From the San Francisco Giants' skipper:

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15. He's actually a very interesting man,

He was the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies and was greeted here with disdain and fans and media jumped all over him. He’s an extremely fit, disciplined, righteous man who is extremely bright, insightful and talented. He also happens to be Jewish, which I think quite frankly upset a lot of the people here quietly. We have had many managers come in and out of here but never one who was not given a chance for at least half the season to show that he had some competence . He was second guessed after the first game of the season Because he had what seem to be a controversial pitching change,and from that point on could do no right .

He was a member of the champion Boston Red Sox when they finally broke their streak of no World Series championships and was actually on the field during the final inning when they clinched the championship. The “funny” story in Boston told was that 1/4 of the position players on the field with that occurred were Jewish Kevin Youkilis and him. He is as close to being an intellectual as there is in baseball and was very upset to see him leave here. I was well pleased to read his comments and understand exactly where he’s coming from.