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Reds fire Narron, and Hargrove fires himself
Posted by Fired Fred on July 2, 2007 5:01 PM
Major league baseball teams are in form when it comes to making changes on the bench. The Reds tossed Jerry Narron from the last place dugout Sunday night.
That's got to be more like a mercy firing. It's almost July 4th and the Reds' season is pretty much over this year...
Reds General Manager Wayne Krivsky today praised Jerry Narron but said he and CEO Bob Castellini decided to fire him because the last-place team needed a "different voice … a different approach.''"Permanent manager" is an oxymoron in sports, kind of like "jumbo shrimp" or "pleasant airline travel." Everyone's hired to be fired in pro ball.
Krivsky said advance scout Pete Mackanin, 55, will be interim manager of a team with the worst record in baseball. A search will begin for a permanent manager.
Mike Hargrove fired himself on Sunday night, but not from a dog-like cellar dweller. His Mariners have been playing well. They're playoff contenders on a winning streak. Whoever gets the Seattle job will be managing to beat Detroit for a wild card spot...
Hargrove left saying his "passion has begun to fade" after 37 years in baseball, even though Seattle is on its best tear in four years. He became the first big league manager since at least 1900 to depart while on a winning streak of more than seven games, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.He picked a weird time to bail out to be with his family. I'd think they would understand if he wanted to stick around for three more months. Imagine if the Mariners somehow win the World Series. Wow, Thanksgiving in the Hargrove household is really going to suck if that happens.