Early this morning my wishes were finally granted. Omar grew a spine and fired Witless Willie, Tom Nieto the 1st base coach, and Rick Peterson. Will this make a difference this year and wake this team up? Who knows, but the job wasn't getting done and something had to change.
Since last summer I've been calling for Witless Willie's head and Omar finally came to the realization that A change needed to be done. This team wasn't playing to it's potential, and Willie wasn't using all the weapon's at his disposal. Willie didn't manage with agressive style of baseball, he and Peterson worried too much about pitch counts, the fielding and baserunning was horrid this year, and there was no improvement seen. Jose' Reyes and others had tuned out Willie since last year, and Jose's problems with Willie were on full display on the field, on the bases, and at the plate. Manual may not be a fire breathing Pinella type of manager, but I bet he's more aggressive with the game, and the Umps. Oberkfell will be groomed for the manager's job if Manuel fails, and Warthen will try to repair the bull-pen before to melts down again.
Things couldn't get any worse than they were going, and now maybe things will get better. I doubt Manuel will just go thru the motions and except this season as lost. Maybe he can refocus this team and get them playing respectable baseball.
What do you all think about the firing? Will things improve? Or is this season already lost?
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