by Dirk Hayhurst | Aug 11, 2015 | baseball, Blue Jays, Rays
What do players play for? A great question, and, depending on when you ask a player during his career, it can be answered in many different ways…. I remember my first and only Spring training with the Rays. I got a big league camp invite, which meant I got... by Dirk Hayhurst | Sep 12, 2012 | baseball, MLB
I have never managed a single game in the big leagues, nor did I play in that many. But I don’t think the amount of time spent in the big leagues factors into one’s ability to judge a manager’s capacity to communicate well. After all, speaking to a... by Dirk Hayhurst | Sep 1, 2012 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
I had a chance to talk with Joe Maddon today. I also had a chance to talk with Price, Jennings, Moore, and, well, everyone else on the team. I know just about all of them, and their personalities and it was great to be around them again. It’s a treat to be in a... by Dirk Hayhurst | Aug 31, 2012 | baseball, Blue Jays
People ask what makes the Rays the Rays. Well, a large part of it is Joe Maddon. Very few managers in the game are as proactive in shaping the social structure of a team as Maddon is, and he does in multiple ways (a multiple tool social structure manager?). The way he...