Sentence examples for managed as if from inspiring English sources

On Sunday, when the Mets earned their lone victory in their last nine games, they used two starting pitchers in relief in a game that Manager Terry Collins managed as if it were a playoff elimination game.

For weeks, Joe Girardi managed as if he felt the same way, using Chamberlain only when the team was far behind.

Oakland's Art Howe managed as if the Athletics were going to eventually nail Hernandez, and it was hard to argue with his logic.

He said he had met "business people over and over again who tell me they simply cannot get support for the long-term investments they need", adding: "We need to look at why so many funds of institutional investors seem to be managed as if the only important issue was the next quarterly announcement.

This question is evaded because signals are managed as if they were things, thus bracketing the observer.

What this means is that even full-time employees have to be managed as if they were volunteers.

"I still have to manage as if it's a marathon for the team," he answered.

He said, 'President, I manage because you ask us to manage' " — as if he had only just heard in them the echo of the soul-molding power of his office.

But Johnson did not manage as if it were the decisive game in a seven-game series, with the Americans a couple of hits away from being in a perilous position.

A former artillery officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, Mixon says he manages as if he were constantly under fire: "I operate under the assumption that the customer is never satisfied".

Girardi's going to manage as if it's a best-of-50 game series instead of best-of-five, and trot out our most inconsistent relievers from the bullpen.