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Manager of the Year is a completely meaningless award and I can't believe people are citing it as a credential. It's just "which team did the media underestimate the most pre-season." He had three seasons in a row under .480 (with two last place finishes) between two "manager of the year" awards. Did he just forget how to manage then? Was he outsmarting everyone by lowering expectations so much that he could then exceed them in order to get another award?
This is the guy who didn't want Joey Votto when he came up because he took too many walks.
But like I said managers impact almost nothing game to game unless they do something truly absurd like ask edwin encarnacion or adam dunn to sacrifice bunt in the bottom of the ninth.
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