ST. PETERSBURG — Rays manager Kevin Cash turned 38 in December. He remains among the youngest managers or coaches in the four major sports.
But he’s not a rookie anymore.
“There’s no substitute for getting out there and doing it,” Cash said.
Rays spring training begins next Sunday in Port Charlotte. Last week, a relaxed Cash sat in a restaurant near Tropicana Field and talked about his friend, the one he heard at home games whenever he lifted a starting pitcher sooner rather than later.
“Every time I walked out of the dugout, I had one guy, one consistent guy, who yelled, ‘You’re over-managing!