Armchair Managing

TLR (Cardinals manager, Tony LaRussa) needs to trim the number of guys in the bullpen, NOW! He'd probably carry 700 guys on the roster if he could, then be annoyed that some of them seem a little rusty. Next, figure out who's playing in the outfield. The combined batting average of all five outfielders is .204! That sucks. Here's what I'd do. Pick the three starters and stick with them. Tell the other two guys they will play sparingly (pinch-hit, cover for days off) and the starters just better be ready to do it every damn day. It's got to be hard to show up every day not knowing if or where you'll be playing. Sometimes the best way to manage is to stop fooling with stuff and let the guys doing the job settle into their work routine. These guys are professionals by the way, by now they should know what to do, TLR needs to let them do it.
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That's it for now. I'll have more as the season goes on.
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BTW, Albert Pujols is a really good baseball player. I wonder if he'd join my company softball team. He's good enough to be one of the top guys in the Thursday night beer league. And that's saying something.