With just about six months before commencing the 2011-2012 campaign backdrop of our Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, and four currencies have formalized the appointment their managers for the next campaign.
is no doubt that the 2010-2011 season was a negative for technical Creoles in recent years had imposed on their respective currencies and fell suddenly in the process and the final seven foreign experts conducted in the country, leaving the final one representative born in the land of Bolivar.
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| Peter Griffin with Humberto Oropeza |
The Cardinals on Monday announced Lara Peter Griffin as new manager Twilight for the 2011-2012 season. With this appointment until now there are two managers and two imported natives waiting for the other four currencies in the coming months to announce who will lead next season.
The first team was assured his manager of La Guaira Sharks, who ratified in January to Marco Davalillo, having taken over salted marching to mark the beginning of November with 6 - 21 and culminated with 20-14 mark, about the classification. Such action caused the management to give him the coming of continuing as coach of the Sharks until beyond the year 2012-2013.
In February, the management of the Navegantes del Magallanes after analyzing what was the 2010-2011 campaign, where they had three managers met Carlos Garcia, manager of the Year in 2009-2010 and this again at the helm of the ship to return to catapult as two seasons ago when they were leading the league with a record of 41-22, and fell in the final against arch-rivals Leones del Caracas.
Two weeks ago the reigning champions of the ball, Anzoategui Caribbean, officially ratified Julio Franco as their manager for next season, then have led them to their first title in 20 years and attend their first Serie del Caribe.
And now Griffin hold that office with the twilight, this American will replace Nelson Prada who handled the club in the absence of John Tamargo illness. In his first Griffin pointed out that this league is a lot of pressure, where in 63 games decide the classification and gives little time to assemble a team.
The American experience dating back between 2003 and 2005 as minor league manager, but since then has served as director of minor league organization of the Seattle Mariners, a team that keeps a working agreement with the larenses, so it is believed that the appointment of Griffin, the organization to give freedom to some prospect of playing at home.
Creole vs Imported
Last season, the league officially began three managers and five imported Creoles. The Creoles were Luis Dorante (Margarita), Carlos Garcia (Magallanes) and Carlos Subero (La Guaira), while imports were Julio Franco (Caribbean), Jody Davis (Zulia), Dave Hudgens (Caracas), John Tamargo (Lara) and Buddy Bailey (Aragua).
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| Marco Davalillo gave up for the technical Creole |
the beginning Garcia could not take command of the ship due to family problems, management the Magellan opted to appoint Frank Kremblas and that placed the balance in six imported and two natives. As the season was developing La Guaira laid off Subero and Phil Reagan took over the Sharks and the situation was placed 7-1, being the sole survivor Luis Dorante Creole in the league.
But things remained so and was fired by Reagan as La Guaira Kremblas with Magellan, their places were taken by Marco Davalillo and Gregorio Machado. The balance now was Creoles 3, imported: 5.
When it was thought that since this was solved, Magallanes fired Machado and appoint Dan Radison for the last games of the season and again the situation was placed 6 to 2 in favor of Creole technicians.
Thank god the season concluded, but in full play off laid off Luis Margarita Dorante and placed Hensley Meulens, Al final imported technicians dominated the league, while only a native was in charge of a club.
No confidence
is almost certainly the Caracas Leones, Tigres de Aragua, Bravos de Margarita and Aguilas del Zulia hired a technically minded, this situation should be according to some managers that the imported manager is a stranger in the league and commands respect of his players and not the camaraderie between them, as happened with Eduardo Perez in the Eagles and Luis Sojo with the Cardinals.
Last week Oswaldo Guillen, manager of the Chicago White Sox and only native who runs in the majors, told a national newspaper that is difficult for another coach in the major direct in the coming years, while ensuring that the Venezuelan league teams do not give confidence to their technicians because yield to cronyism.
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| Buddy Bailey has been a successful manager in Venezuela |
"There Venezuelan close to becoming managers in the majors. The closest I saw was Alfredo Pedrique and reached but not maintained, I thought that the generation of Omar Malave and Luis Sojo going to go far but now looks difficult, "said Mirandino who is known not to hide their views.
Guillen The contrasting views of reality and that is fueling this increasingly long had a litter of star players who thought they were going to run in Venezuela after withdrawal. Antonio Armas Rodolfo Hernandez, Alfredo Ortiz, Nelson Prada, Jesús Marcano Trillo, among others have been there temporarily running without the support of the organization, one of the reasons is wielded clubs that do not have contacts or be working with a team in baseball U.S. is more difficult for a player to come to work in the country without a backup of your computer.
Creoles lack of pilots in the majors is not directly related to it in the CBDL existing deficiency. However at this picture, Guillen clarified that the technical quality of the natives is well-regarded in the north, but not well received by managers in Venezuela.
"They are wrong, do not want managers Creole Creole on the ball because they will not cronyism, the Venezuelan material is fully capable of handling a team."
also did not favor the established players that play in Venezuela, which believes that that there are players in Class AA and AAA, but still will not let him play thus stated emphatically that the time of Caesar Tovar, Victor Davalillo and others was the golden age of the ball.
Griffin on that statement assured that the presence of natives playing in the country gives more emphasis to the ball in Venezuela, so they must play in the country. But on this issue is preferable to analyze it thoroughly, because now the ball is a business where constant deprivation reign.
distant future
The future of the technicians in our ball is in sharp ascent. There is a long list of technicians doing their work either in the minors or large teams.
There are currently large teams: Omar Malave, Alfredo Pedrique, Luis Dorante, Eduardo Pérez, Armando Camacaro, Carlos Garcia, Heberto Andrade, Jesús Marcano Trillo and Joseph Sheridan. As highlighted in the minors Luis Salazar, Luis Sojo, Nelson Prada, Jesus Alfaro, Ivan Arteaga, Carlos Hernández, Wilson Alvarez and others.
is plenty of talent for our technicians to develop in our country or bring their knowledge and implement them in our league, unfortunately and cultural background seems to give a different mentality to the team owners and managers in our league.
But for now, wants to bring imported technical because they are short-time results are goals that managers want now is they who will recommend players who may or may not change the direction of a team. Ojo perhaps Griffin to be director of minor league Seattle, "will bring Venezuela to the best prospects for this organization?, Is that in our country, Venezuelan baseball players do not represent 80% quality the show now is that the Lara Cardinals do not know the talent of our players has affected the material to be dispensed with imported, bringing only those players where there has not been a development in some aspect of a team ... as John Vene , dawn and see ....
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