About this episode

The episode discusses the qualities of good and bad baseball managers, highlights Roger Connor's Hall of Fame election, and reflects on Lou Gehrig's unique contributions to the sport.

This week we discuss what makes good and bad managers in baseball. Is there a secret sauce to being a good manager and why do great players seem to make such bad ones? For our This Week In Baseball, we discuss the appearence of 15 year old Joe Nuxhall. He only pitched a single game in 1944, but why is it such a good thing kids that old are not allowed to play? Our Hall of Famer this week is 19th Century First Baseman Roger Connor. His being elected by the Vet's Committee is a rare correction for them, but just how great was he? In our singlular parting shot this week discusses just what made Lou Gehrig such a wonderful anomaly in the history of baseball in terms of his quality of play, but also as a person. Enjoy our new crop of weekly commercials featuring Harold Reynolds for ESPN2, more Seattle Mariners, and Frank Howard for Nestle Quik! Please join us as we discuss baseball topics and we continue our mission to make The Hall small. We hope you'll enjoy the ride. Timestamps This Week In Baseball - 25:34 Hall of Fame Discussion - 41:38 Parting Shot - 59:16

People in this episode

Host: Aaron Lattanzi

Topics covered

• manager quality
• baseball history
• Hall of Fame
• youth in baseball
• Lou Gehrig

Keywords

• baseball managers
• Roger Connor
• Lou Gehrig
• Joe Nuxhall
• Hall of Fame
• 19th Century baseball
• youth players

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ESPN2, Nestle Quik, Seattle Mariners

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