I loved Tram as a player, but I wonder if Tram has the necessary baseball savvy and personality to be a good major league manager. His post-game interviews are extremely dull, and he seldom has anything interesting or original to say. One wonders if there is a real baseball intelligence lurking behind all of his dull, cliched and inarticulate responses to reporters' questions. But more important than that is the fact that Tram does not project any air of authority at all. There are different ways to project authority as a manager: by intelligence (e.g., LaRussa), by having a strong personality (e.g., Sparky, Tommy Lasorda, Earl Weaver, Billy Martin), or perhaps by exhibiting a great breadth of knowledge of all facets of the game (e.g., Sparky, Casey Stengel, Billy Martin). Tram does not seem to excel in any of these areas, and I wonder if he really commands the necessary respect from his players to be an effective manager.