Interesting Comment from Ryne Sandberg (The Birds of Prey II)

Title: Interesting Comment from Ryne Sandberg

draftermatt - January 12, 2010 01:23 PM (GMT)

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Sandberg said he likely could have hooked on with Chicago as a coach, but he always thought the best path to a managing job in the majors was by being a skipper in the minors.

In fact, Sandberg said Monday that he thinks many of his fellow Hall of Famers haven’t landed major league managerial jobs because they didn’t first manage in the minors.

When I read that my first thought went to Eddie Murray.

As far as I can remember Eddie has only ever interviewed to be the manager of the O's in 2004, and really hasn't worked as a coach in the MLB since then either.

Maybe he doesn't want to be a manager anymore, but it seems odd that he was one of the finalists for the job (O's I mean) and then basically falls off the map.

It would seem that too many ex-players think they should get whatever job they want based on name recognition and accomplishments as a player alone.

Granted this story also seems to argue against Sandberg's comment.

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