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Article: twins spring training; FORT MYERS INSIDER; A daily notebook by our baseball reporters at spring training. Wall Street Journal rates Gardenhire top manager in baseball.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- March 29, 2008
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Byline: La Velle E. Neal III; Staff Writer
Fort Myers, Fla. -- According to the Wall Street Journal, the Twins' Ron Gardenhire is the best manager in baseball.
The publication used a formula based on managers' decision-making in close games, wins above expectations and if they got more out of their players than other managers did. (For rankings and a detailed explanation of the criteria used, visit www.startribune.com/a4201).
Of the 20 managers ranked, Gardenhire was third in handling close games, fourth in wins above expectations and fifth in player performance. His average score of 4.00 was safely ahead of San Francisco's Bruce Bochy, who was ...