Comments on: Goodbye Gene Mauch http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/uncategorized/goodbye-gene-mauch Looking at the Game of Baseball from all ends of the Spectrum Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:15:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DonS http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/uncategorized/goodbye-gene-mauch/comment-page-1#comment-157 DonS Sun, 14 Aug 2005 09:09:22 +0000 http://thebaseballzealot.com/wordpress/?p=363#comment-157 I rank Gene Mauch as AT LEAST the third best manager in Angels history. Behind Bill Rigney and Mike Scioscia. Perhaps he should be higher. If only he had not pulled Mike Witt. The Halos would have been in the World Series, no one would hate Billy Buckner, and Donnie Moore would still be with us. But he sure wasn't very likeable. Who can forget his comment to sportswriters: "There isn't anyone in this room who is smart enough to analyze me or my managing." Jim Murray ROASTED him for that, but I think Mr. Mauch was right. 1964: I never thought the Phillies had the best talent in the NL in 1964. Look at the lineups that the Cardinals (Brock, Flood, Boyer, Bill White, Groat), Braves (Mathews, Aaron, Rico Carty, Joe Torre), Reds (Pinson, Robinson, Rose) and Giants (Mays, McCovey, Cepeda, Jim Ray Hart) trotted out there every day. Gene Mauch was platooning about 5 positions. Maybe he was doing well to keep them in the race...I know they lost 10 in a row in late September. That counts huge. But Mauch wasn't exactly managing the 1976 Reds or 2001 Mariners, talentwise. I rank Gene Mauch as AT LEAST the third best manager in Angels history. Behind Bill Rigney and Mike Scioscia. Perhaps he should be higher.

If only he had not pulled Mike Witt. The Halos would have been in the World Series, no one would hate Billy Buckner, and Donnie Moore would still be with us.

But he sure wasn’t very likeable. Who can forget his comment to sportswriters: “There isn’t anyone in this room who is smart enough to analyze me or my managing.” Jim Murray ROASTED him for that, but I think Mr. Mauch was right.

1964: I never thought the Phillies had the best talent in the NL in 1964. Look at the lineups that the Cardinals (Brock, Flood, Boyer, Bill White, Groat), Braves (Mathews, Aaron, Rico Carty, Joe Torre), Reds (Pinson, Robinson, Rose) and Giants (Mays, McCovey, Cepeda, Jim Ray Hart) trotted out there every day. Gene Mauch was platooning about 5 positions. Maybe he was doing well to keep them in the race…I know they lost 10 in a row in late September. That counts huge. But Mauch wasn’t exactly managing the 1976 Reds or 2001 Mariners, talentwise.

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