But to cast Flacco as a risk-averse game manager wouldn't do his Sunday performance justice.
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Before Sunday's game, manager Joe Girardi informed Garcia he was being dumped to the bullpen and replaced by rookie David Phelps in the rotation.
He added that there had been no disruptions in the run-up to England's final game before manager Fabio Capello's provisional World Cup squad is announced, despite the unusual circumstances surrounding preparations.
Ian Blanchard, the Senior National Game Referee Manager, says that even one assault a season is too many and they have a comprehensive support system in place for any referee who has been attacked.
Rick Ankiel and the Astros made an impressive debut in the AL, trouncing the Texas Rangers 8-2 Sunday night in the major league opener and giving Bo Porter a win in his first game as manager.
Last month, Forbes interviewed Gareth Davis, a game platform manager for Facebook, who talked about the idea of connected social games that ran on multiple devices, but in different ways where the gameplay was tailored to each.
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During a baseball game, the manager focuses primarily on strategy and managing the flow of the game.
Powell, the former England left-back, was named as manager of Charlton in January, after a spell as coach and, for one game, caretaker manager at Leicester.
Before the game, general manager Lou Lamoriello said "it won't be long" before Kovalchuk resumes skating.
The videogame business is a lot like the record business, according to Ed Fries, Microsoft's game division general manager.
Before the game, general manager Paul Holmgren said Hartnell could be sidelined up to two months, and the team was "looking around" for scoring help.
But it was when he returned to the game as a manager, working at East Stirlingshire, St Mirren and then Aberdeen that people really began to take notice.
The match at Old Trafford will be the last home game for United manager Sir Alex Ferguson before he retires at the end of the season after 26 years.
After the game, Mets manager Terry Collins said he was going to return to putting sluggers Ike Davis back in the cleanup spot and have Lucas Duda back in the lineup regularly.
It will be Tony Mowbray's first game as Celtic manager and assistant Mark Venus said they were relishing the opportunity to have a proper look at the squad they inherited from Gordon Strachan.
Yet although his team conceded early in the game the Magpies manager can have few complaints with the tenacity with which the Magpies started the match, nor the vociferous support from the home crowd.
Just as people have traditionally thought along with the manager during a game, now they think along with the general manager, worrying over payroll flexibility and efficiency.
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"We're getting closer (to the title) because another game passes by" manager Andy Hessenthaler told BBC Radio Kent.
"You can see the polish to his game, " Boston manager John Farrell said.
Before the game, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said he didn't know whether Jeter will be available to play in the opener on April 1.
The employee ends up playing a game, telling the manager what he wants to hear and not using the plan to facilitate real, desired professional growth.
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"Woody pitched another great game, " Cubs manager Dale Sveum said.
As well as their Gills history, Hessenthaler and Southall are also business partners away from the game, but the manager insists his new signing will not get any preferential treatment.
The Tamworth-born midfielder made his first team debut in a Uefa Cup tie against CSKA Moscow in February 2009, a game that saw then manager Martin O'Neill controversially leave the majority of his senior players at home.
Driving rain and a swirling wind had ensured that this was no example of the beautiful game, but Rangers manager Walter Smith will like the look of the way they managed to grind out the three points needed to maintain their challenge at the top of the Scottish Premier League.
They mustered only six hits in Joe Girardi's 1, 000th game as a big league manager.
They mustered only six hits in Girardi's 1, 000th game as a big league manager.
"Anders is one of the brightest young keepers in the game, " said United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
"It's frustrating to lose a doubleheader one day and lose two players the next, but that's part of the game, " Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said.
Trion Worlds recently hired Dave Luehmann, who previously was general manager of Microsoft Game Studios working on the Xbox, as its vice president for 3rd party development.
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