Dan Lovallo

As Covid-19 has thrown baseball a curve ball, the sport is now contemplating seven-inning games. And I remember John McNamara, the former big league manager, who died on July 28, 2020. With the virus sweeping through the Miami Marlins, MLB has had to make some changes on the fly to its already reduced schedule. Among the items under discussion between the owners and the players' association, is doubleheaders consisting of two seven-inning games. In this podcast, I explain why this is a great idea. Also, McNamara, who died at the age of 88, was given a bad rap for being the manager of the Boston Red Sox in the 1986 World Series, for not pulling Bill Buckner for defensive purposes from first base, with the Sox three outs from a World Series title over the Mets. I look back at the interview I did with McNamara, when he was the manager of the Cincinnati Reds in 1979.