November 1, 2011

Padding his Resume

Pete Mackanin brought technology with him to his Red Sox interview:

Mackanin, who has been in pro ball for 43 years as a player, coach, scout, and manager, wore his 2008 Phillies championship ring and accessorized his tweed jacket with a Red Sox-red handkerchief in his breast pocket. He also carried an iPad, something that surely caught the eye of the Generation X executives who interviewed him.

“I love statistical analysis,’’ Mackanin said, noting he used it extensively when scouting for the Yankees in 2008. “It’s very important. Numbers mean something.’’

Mackanin’s interview included a test of his managerial acumen as he was presented with tricky in-game scenarios and asked how he would handle them.

“It’s like I was laboratory-tested by the Boston Red Sox,’’ he said. “It’s kind of an interesting little scenario they put you through, going over strategy in games. A lot of good questions, a lot of different questions, a lot of outside-the-box questions, a lot of inside-the-box questions.’’

I would give a manager I wanted to see again a team of Strat-O-Matic cards and play a three game series against him when he came back.  It would give one some insight on his statistical accumen and his strategic thinking.

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