Even though this isn’t exactly the midpoint of the season, the All Star break is a good time to take stock of the baseball landscape. The Yankees are the best team in baseball, despite a manager that, six months ago, a whole bunch of people thought had no place running an MLB clubhouse. Alex Cora, for so long considered the game’s perfect manager, finds himself heading a club with less than a 40 percent chance of making the playoffs. Charlie Montoyo, the clubhouse king who cut his teeth with the Rays, is unemployed.
Managing is a tough gig.