"Guthrie's been tough," Manager Joe Girardi said.
"This is tough, real tough,"Manager Dusty Baker said.
"He's a tough manager but he's been great since he came in.
Is there any truth in the line that she is a tough manager?
The boss at Disney, the doyen of America's entertainment business, is Michael Eisner, a brilliant salesman and a tough manager.
In addition, Mr. Bolster, who retired from NBC in 2003, would arrive carrying a reputation as an aggressive, tough manager.
There was particular emphasis on the final word - for Sinofsky was a tough manager who didn't suffer fools gladly.
"We don't like it because we know that they're going to probably be split doubleheaders, and that makes it tough," Manager Joe Girardi said.
Mr. Blumenthal, a tough manager, has proved extremely adept at cutting through layers of bureaucracy to obtain funds from the city of Berlin and the nation.
Unlike Mr. Gall, who was hired as a tough manager, his Belgian-born successor, Gérard Mortier, is best known for cutting-edge artistic programming.
