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Following a squandered victory at St. Louis on April 28, 1949, rookie Tiger manager Red Rolfe recorded: “Poor pitching cost us a ge in which we were leading 5 to 1. Once again we failed to do things as they should been done in he big leagues”. {SNIP}
A Dartmouth College graduate and a naturally studious person, Rolfe kept a private journal recording a description of nearly every inning of every ge he managed, analyzing “our weaknesses and the opposition’s strength.” While his wife kept score at home, he typed summaries of ges in his office and hauled a portable typewriter to ges on the road. {SNIP}
Rolfe explained in detail his method oelixir guitar string
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f recording observations in his personal journal and how he used the information. “The homework on my book takes about two hours a morning,” wrote Rolfe. “I purposely wait until the day after the ge, so I can review it objectively, read the newspapers — sportswriters often mention subtle points Ive overlooked — and have my wife’s score card in front of me. When the te is not away from home, Isabel air-mails me her score card or, after a night ge, sends it special delivery to get it to me in time for my skull practice. {SNIP} I summarize every inning each side got men on the bases, and wind up with a series of general observations, or memos to myself. Then I digest the whole thing, with special attention to the memos to correct or confirm certain impressions. Ive frequently gone through the entire book to check up on some obscure but important angle.”
Jeez, you couldn’t ask much more diligence from a manager. Rolfe is not paying attention, recording, waiting to try to make sure emotions haven’t colored his impressions, analysing every single day, even delegating scut work (the score cards, which requires craft skill but would spread him too thin if he was doing those, too).
On the surface, you’d have to think Rolfe would have been an unrivalled analyst.