RIP Davey Johnson

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Which cabinet post would Schott have gotten?

Was LITERALLY just about to post she was decades ahead of her time.

 

[Octave]

I don't know if it was mentioned in the tributes but Davey was shattered by the death of his daughter, a free-spirited surfer girl who had schizophrenia.

 

[Slacker]

Never heard the story of his daughter.
Found this stuff on the googles ...

https://vault.si.com/vault/1988/07/...as-top-wave-riders-likes-to-win-just-like-dad
https://nypost.com/2005/07/22/daveys-devastation-death-of-daughter-hits-johnson-hard/

 

[Octave]

Aye. Some things you never recover from.
The moronic voters will probably put him in soon.
A manager this accomplished, and he did not get any votes by the Era Committee (previously known as the Veterans Committee) his last time out.
No support on five ballots of the Era Committee since 2008.

 

[dixiehack]

That story was so sensitively written I had to check twice to make sure it was the Post.

 

[Della9250]

Aye. Some things you never recover from.
The moronic voters will probably put him in soon.
A manager this accomplished, and he did not get any votes by the Era Committee (previously known as the Veterans Committee) his last time out.
No support on five ballots of the Era Committee since 2008.

I'm not here to kick a guy after his death, but I can see why he falls just short of the line to get elected. And I think the upcoming committees are going to hyperfocused on Baker and Bochy first and then potentially Piniella

 

[Octave]

I don't see much difference between **** Williams and Davey Johnson.

 

[Della9250]

I don't see much difference between **** Williams and Davey Johnson.

Well I'd say the extra championship and three more pennants in a career that was only four seasons longer is a good place to start

 

[Octave]

I'm giving up the debate in protest that the software won't allow me to type the name ****.
They're the same guy - won everywhere they went. Johnson might have left greater impact on the game for his visionary use of analytics.
Whatever, rest in peace, **** and Davey.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

I'm giving up the debate in protest that the software won't allow me to type the name ****.

Don’t be a Richard.