"The Giants had just cardboard-boxed Bob Melvin 12 hours earlier, Bochy had been deflecting cagily about his future in Texas, and San Francisco baseball ops president Buster Posey did his best work under Bochy's managerial care a decade ago. Half a day later, Bochy and another of his former charges, Rangers POBO Chris Young, decide that Bochy was welcome to stay with the team provided he didn't try to pull a uniform shirt over his massive skull any longer."
"Either way, the serendipity screeched through the night. One manager gets canned, the other one kind-of-quits, and then the second one takes the first one's gig. Couldn't be simpler, right? Just draw up a contract that gives Bochy everything he asks for plus a C-note to tip the waiter, and the deal, she is done, no? Well, no. Not yet anyway."
"As perfect a fit as this would be for Posey's desire for the Giants to get back into the business of making memories, this feels almost too pat, cheesy, and ancestor-worshippy to be true, let alone like a flawless idea-making a memory is one thing, but Remembering A Size-9 Hat as a business practice is another. Winning managers have a time and a place,"
More than 36 hours passed since Bruce Bochy's purported mutual separation from the Texas Rangers without a San Francisco Giants hiring. The Giants fired Bob Melvin, creating an apparent opening that aligned with Bochy's ties to Buster Posey and his Hall of Fame history with the franchise. Rangers baseball operations president Chris Young suggested Bochy could remain with the Rangers in a non-uniform role, clouding expectations. The apparent serendipity of a Bochy return felt tidy, but nostalgia-driven managerial reunions often fail to repeat past success. Historical attempts at reinstating retired managers have produced mixed results.
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