Blast from the Past: Notes on an Old Rant
Thursday, November 13, 2008by Geoff Young
I stumbled across an old rant of mine the other day about Bob Brenly's mismanagement of Byung-Hyun Kim during the 2001 World Series. First off, that was a pretty good rant, if I do say so myself. It had plenty of bluster and just the right amount of condescension.
Second, I speculated at the time as to how Brenly's curious decisions might affect Kim:
His manager set him up for failure two nights in a row, first by leaving him in way too long, then by bringing him back exhausted. Honestly, the way Brenly has treated Kim, I'm hoping all he blows is the World Series. I don't want to put some kind of jinx on Kim but if he does come down with a major ...
