Peter Gammons reports a nugget of wisdom Sandy Alomar, Sr. relayed to Alex Cora:
TheAthletic.com
“He told me that one of the reasons he thought things went so well for us in Boston was that I gave the players the power to make their own in-game decisions,” says Cora. “He jokingly said ‘if they’re making decisions, they can’t second-guess you.’ But what he really meant is that he believes the more players are empowered, the more they prepare, the more they buy into the work we do with the coaches and the scouting and analytics staffs. They want to win, and if they’re accountable for decisions in the game (when to try to steal, hitting in counts, etc.) the more they’re prepared, the more they study everything within the game.”
In general I agree. Sometimes, however, you have to have the right players. Steve Lyons, for example, was incredibly bad at making these decisions. With the right group, however, I can see where this would pay off.
from baseballmusings.com http://bit.ly/2RK52nS
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