tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post2734678502156084552..comments2024-02-19T07:12:32.248-06:00Comments on Baseball Outsider: Chip Hale's managerial influencesEdward Thomahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10769979703606661737noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-73056260291016922382014-10-09T08:34:46.285-05:002014-10-09T08:34:46.285-05:00Not sure what they glean from inside candidates th...Not sure what they glean from inside candidates that the GM does not already know? Maybe some outside candidates too, baseball is not such a large fraternity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-44220322692611242892014-10-09T02:36:48.991-05:002014-10-09T02:36:48.991-05:00If you were conducting the interviews, what would ...If you were conducting the interviews, what would you be asking about? Would you run particular game scenarios past the candidates and ask for strategy choices? Would you watch a game together and seek responses and reactions to the strategy of the managers? I remember Bill James arguing that potential managers should play a 1000 games of strat-o-matic as a teaching tool. I always loved that idea.Chris in Japannoreply@blogger.com