Loading ...Daedalus says Jerry Narron didn’t even try to win today’s game. The evidence seems to support that theory.
This team has transformed from a fairly interesting group of scrappers to an unwatchable disaster, in record time. I don’t care that we’re out of the race (well, I do care about that, of course), but they could at least bust their tails to try to get to .500.
That was one ridiculous line-up. I hope Bob Castellini is paying attention because on October 2 I want to hear that Jerry Narron has been fired!
Interesting reading all the Dunn bashing on the blogs and listening to the criticism from ESPN broadcasters during Wednesday’s game. ESPN also went to lengths to point out how valuable Griffey was to the line-up and how much his numbers were missed. Decided to do some checking. Averages over the last 5 years (to date):
Griffey:
Games – 88.2
Avg. – .263
Runs – 49.2
HR – 20.4
RBI – 54
BB – 38.4
OBP – .352
Dunn:
Games – 149
Avg. – .243
Runs – 92.4
HR – 35.8
RBI – 84.4
BB – 106.2
OBP – .380
Granted there is the strike out issue and the fielding problems..but considering the 10 year age difference and the salary paid out to the two over the same 5 year period, Dunn has been of much more value offensively and financially. Whatever they have to pay him over the next year or so will still be a comparative bargain to what they’ve paid for Griffey’s contibutions (at less than market value at that).
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Willie
I agree with you 100%. Way to hit the nail on the head.
Jim, do you really believe that they’ll fire him, after extending him midway through the season?
unfortunately, i don’t think narron will be fired. he has too many supporters who say this team got where it did because of him, including the radio guys and talking heads.
mcalister went so far last weekend to say that if Narron is not fired that ticket sales will hurt. I think that’s a little far. I think the offseason composition of the roster will have a LOT more affect on ticket sales than who the manager is.
Isn’t Narron the 2nd manager in recent history to get a premature extension? I think Narron managed differently after the extension than he did beforehand.
I think the recent pathetic performance makes Narron’s firing a possibility. A manager’s contract isn’t big money and Narron’s money is even less than that.
Those “he got us where we are,” and “did you expect us to do this well” arguments have gone the way of the dodo. They need to go 7-3 to reach .500, and I can’t remember the last time they won 7 of 10.
Of course, Narron apologists will point to “all the injuries.”