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Only time will tell

By Rob Neyer
ESPN Insider

Friday, November 5, 2004

In hiring Wally Backman as their new manager, the Arizona Diamondbacks made a big mistake. Or maybe they didn't. We'll know in a few years. Or maybe we won't. See, nobody really knows very much about managers. Sure, we do know that Bobby Cox is a great manager and that Tony La Russa is a very good one. But we know those things only because both Cox and La Russa have managed more games than all but a few men ever have. Usually, when a team wins we think it's got a good manager, and when a te ...

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