Hire Bob

New A's manager Bob Geren sat down for a three part interview with athleticsnation. Bob's favorite band is Led Zeppelin and his favorite movie is Caddyshack. That sounds like me... when I was 15! I wonder how he feels about Jan Smithers and Intellivision Baseball.

Actually, these interviews show Bob to be the right man for the job, intense, well-spoken, and the perfect antidote to Ken Macha, even though he shares Macha's views on the sacrifice bunt.

My philosophy on sacrifice bunts is that statistics show that no outs and a runner on first, you're probably going to score more runs than with one out and a runner on second

Geren doesn't completely follow the Moneyball party line, since he isn't averse to stealing the occasional base, but he isn't one of those NL managers that feels the need to bunt, hit & run, or steal whenever someone gets on first base.