The argument could be made convincingly before this years playoffs, but there should be no doubt now that Bruce Bochy has a spot waiting for him in Gary Sanchez Jersey the Hall of Fame.When the Giants won the National League pennant, it punched Bochys ticket to a fourth career World Series three with the Giants, plus 1998 with the Padres and all 22 previous managers to win four pennants have gained election to Cooperstown, including the three inductees from this summer: Bobby Cox, Tony La Ru saand Joe Torre.When the Giants won the World Series, Bochy earned his third ring, joining an even more elite group of skippers. La Ru sa, Sparky Anderson, Miller Hugginsand John McGraw also won three apiece, while only Torre, Walter Alston, Connie Mack, Joe McCarthyand Casey Stengel won more. All nine who preceded Bochy in World Series hat tricks are enshrined.While the expansion of the playoffs since 1995 obviously has inflated the number of postseason games a manager can claim, Bochy has the fifth-most playoff wins in history, with a 42-30 record. Torre (84-58), La Ru sa (70-58), Cox (67-69)and Jim Leyland (44-40) are the only managers with more October victories, with only Torre having a better winning percentage than Bochy.Ive been a pretty lucky guy to Tyler Austin Jersey work for him and Felipe (Alou) and Dusty (Baker), three guys over 1,000 wins, Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti said. Great men and great leaders. To see Boch enjoy this thing here in San Francisco (is great).Alou and Baker, Bochys predece sors with the Giants, are interesting touchstones. Alou had a 1,033-1,021 career record as a manager, a mark diminished by some lousy hands he was dealt in Montreal. Generally viewed as an excellent manager, he made it to one postseason in four years with the Giants, and got knocked out in the first round. Baker, 1,671-1,504 in his career, took San Francisco to the 2002 World Series as a wild card, and the Cubs to the 2003 NLCS, but got bounced at the first asking in each of his five other playoff trips.An ethereal feeling of leadership and getting the most out of a team is about all that managers can be judged on in the regular season. Adam Lind Jersey The playoffs are when tacticians get their chance to shine, but also to see the fruits of season-long personnel management bear fruit.Since 2007, when Bochy took over as manager of the Giants, not a single one of his pitchers is in the top 100 in single-season appearances, and only two Jeremy Affeldt with 74 games in 2009 and Santiago Casilla with 73 in 2012 are in the top 200. When the Giants get to October, Bochy can call to the bullpen knowing that he is summoning a fresh arm.Thats not the end-all, be-all of managing Torre, after all, had a reputation for burning out relievers, while La Ru sas bullpen use redefined managerial strategy going into the 21st century but Bochy maximizing his teams strengths certainly is a big deal.Planning Luis Severino Jersey for the long haul, then being spot-on in the moment, like pulling Tim Hudson early in Game 7 and going to Madison Bumgarner in the fifth, are why Bochy has been so succe sful in the playoffs despite a career regular-season record of 14 games over .500, at 1618-1604. That wont be held against him when Cooperstown comes calling. Connie Mack and Bucky Harris are in with losing records, albeit with hundreds more wins than Bochy has. Give him enough time, and Bochy will get the 550 wins he needs to catch Harris, though Mack, at 3731, is another story altogether. Still, the top 11 managers in wins all time are in Cooperstown. Bochy needs 287 wins to crack that group, tying Stengel. At this point, though, how far up the list he gets should only matter Andy Pettitte Jersey to whoever has to compose his plaque.
The argument could be made convincingly before this years playoffs, but there should be no doubt now that Bruce Bochy has a spot waiting for him in Gary Sanchez Jersey the Hall of Fame.When the Giants won the National League pennant, it punched Bochys ticket to a fourth career World Series three with the Giants, plus 1998 with the Padres and all 22 previous managers to win four pennants have gained election to Cooperstown, including the three inductees from this summer: Bobby Cox, Tony La Ru saand Joe Torre.When the Giants won the World Series, Bochy earned his third ring, joining an even more elite group of skippers. La Ru sa, Sparky Anderson, Miller Hugginsand John McGraw also won three apiece, while only Torre, Walter Alston, Connie Mack, Joe McCarthyand Casey Stengel won more. All nine who preceded Bochy in World Series hat tricks are enshrined.While the expansion of the playoffs since 1995 obviously has inflated the number of postseason games a manager can claim, Bochy has the fifth-most playoff wins in history, with a 42-30 record. Torre (84-58), La Ru sa (70-58), Cox (67-69)and Jim Leyland (44-40) are the only managers with more October victories, with only Torre having a better winning percentage than Bochy.Ive been a pretty lucky guy to Tyler Austin Jersey work for him and Felipe (Alou) and Dusty (Baker), three guys over 1,000 wins, Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti said. Great men and great leaders. To see Boch enjoy this thing here in San Francisco (is great).Alou and Baker, Bochys predece sors with the Giants, are interesting touchstones. Alou had a 1,033-1,021 career record as a manager, a mark diminished by some lousy hands he was dealt in Montreal. Generally viewed as an excellent manager, he made it to one postseason in four years with the Giants, and got knocked out in the first round. Baker, 1,671-1,504 in his career, took San Francisco to the 2002 World Series as a wild card, and the Cubs to the 2003 NLCS, but got bounced at the first asking in each of his five other playoff trips.An ethereal feeling of leadership and getting the most out of a team is about all that managers can be judged on in the regular season. Adam Lind Jersey The playoffs are when tacticians get their chance to shine, but also to see the fruits of season-long personnel management bear fruit.Since 2007, when Bochy took over as manager of the Giants, not a single one of his pitchers is in the top 100 in single-season appearances, and only two Jeremy Affeldt with 74 games in 2009 and Santiago Casilla with 73 in 2012 are in the top 200. When the Giants get to October, Bochy can call to the bullpen knowing that he is summoning a fresh arm.Thats not the end-all, be-all of managing Torre, after all, had a reputation for burning out relievers, while La Ru sas bullpen use redefined managerial strategy going into the 21st century but Bochy maximizing his teams strengths certainly is a big deal.Planning Luis Severino Jersey for the long haul, then being spot-on in the moment, like pulling Tim Hudson early in Game 7 and going to Madison Bumgarner in the fifth, are why Bochy has been so succe sful in the playoffs despite a career regular-season record of 14 games over .500, at 1618-1604. That wont be held against him when Cooperstown comes calling. Connie Mack and Bucky Harris are in with losing records, albeit with hundreds more wins than Bochy has. Give him enough time, and Bochy will get the 550 wins he needs to catch Harris, though Mack, at 3731, is another story altogether. Still, the top 11 managers in wins all time are in Cooperstown. Bochy needs 287 wins to crack that group, tying Stengel. At this point, though, how far up the list he gets should only matter Andy Pettitte Jersey to whoever has to compose his plaque.