Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 05, 2007
Cleaning House

The Pittsburgh Pirates cleaned house today, firing Jim Tracy and three others:

The Pirates today fired manager Jim Tracy after two losing seasons, as well as director of baseball operations Jon Mercurio, director of player development Brian Graham and scouting director Ed Creech.

Tracy, 51, went 135-189, including 68-94 in the season that ended Sunday, since former general manager Dave Littlefield hired him Oct. 11, 2005. Littlefield was fired earlier in the month, and the decision regarding the manager was left up to his replacement, Neal Huntington. Team president Frank Coonelly also was heavily involved in the process.

While you always feel sorry for people who lose their jobs, this looks like the right thing to do. Whatever the Pirates were doing for the last fifteen years didn't work, and a fresh approach seems like the right move. There's a great opportunity here for bright baseball executives. And Davey Johnson is available to manage!


Posted by David Pinto at 03:36 PM | Management | TrackBack (0)
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