Dave Roberts, Aaron Boone, and Buck Showalter: if any of you want to retire, you can be on my team.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 19:59 (one year ago) link
And Dusty Baker x 10!
Billy Martin LOL
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 20:04 (one year ago) link
His .588 winning percentage (40-28) definitely the best I've encountered so far--2.5 games behind the Tigers and he got fired. What kind of erratic, hair-trigger GM would ever do such a thing?
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 23:07 (one year ago) link
Grady Little and Dusty Baker were fired after 95 and 97 win seasons respectively.
Little came back to manage the Dodgers for another two years though. He had a lifetime .552 winning percentage and never had a losing season. The problem: he's Grady Little.
I don't think anyone expected Dusty to come back after getting fired in Washington, but he did and good for him.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 5 January 2023 08:38 (one year ago) link