Yankees Manager Joe Girardi chatting with columnist William C. Rhoden about how chess has helped his decisions on the baseball diamond.
Special thanks to Leanne Hwa for sending this video link to me.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
How chess can help MLB baseball decisions
The Yankees will win it all this year.
I like this video – nicely made.
I’m going to show it to my studetns. Thanks Susan for sharing it on your blog!
We hope !!!! The Angels match up very toughly vs the Yanks !!! They beat us twice in the playoffs and always give us trouble during the season .
I’m not convinced that the baseball manager really understands chess. I mean, after all, he brought his Queen out in the first few moves (as you can see in the video) and was uncomfortable with a 2-minute clock which… really isn’t that intimidating to a medium-level player. Nonetheless, chess increases one’s ability to strategize on and off the board and so I can see how it would help him to be a better manager. Still, I think the chess/boxing metaphor is the best. More than any other sport, boxing is very similar to chess.
Susan im going for the yankees in World Series especially since my Bills are in the tanker!,no more Romo jibes for me got my own problems in B-lo! Susan when Bills lose everybody ticked the next day!! hehe.