tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888411.post739987957592493999..comments2024-03-23T05:20:41.018-06:00Comments on Dan Agonistes: Mid-Course CorrectionsDan Agonisteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07863051818485888739noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888411.post-34310877235935214792007-01-31T08:20:00.000-07:002007-01-31T08:20:00.000-07:00That's a good question.
My first thought is that...That's a good question. <br /><br />My first thought is that at least the recent trend might be attributed to the length of manager contracts although unfortunately I don't have that data in hand. The second way to break it up would be by winning percentage but since I've already looked at managerial changes for post season teams (not shown in the original post) and saw the same general trend, I can't imagine that winning percentage would have much of an effect.<br /><br />I suspect that it is more of an underlying characteristic of the various eras that could in some sense be self-sustaining. As fewer managers are let go in midseason it means that there are fewer experienced managers available to tempt other front offcies into dumping the guy they have.<br /><br />It could also be broken down by league to see whether or not the AL or NL differs in this respect but off-hand I can't think of how else to break it down.Dan Agonisteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07863051818485888739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888411.post-18263487913871211132007-01-30T11:18:00.000-07:002007-01-30T11:18:00.000-07:00...and based on your own insights, what clusters d......and based on your own insights, what clusters do you think you'd break this down into if you were going to parse the reasons?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888411.post-45514379346558071032007-01-30T10:42:00.000-07:002007-01-30T10:42:00.000-07:00As you know, there are many reasons managers get d...As you know, there are many reasons managers get deep-sixed mid-season. Some firings are sheer team performance issues, some are human cred issues (say <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Tim_Johnson" >Tim Johnson</a>, some are friction between manager and front office or <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/martibi02.shtml">the owner </a>, etc.<br /><br />It'd be informative to see you break the # of changes into clusters... do any individual clusters stay roughly the same over time?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com