September 29, 2003
Grover Gone
Mike Hargrove's tenure with the Orioles is over:
The Orioles fired manager Mike Hargrove today in a morning meeting, ending his four-year run with the team.
Hargrove, 53, guided the team to a 275-372 record after winning five consecutive division titles and advancing to two World Series in his final five seasons managing the Cleveland Indians.
His contract, which paid him $1.25 million this season, will expire Nov. 1, and the club told him today that it doesn't plan to bring him back.
"They said they weren't going to offer me another contract," Hargrove told the Associated Press in a telephone interview. "I guess they wanted a different personality."
Four years? It doesn't seem like he's been there that long. But four years is more than enough time to show some improvement, and that's something the Orioles haven't done.
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