Dusty Rumors Begin
By
Amanda
Posted at 9:53 pm
As if special-delivering a birthday present for me personally, the Chicago Tribune today reports on rumors of the Reds looking to significantly upgrade their coaching staff:
Dusty Baker may not be as safe in Cincinnati as the Reds’ strong finish would suggest. Owner Bob Castellini reportedly has his eye on the Cardinals tandem of manager Tony La Russa and pitching coach Dave Duncan.
Well, it’s no secret that many teams would have their eye on this pair, should they become available, and of course Castellini has always had the love for the St. Louis organization. George Grande might pull a Brett Favre if this were to go through.
And I make the birthday present comment because today does actually happen to be my birthday, not because firing the heckuva-guy-but-terrible-manager whose hiring drove me away from the team for a solid season is actually a gift. In fact, it’s more like stopping a wet willy.
It’s telling that the removal of Baker would get my hopes up for next season more than any other move the Reds could make. As long as he is there, they will not win.
I don’t think that the Cardinals are going to let LaRussa go. He is a great manager. Anyways your poll question is messed up. The Angels are going to the series. The Angels always beat the Yankees. This is a given. They will play the dodgers. It’ll be heaven for us out west, but I’m sure many of the fans in the east, specially the north east wont be watching.
happy belated birthday
if dusty gets fired do you think the bengals will get rid of their general manager, and then hell freezes over, thus debunking global warming?