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Originally Posted by Bowtie
This is debatable, imho. Just one name is all one needs to dispute this: Jose Oquendo of the Cardinals. Jose is not controlled by manager Mike Matheny on whether the Cards baserunner is sent home on a play or held up. Jose uses his own judgement. So yes, a coach alone theoretically could reduce/increase outs and/or increase/decrease runs scored.
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My problem with this is, yes one man may have different judgement then another. But the level of judgement at the ML level is so high that essentially they are all basically interchangeable.