Archive for the 'Managing' Category

James Dean is living fast and dying young. Elvis is causing an uproar on The Ed Sullivan Show. Can our Pirates get the heck out of seventh place?

A look at the life and career of the recently-departed MLB skipper.

Our alternative version of the I Love Lucy-era Bucs enters its third season. How might our heroes fare?

The “impeccably attired” man who managed the Brooklyn Dodgers to two pennants amidst the upheaval around Jackie Robinson and Leo Durocher’s suspension

Is it really true that Branch Rickey’s Pirates were a whole lot worse than they had to be? Steve decides to try to find out.

We’ve come a long way, and now we’re ready to answer the big question: how brightly might our Mets shine in ’69?

The good news for our virtual Mets is that we’ve been better than the actual Mets, but that’s an awfully low bar. Can we get something going this time?

Our early Mets haven’t been good, but neither have they been as terrible as the genuine article. In our third and fourth seasons, can we make the move to mediocrity?

Happy holidays from TUCK! brand toons

Finished with our alternative scenario of the first-ever NL expansion draft, it’s time to get our Mets roster ready and find out how well we can do in ’62.