Moving Away from Buck: The Orioles Next Manager

One point five times. That figure is burned into my head. I cannot remember where I acquired that figure, but it has to do with the ideal age of a leader given the average age of his employees, followers, whatever. Studies, ones I have actually found, tend to suggest age is a factor, but maybe not something that should be a primary focus.

Why does any of this matter? Well, after years like this, people tend to be fired and a common target for getting fired in the manager. To be precise, Buck Showalter only has a couple weeks left to be fired. That is a highly unlikely occurance. More likely is that Buck will not be offered another opportunity to manage the Orioles. With that vacancy, the…