Dusty Baker Fired

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My only guestion is what took so long.

jmaciu

Crusty is finally gone!!

calaban7

Agreed . I never cared for him as a manager . Over the years , those that have made the types of comments that Dusty has made , have not fared well . Its all based on the social acceptance of social hypocrisy . I'm one of those guys that believe that rules , not results , should be applied equally .


As a player I loved him . He brought a lot to the team .--- Sonny

Hoosierguy

Dancing in the streets of Cincinnati.Now we can start working on Marvin Lewis.

Dboneesq

I don't really follow the Reds and had no idea the fans didn't like him. What was the part of his managing didn't you guys like? (Let's keep it short and sweet ... LOL)

cincyredlegs

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Listen, Dusty is a decent manager that can build a team and get them to the playoffs. That is it. He cannot take them any further (except for the 1 year in SF). He has proven this with every team. He never knew how to manage a team in the playoffs................same could be said for Bobby Cox. The final nail for me was last year when we had a 2-0 lead on SF and got swept at home. I would have NEVER given him an extension after that.

Now the question is who do we go after. Brian Price has to be at the top of the list. I wonder though if we will go after Ryne Sandberg?????????

Mark

MiniDuff

Dusty has left quite a trail of ruined arms in his path over the years as well.

Raulsmaster

I'm a Giants fan and completely understand the Reds fans relief. He did it to us for years!

Carew29

Hey..how about Pete Rose?? Anybody??

Guru

<< <i>Hey..how about Pete Rose?? Anybody?? >>



What if they brought back the whole player/manager role? Or is that even legal now?

BPorter26

That's a shame!

LarkinCollector

<< <i>Hey..how about Pete Rose?? Anybody?? >>


Selig can't leave soon enough, I'd love to see it. Perhaps Larkin could bring back a 1990 spark?

WeekendHacker

<< <i> I wonder though if we will go after Ryne Sandberg?????????

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He has been picked by the Phillies already. Any chance Larkin would be interested?

cincyredlegs

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<< <i> I wonder though if we will go after Ryne Sandberg?????????

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He has been picked by the Phillies already. Any chance Larkin would be interested? >>




I thought he was only an interim. I hadn't heard they hired him full time. If I had to guess I would say it will be Brian Price.

And yes, I would LOVE to see Peter Edward Rose as our manager again....................but it will never happen.

Mark

Griffins

<< <i>Dusty has left quite a trail of ruined arms in his path over the years as well. >>



I"m sure he learned that from Lasorda

jmaciu

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<< <i>Dusty has left quite a trail of ruined arms in his path over the years as well. >>



Let's see, Mark Prior, Kerry Wood, Aaron Harrang, and he was working on Mat Latos. Cueto's is because of that Tiant-like wind-up.

jmaciu

Let's not forget Dusty making Votto slide on a sliding mat before returning from his knee injury last year, causing him to reinjure it.

Dodgerfanjohn

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<< <i>Dusty has left quite a trail of ruined arms in his path over the years as well. >>



I"m sure he learned that from Lasorda >>



Its mostly Walter Alston's fault.

I read about a game where Koufax didn't have his best stuff, but the Dodgers scored a ton of runs and were up something like 15-3 going into the 9th and Alston sent out Koufax for the 9th where he wound up with north of 170 pitches.

Lasorda just followed his mentor.

Dusty was one of my favorite players growing up. He had a rep as being lacksidasical in Atlanta, but on the Dodgers he was pure hustle.

However, his handling of pitching staffs, substitutions, etc leaves a lot to be desired. He has some good Reds teams, but the Cardinals are just managed so much better. And so it highlights how much of a genius La Russa is, and how deficient Baker is.

Griffins

I wasn't a fan of Alstons (I remember listening to Talkradio after the games in 72, '73, where every caller wanted Alston to step down) but starters finishing their games was pretty common in the '60's and pitch counts were irrelevant to the game. Look at the number of complete games thrown by Gibson, Drysdale, Marichal, Koufax, etc back then.
I think Lasorda just hated pitchers- he didn't handle pitching staffs well as evidenced by all the crippling injuries during his tenure.

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