So it's been confirmed that Red Sox bench coach Tim Bogar will interview for Astros manager tomorrow (again - he interviewed for the position before Mills was hired), which is interesting since the Red Sox are in Tampa playing the Rays.
He joins a list of Bo Porter, Larry Bowa, Dave Martinez, and Tony DeFrancesco to officially interview for the position.
In this WEEI piece, Joe Maddon talked about Tim Bogar (who was on the Rays' staff prior to joining the Red Sox):
"He communicates well. Primarily, with me, the
job requires the ability to unify a group or communicate, or develop
trust, or however you want to put it. Those are the key ingredients as
far as coming on as a first-time manager in a situation like that in
Houston, which is very similar to what we went through here in Tampa Bay
several years ago."
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
