Girardi fired

[thedddd]

Phillies Fire Manager Joe Girardi

The Phillies have fired manager Joe Girardi in the wake of their recent free-fall in the NL East standings. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.

www.mlbtraderumors.com

 

[ill]

about time

 

[Pure Steel]

Now they can start winning......

 

[TrevorClark98]

Surprised it took this long. They still won't catch the Mets, though.

 

[ill]

Surprised it took this long. They still won't catch the Mets, though.

Mets are running away with the East...best Phils can hope for is a Wild Card spot

 

[redseat]

Not his fault they can't field, pitch, hit....

 

[Cedrique]

Not his fault they can't field, pitch, hit....

you could say that about any manager. But they have a +1 run differential and they are 7 games below .500 so he definitely ain't helping.

 

[redseat]

you could say that about any manager. But they have a +1 run differential and they are 7 games below .500 so he definitely ain't helping.

He can't make them any better

 

[VikingFan2k2]

I'm no Girardi fan, but how can he, or any manager, win with that bullpen?

 

[Cedrique]

He can't make them any better

I'm hip. That's why he got fired

 

[Cedrique]

I'm no Girardi fan, but how can he, or any manager, win with that bullpen?

The bullpen is a crapshoot every year. A couple of those guys have had good seasons in the past. Familia looks like he's past his prime but Knebel and Hand have fairly good track records. Part of it might be the stress those relievers have put on them because of the bad defense. They literally have 5 or 6 guys in the lineup every day that should be DH.

 

[VikingFan2k2]

The bullpen is a crapshoot every year. A couple of those guys have had good seasons in the past. Familia looks like he's past his prime but Knebel and Hand have fairly good track records. Part of it might be the stress those relievers have put on them because of the bad defense. They literally have 5 or 6 guys in the lineup every day that should be DH.

Didn't know that, ouch.

 

[Think McFly Think]

Doubt he’ll get another manager position, he might be a good assistant or third/first base coach or something like that.

 

[VikingFan2k2]

Doubt he’ll get another manager position, he might be a good assistant or third/first base coach or something like that.

Yeah, with the new age, new school, numbers only thinking, He'll be considered a dinosaur by today's standards.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

He was doing a great job

 

[catman]

Doubt he’ll get another manager position, he might be a good assistant or third/first base coach or something like that.

MLB Network will be happy to bring him in.

 

[Think McFly Think]

MLB Network will be happy to bring him in.

Yeah, he wouldn’t be a bad analyst probably, I was just thinking he might not be done with the game itself yet, but who knows.

 

[Cedrique]

So I guess it's finally clear. Apparently Joe had been drugging the players.