I have heard two GMs say it is against the rules to manage from the suite, but I have personally never seen that rule or bothered to look it up.

I remember Bob McCown talking the Jays doing this back in the early 2010s. Like him or hate him: he was pretty connected to the Jays for about 35 years. I was left to think where there is smoke there is fire.

Congrats on edging me out in Week 1 of the pool BTW

I just automatically assume every controversial call comes from the analytics guys. 

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Analytics out of control?

I don't like it, but Buxton is a China Doll. 

I would think Baldelli would have enough pull to make his own calls on the field but we will never know. Best to be considered a "company guy" when your next job is managing another MLB team.