Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Manny Acta Is A Small, Asian Child

Today's WTF? story is courtesy of the NY Times. In an attempt to quantify manager's decision-making processes, some math profs at a college that obviously needs to have its federal grants taken away, has graphically illustrated them using something called a "Chertoff face". (I thought a Chertoff face was supposed to look like Sam the eagle?)


The full range of pictures is here. Charlie Manuel appears to be the devil.

posted by Chris Needham at 10:57 AM

7 Comments:

  • Bob Melvin seems to be wearing a fez!!! Better have Homeland Security check him out before the Diamonbacks get to town.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4/02/2008 11:40 AM  

  • Ned Yost has come back to field only to find in horror all his homemade candles were left too close to the fire and melted!

    By Blogger Harper, at 4/02/2008 11:43 AM  

  • One of the more notable elements of the article is the comparison between Acta, Terry Francona and Eric Wedge made in the article, where Acta pretty sagely notes that his managerial strategy is mostly set by his players. I'm not sure whether this is a snide jibe at Bowden to get him some better material, but whatever the case, it reinforces the perception of Acta as a somewhat more nuanced thinker than Dusty Baker or Frank Robinson, for instance.

    Manny's also gotten some great press lately at Baseball Prospectus, and by great, I mean that it seems like their writers are worshiping small bronze statues of the man. Actually, in general, with the opener, the new lineup, etc, Nats coverage seems significantly more positive and expansive than last year.

    Here's hoping Redding can hold off the Phillies tonight/we can light up their bullpen again after falling behind early.

    By Blogger Michael Taylor, at 4/02/2008 12:19 PM  

  • Luckily, I escaped scrutiny.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4/02/2008 1:23 PM  

  • And everyone who donates money to Swathmore vows never to give anything again.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4/02/2008 5:33 PM  

  • No, no, no, you've got it all wrong Chris! The Chertoff face is skeletor!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4/02/2008 7:20 PM  

  • For what it's worth, it's actually a CherNoff Face. Though that makes it slightly less fun.

    By Blogger voteprime, at 4/02/2008 10:44 PM  

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