▁advoc ate ▁of ▁" small ▁ball ", ▁the ▁emphas is ▁on ▁off ensive ▁fund ament als ▁such ▁as ▁b un ting , ▁sacrifice ▁plays , ▁and ▁other ▁ways ▁of ▁adv ancing ▁run ners , ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁trying ▁to ▁score ▁runs ▁primarily ▁through ▁sl ug ging . ▁His ▁teams ▁generally ▁played ▁in ▁ball par ks ▁that ▁were ▁not ▁friendly ▁to ▁home ▁run ▁hit ters , ▁which ▁increased ▁the ▁effect iveness ▁of ▁this ▁approach . ▁While ▁his ▁teams ▁occasionally ▁featured ▁power ▁hit ters ▁such ▁as ▁Dick ▁Allen , ▁R ust y ▁Sta ub , ▁and ▁Reg gie ▁Jackson , ▁they ▁dep ended ▁just ▁as ▁heavily ▁on ▁hit ters ▁ade pt ▁at ▁getting ▁on ▁base ▁through ▁contact ▁hitting ▁and ▁p atience ▁at ▁the ▁plate , ▁such ▁as ▁Rod ▁Care w ▁and ▁Brian ▁Down ing , ▁and ▁on ▁strong ▁def ensive ▁play ▁by ▁such ▁stars ▁as ▁Bobby ▁Gr ich , ▁Bob ▁Bo one , ▁and ▁Doug ▁De C in ces . ▁ ▁Ren owned ▁as ▁an ▁excellent ▁manager ▁of ▁his ▁ben ch , ▁M auch ▁also ▁had ▁a ▁reputation ▁for ▁prov oking ▁oppos ing ▁teams ▁with ▁ta un ting ▁and ▁of ▁having ▁a ▁strong ▁temper ament ▁that ▁str essed ▁himself ▁and ▁his ▁teams ▁excess ively ▁in ▁the ▁belief ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁win ▁by ▁she er ▁will . ▁M auch ▁had ▁frequent ▁fier y ▁ex changes ▁with ▁u mp ires . ▁ ▁M auch ▁was ▁not ▁sh y ▁when ▁arg uing ▁with ▁an ▁u mp iring ▁play . ▁He ▁used ▁his ▁bomb astic ▁person ality ▁to ▁help