When I said "I've been watching for decades" it was to make fun of other posters for basically saying that their decades of fandom have given them the experience to be qualified to be a MLB manager (this is a recent reference). Same can be said for my remarks about my extensive coaching (maybe a not so recent reference). There have been a few posters in the past who have lauded their "scouting experience" when all it really was was watching high school baseball. To me, that's not "experience".