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March 2011 Approval Rating = 8.8 Link
April 2011 Approval Rating = 5.48 Link
May 2011 Approval Rating = ????

Discuss how things have changed since April. I'll try my best to post a new thread once a month on the 20th or so.

2. Look at our lineup tonight, ffs.

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by far the worst manager in Jays history

After the Davis steal attempt, I regret my vote...1.

With the combo of the lineup and Davis's steal I have no choice but to vote 1 as well schad

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Only because there is no 0 option.

While the lineups are odd a lot, we arent exactly blessed with a good bench (or regulars right now for that matter). I give him a 5.

not learning from his mistakes still making the same mistakes he was in April.....but hes getting JPA in the line up more so ill give him a 4 rather than a 2.

You guys are way off base.

If you look at the crap players that he has to bat, he's doing a really good job.

He does a great job managing pitching changes which is one of the major decisions a coach has to make.

3. But I guess the lineup shouldn't be blamed on Farrell. Its Anthopolous.

there are several changes to this lineup that would improve it greatly.

baulderdash77 wrote:You guys are way off base.

If you look at the crap players that he has to bat, he's doing a really good job.

He does a great job managing pitching changes which is one of the major decisions a coach has to make.

How would you explain the decisions on lineups? Batting Yunel behind Bautista is just entirely absurd. As is batting Arencibia far down the order and having guys like Hill and Encarnacion bat ahead of him who have hit so far a combined 0 HR's.

And he's been blessed to have a great bullpen, but he's made questionable decisions there as well. Anyone with a passing knowledge of splits would have known not to throw Dotel out against lefties, but Farrell did it not once, but at least twice where it burned us.

He's just failing at some very simple things which have me worried. Managers don't impact that many games, but there are going to be 10-15 that they can swing with their decisions, and Farrell is swinging them to the losing side currently.

8. We are 1.5 games out of first place in the hardest division in baseball. We need more love less hate.

Still 2. He didn't walk Ichiro with 2 outs as the game-winning run or use Dotel as much against lefties in high-leverage situations. He did piss off one of the team's best pitchers by inexplicably pulling him from the game in the 4th inning (which led to a loss) and continually makes poor lineup decisions. The aggressive baserunning in awful situations, though, stands out more than anything.

He hasn't improved at all and I really don't expect him to. These are basic concepts that he's apparently not getting.