the business of baseball

The way baseball is managed to me is a business like every other business, you have the owners, the general managers, the middle management, couches, assistant couches, and the team. They all have an extremely important part that they do in the operations of the franchise. All members work to acquire the same goal and that is to have a chance at being in the World Series, so every decision effects the way that can happen, weather it is the franchise recruiting a new player or the couch not playing a certain player, or the pitcher not throwing the ball correct, it is a team effort by all involved.
The Business of Baseball
There are many decisions to be made in Baseball, Baseball is a highly strategic game, with important decisions being made both on and off the field. Decision Quality framework can both improve on-field decision making and deepen our understanding of the strategies employed during a game.
The Management
Each team has a large and complex management structure, as the running of a Major League ball club (and its minor league teams) is a huge task. The management can generally be divided into "The Front Office" (the "suits") and "The Coaching Staff" (who look after the players day-to-day, and during the game).
The Coaching Staff
The Coaching Staff are the most visible of the team's management, and are the people you see making the decisions during the game, on the field of play.
The "Manager" has overall responsibility for running the team, and generally will be seen sitting on the team bench. It's the manager who decides which players will play each day, when to rest players, when to make a substitution (whether a pitcher, a pinch hitter or a pinch runner), and when to come out and argue with an umpire (fairly common, particularly for some managers). It's the manager you'll see walk to the mound to remove a pitcher.
The manager will be assisted by a number of other coaches. The "First base coach" reminds any runner at first base of his