall's confidence.

I thought he might pinch run Mateo for Frazier when he got that 2 out bloop, but as it turned out that would not have helped and would have both cost our runner and the guy who got the thing hit. So he did a lot right in this game.

Biggest mystery: what did he say to Hall during that mound visit? (I believe before Arozarena?) I can't recall ever seeing Hyde come out personally if not for a pitching change.

[bpilktree]

3 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

And by the way, although it didn't work out when he challenged Lopez with high leverage, he did the same for Hall and got a great result. That not only led directly to the win, it should be a big boost to Hall's confidence.

I thought he might pinch run Mateo for Frazier when he got that 2 out bloop, but as it turned out that would not have helped and would have both cost our runner and the guy who got the thing hit. So he did a lot right in this game.

Biggest mystery: what did he say to Hall during that mound visit? (I believe before Arozarena?) I can't recall ever seeing Hyde come out personally if not for a pitching change.

I assume he said to keep the ball off the plate and not throw him a strike unless Arozerana chased and he got ahead in the count and if they got behind they would walk him.   Hall then missed his spot by about 3 feet and hit the inside corner while Adley was setting outside off the plate.  Then missed his spot on fastball that he chased so got up 0-2 on him and went after him since he got two strikes on him to get out.  

[Aristotelian]

7 minutes ago, bpilktree said:

I assume he said to keep the ball off the plate and not throw him a strike unless Arozerana chased and he got ahead in the count and if they got behind they would walk him.   Hall then missed his spot by about 3 feet and hit the inside corner while Adley was setting outside off the plate.  Then missed his spot on fastball that he chased so got up 0-2 on him and went after him since he got two strikes on him to get out.  

Yes, figured it was something along the lines of "don't give him anything to hit". Also could have been pitch sequence, which started with the change up that fortunately froze Randy despite landing in the zone. 

[tntoriole]

I am very happy for him and very glad he is our manager!!