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Boston Red Sox: Five most insane managerial suggestions from fans

By Mark Chekares

BOSTON, MA - JUNE 23: Former Boston Red Sox player Jason Varitek #33 waves during the David Ortiz #34 jersey retirement ceremony before a game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Fenway Park on June 23, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - JUNE 23: Former Boston Red Sox player Jason Varitek #33 waves during the David Ortiz #34 jersey retirement ceremony before a game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Fenway Park on June 23, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) /
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PORTLAND, ME – MAY 2: Dustin Pedroia (Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) /

Dustin Pedroia

With yesterday’s news of Dustin Pedroia yet again suffering a major setback in his quest to return to action following multiple knee procedures, fans have been clamoring to “make Pedey the coach.”

First of all, it boils my bologna when fans call managers “the coach.” Additionally, fans have suggested to just roll his salary over to manage. Pedroia will make about $16M in 2020, which is $4M more than the aforementioned Bochy and Maddon’s COMBINED salaries.

Secondly, Pedey hasn’t decided whether he’s retiring or not. That doesn’t matter to most fans, because before news of his injury relapse even broke, they wanted him to be named player-manager, which hasn’t happened in baseball since Pete Rose assumed the role with the Reds in 1984, which was thirty-six years ago.

Pedroia has shown he is prone to lapses of leadership (calling out manager Bobby Valentine publically, shouting to the Orioles bench “It’s not me it’s them” accusingly about teammates who decided to plunk Manny Machado after he slid hard into Pedroia in 2017).

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Don’t forget, both he and Jason Varitek were on the famous chicken and beer team that collapsed in 2011. Pedroia might make a fine manager or coach someday. But throwing him to the wolves after a two-year-long attempted comeback seems like a horrible idea.

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