5 Reasons The New York Mets Got it Right With Luis Rojas

The New York Mets hit a home run by selecting Luis Rojas to be their new manager. I know, I know... "he's young, nobody knows who he is, he's a career minor league guy, etc. etc."
It may not have been their first choice, but Mets fans will be happy with the results....and we give 5 reasons why.

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Welcome to the Sportscasters Club radio show, where it's all about becoming a better sportscaster on a better sports fan. And now your host, a man who began his sportscasting career by sleeping on hotel floors during road dribs. Rick SH OTs Welcome to another episode of The Sportscasters Club radio show. I Am Rick Schultz. Thank you for joining us. You could get a lot more at sportscasters club dot com. Most of the time we spend

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these episodes talking about sports casting issues, but this one is just gonna be a quick little episode to really get into a topic of the day in sports. And that is the New York Mets new manager Luise Ross. And I'm going to touch on that for just a few minutes. But before I do, I really have to thank everyone who's been listening to the Sportscasters Club radio show. I want to thank the people, especially in these towns, because I'm able to see where people listen from. And these are some of the top towns and cities and countries across the world who have been listening to us, whether it beyond on Apple iTunes stitcher, um, on the buzz sprout sight wherever you get your podcasts, these air some of the places that people listen from. Rotterdam, New York Thank you for listening. Beacon, New York. Orlando, Florida L. A. California. Fresno, California, Syracuse, New York. Thanks for listening. Ma Wan, New Jersey, Gloversville, New York and, of course, Manila in the Philippines. Thank you so much for listening to us on the Sportscasters Club radio show. We appreciate it. Thank you for subscribing and for sharing the program. Let's take a moment to go back in time. Let's think, Where were you 25 years ago? Think back to the date. November 3rd, 1995. Where were you? What were you doing? What stage in life were you in at that point in time? November 3rd, 1995. I remember where I was that particular day. It was cold. It was chilly. It was a day that was unlike other days for a lot of reasons that I'll get into. I was sitting in my dorm room at Fordham University in the Bronx, New York City, the Premier University for Sports Broadcasting, because of WFUV radio. That's why I was there. I attended Fordham University toe learn from the great Marty Glickman and to become a better sports broadcaster. And Marty was a huge, huge mentor, and my career grew from there. But on that day, November 3rd, 1995 I sat in my dorm room and I had W F A N as usual on my radio. Some of those little dial radios at the time, not the digital kind we have now, certainly wasn't on the phone. It was on a real radio, a little static coming through the dorm room, Finley Hall on the Rose Hill campus of Fordham University. And on that particular day, New York City blew up the sports world I'm talking about. The sports community in New York blew up that day, and it was a fire because the talk of the day the big news of the day was Joe Torry Joe Torey, hired by the New York Yankees to be their next manager. Buck Showalter in the Yanks agreed to part ways, and George Steinbrenner named Joe Torry the new manager. The papers blew up the radio, airwaves blew up, and Joe Torey was almost laughed out of town before he began. Baseball fans and new York Yankee fans, the majority felt like, Who is this? And how can this be our replacement for Buck Showalter? She'll Walter had a certain personality. He was demanding. He was detailed. He was serious. He was structured. And now you're gonna bring in Joe Torry, a guy who has never been a great manager, whether it be ST Louis the mats. I didn't have a great reputation. Joe Torry. This is gonna be who George Steinbrenner picks is the New York Yankees manager. Well, obviously, in the 25 years since, we've seen everything that happened and it was the perfect man, mainly because of temperament. And that's something you often can't see when you look back on just a manager's record and their body of work. Up until that point, and Joe Torry had the perfect temperament for that group of New York Yankees, and we know what happened since thousands of wins, the World Series championships and everything that the Yankees became culminating recently, obviously, with Derek Jeter in the Hall of Fame. So that brings us to today, January 24th 2020. I'm not saying Mickey Callaway is Buck Showalter by any stretch, and I would have loved, ironically, Buck Showalter as the choice the Mets made. But it was Carlos Beltran a couple months ago, and that didn't work out. We talked about that a little bit regarding the Houston Astros and the cheating, but they made their choice their second choice, as it were Louise Rose. And I think this is the absolute perfect pick, perfect 38 years old, a baseball man through and through. And I think this will be the perfect manager for this team. And I know you've heard the different opinions over the past week. Chris Carlin, specifically, who does a tremendous job on ESPN Radio New York hosting in the evenings. He's one of the really fantastic guys in the business and also an excellent sports talk host. His opinion is that if RoHaas wasn't ready, if he wasn't ready two months ago, why's he ready now? And I think a lot of that just has to do with Maybe Beltran was slightly up the pecking order. And so, yeah, you could say maybe a 38 year old RoHaas wasn't ready and wasn't where Beltran Waas and wasn't as accomplished and ready to take over the reins immediately. But Beltran didn't work out. So just because you weren't the number one choice doesn't mean you weren't a capable choice. Doesn't mean you can't succeed if you're talking about two or three, or maybe in four or five candidates that have a great chance to do well. Maybe Beltran was the topic, but doesn't necessarily mean just because of that. It's all relative. It doesn't mean that Ross can't succeed. What I see in Louie's RoHaas is very similar to what the Toronto Blue Jays have done with Charlie Montoya, a guy who came up through the minor leagues. He had a brief stint as a player in the big leagues, but then he spent 20 years in the minor leagues moving up the ranks. Ah, bilingual speaker of fiery guy and someone who is extremely well respected in baseball. Charley Montoya, now managing the Toronto Blue Jays. And I see a great correlation with Luis RoHaas in the Met, and I'm hoping we see that play out. There are about five reasons. I think Luis Rojas is a terrific choice for the New York Mets. Number one is pedigree, and when you're when you're raised by your father, Felipe Alou. That's baseball and baseball's in your blood when your brother is moist. A salute with Mets ties. Not quite a Hall of Fame player, but a strong, solid player for so long. And RoHaas this week during his press conference talked about his brother, Moist ace and how how much impact he's had in him as a person and as a baseball professional. And I think that's very, very important because there's a lot more than just the X's and the O's. But it's how to manage people, how to approach baseball day in and day out. It's a long grind, and and you're your approach, your philosophy, your mentality. A lot of it is just learned by picking it up instead of reading a book. And Louise RoHaas has been steeped in that his whole life. I think probably the most important thing for a manager, especially a new manager, is having player by in in this New York Mets team, predominantly a young team with a lot of the core guys like McNeil, Alonzo, some of the other core pieces. Yes, you've got some some possible big time contributors that are more veteran players like Cano Cess pit is who knows what he's gonna d'oh. But when you think about the core being a young core, you've gotta have that buy in and Louise Rose does. And we saw this week just from the players who would tweet, make their opinions known. And they really love this guy. That's a big part of it. I mean, let's be honest. How many? How many games does a manager really impact in baseball? It's not like football where the game plan is so important. It's not like basketball where well, I think actually, basketball, it's the players more than the coach as well. But in baseball, how much does the manager really impact? Maybe five games either way over the course of 1 62 five. So if the Mets at a different manager last year, would they have made the playoffs? Maybe was it all Calloway's fault? I gave Calloway a lot of credit. Second, half of the year, I gave Calloway a lot of credit for having that team not quit and having them come back and have that run in that push and that surge in the second half. Mickey Callaway deserves a lot of credit for that. I'm not saying you should have stayed, and I think the Mets made the right choice. But he deserved a lot of credit for that, in my opinion. But I think player buying something RoHaas has its very important number. 3/3 reason being bilingual. I mentioned Charley Montoya Oh, in Toronto, many other managers around Major League Baseball. I think it's, Ah, very important thing to be able to relate and speak the language of up and coming prospects or potential free agents. And I think it's not a necessity to be bilingual, but it helps. It helps big time when a lot of your players speak Spanish and so he can relate to players across multiple spectrums. And I think that's very important to try to get the best out of your team. The analytics. He's ah, believer in analytics, and I think from Brody van wagons perspective, that was important because Brody wants to have some say so and control and having a little play a big part of it. That's the game today. So I think that's also something Luis Rojas brings to the table, and I think when you're talking about a new a new owner coming in, hopefully within the next a few years transitioning in. I think the general manager wants to still have his stamp on the team, and I think he's gonna have that with Ross. And another point. I think this was really make a break for Van Wagon. And because he knows that new owner is coming in and Brody Van Wagon and had to make the decision, that was gonna be the best chance for the Mets to win. Now. Best chance. And he felt he felt that his best chance to win in his best chance to remain the general manager of the Mets was Luis Rojas. And that's after interviewing many candidates. And if he felt that way, I've got confidence. That's just another reason. I think this was a great choice. And finally, the fifth reason I think Louise RoHaas was an excellent choice is because he doesn't come in as this commanding personality, this overbearing personality, which some of the other candidates may have been. I think big time free agents down the road over the next few years are gonna feel a lot more comfortable coming into that environment, especially the ones with big egos that maybe wanna be the man and they're not gonna feel like they're gonna be overshadowed by the manager. So when you're talking about free agents or people that could sign, listen, it's always driven by the money. Players generally go where the biggest the biggest check is gonna come from. And so if the Mets can open up the wallets and open up the cheque books, they're gonna be able to bring in top talent. But I think having a manager, that's not gonna be someone out there stealing the spotlight. I think that's gonna be important, too. And that's gonna help. So those air five reasons. I think Luis Rojas is the perfect manager. I think he's in the mix as a kind of in the mold of a Charlie Montoya in Toronto. And I think the New York Mets are poised for great things because they've got by in. They've got young

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talent, and I think the New York Mets are only going to see great things. Are we gonna look back at this day, January 24th 2020 and say, Wow, that was just like November 3rd, 1995 where the New York Yankees turned the page and started a new era. Are we gonna have that be what this day is for the New York Mets? Only time will tell. Thank you for listening to this episode of Sportscasters Club radio show. Thanks for liking. Thanks for sharing things for subscribing and we'll see you at sportscasters club dot com. Thanks for listening to the Sportscasters Club radio show at sportscasters club dot com. Don't forget to subscribe, so you will never miss an episode. And thanks for liking sharing, posting reviews and spreading the word.