Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 01, 2006
Girardi Closer to Gone

ESPN is reporting:

Despite a season that far exceeded expectations, the Florida Marlins will move quickly this week to dismiss manager Joe Girardi and name a successor, a source familiar with the Marlins situation told ESPN Insider's Jerry Crasnick.

According to the source, the chances are "99 out of 100" that Girardi's replacement will be Braves third-base coach Fredi Gonzalez.

I really can't wait to hear Girardi's side of this story. It will be very interesting to see next year how Joe does with a new team vs. how Beinfest does with a new manager. My gut here is that the Marlins are making a mistake.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:34 PM | Management | TrackBack (0)
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no they aren't

they want someone who can LOSE

girardi made the terrible mistake of helping all those rooks look good and they won 20-30 games more than they were supposed to

loria wants a LOT more money and he wants a lot more from miami taxpayers and if that idiot joe can put together a successful team on 15 mill how is he gonna blackmail that new stadium out of miami and more money out of george?

cmon david

it's all about the benjamins

Posted by: lisa gray at October 2, 2006 12:44 AM

I'd say this secures Loria's spot in hell, but at this point, he's working on attaining a suite. Screw that guy. Something bad needs to happen to him and fast.

Posted by: Nick at October 2, 2006 01:30 AM

There is not a manager in the history of the game who could make a team "20-30 games" better on his own. The simple fact is that this team was more talented than everyone thought. That in itself speaks to Beinfest's ability, and if, as rumored, the real problem is between Girardi and Beinfest, then they're absolutely making the right decision.

If it came down to Girardi and a "replacement level GM" or Beinfest and a "replacement level manager" then there's no question about it. I'm not sure I could understand anyone saying otherwise. But since Loria owns the team, and everyone reduces things to "players vs management" all they see is "the team is good, Loria sucks, so I like Joe." It's a fundamental misreading of the situation.

Posted by: dan at October 2, 2006 02:13 AM

I think the success of the Marlins points to the most important part of the Moneyball strategy. Trading away your top players when their value is highest and getting top prospects in return. The Marlins played this out to perfection. Girardi is no doubt partly responsible for their success, as the team started out terribly, but I think blowing the team up in the off-season made a much bigger difference.

And Loria going to hell is a solace we can all take, what he did to the Expos is unforgivable.

Posted by: Daniel at October 2, 2006 08:05 AM

If Joe has learned anything we will not get his side of the story, not from him anyway. Figure he will use some Yankee proxies and related NY sportwriters to put his side and spin out. Remember who signs the checks. I'm on Giradi's side in this, but treated Loria with far greater distain than Torre(with ring filled hand) ever did Big Stein. Most rich guys don't like getting pissed on by the hired help. He's got to know that now.

Posted by: abe at October 2, 2006 08:43 AM

re: joe girardi

the phillies should fire manuel and hire joe girardi before the cubs grab him.

--art kyriazis, philly

Posted by: art kyriazis at October 2, 2006 04:05 PM
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