re: St Louis Cardinals. Buyers or Sellers?

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Brenly never managed when the Diamondbacks hired him. He won a World Series his first year. And beat the defending champs doing it.

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Ok, MM nearly won the WS in his first year, does that make him a good manager, or the one that should be leading this team? Or is it possibly a result of the players being able to produce at a level that his negatives were still overcome.