The search begins

You know that I love a good manager search, mostly for the comedic possibilities. Luckily for me, the Indians are looking for a new manager. It's always fun to attempt to pick a new manager, forgetting any restrictions based on time, space, reality, and qualifications.

Here are a list of possibilities for the new tribe skipper:

1. Morbo-The alien newscaster from Futurama. He would be great. The tribe needs motivation, and Morbo's booming voice will strike fear into the hearts of the tribe. This fear will motivate them. This will push the team where it needs to be.

2. Homer Simpson-Oh, think of the possibilities. A fat, drunken, nitwit coaching a baseball team.....oh wait, we have plenty of those already. Don't you remember the episode where Home was playing softball, and Mr. Burns replaced all the players with major leaguers. Well, Homer really showed managerial promise by winning the game by taking a fastball in the head to walk the run in. Also, it would be awesome if Homer was wearing his moo-moo and then bum rushed an umpire to argue a call. That ump would change his tune.

3. David Wells-speaking of overweight guys who would love to argue with umps. I just feel like saying Boomer the Skipper would be an awesome thing to say for your team.

4. Mr. Herbert from Family Guy. Remember this guy? His jovial and warm nature would be great for the team. And for those for watch family guy, he has a........endearment.....to little boys. This could add a new dimension to the team's farm system. I know, that's terrible.

5. Jose Mesa-This guy has a lot to make up for for the 1997 World Series. It is time for atonement.

6. Mighty Mike-Nothing inspires ball players like a good jew-fro. He can run a blog, so he can run a baseball team.

7. Norv Turner-Honestly, this guy is gonna be in need of a job pretty soon. Maybe tomorrow.

8. Cobra Commander-Baseball has never had a team of "bad boys". Hockey had the flyers in the 1970s, football had the Raiders, and the NBA had the Pistons in the 80s. Cobra Commander could make the Baseball bad boys for sure. Think about how Cobra Commander could come up with a diabolical plot of evil for every game. It would be great. But, just like every GI Joe episode, his plot will fall apart in the last 5 minutes of the game. Also, Destro could be the pitching coach.

9. Ozzie Smith-The Wizard of Oz would be inspiring to players. When the manager takes the field and does a friggin backflip, his players would not want to be overshadowed. They would step it up.

10. Willy Wonka-You know, with the amount of bubblegum that players chew, why not have a candymaker as the coach. This would be amazing for three reasons. First, we could have oompa loompas as base coaches. I just hope those guys dont get stepped on as the players round bases. Second, seeing how Willy Wonka "punished" the kids who didn't follow the rules, think how Willy would deal with players who act up. If Jhonny Peralta makes an error, the coach turns him into a giant blueberry, awesome. Third, a kickass song after every win.

11. Rachel Nichols-just cause, look at her.