August 4, 200521 yr Orioles fire Mazzilli Manager dismissed after team loses 16 of last 18; Perlozzo takes over on interim basis By Roch Kubatko Sun Staff Originally published August 4, 2005, 1:55 PM EDT ANAHEIM, Calif. -- With the Orioles having lost 16 of their last 18 games, manager Lee Mazzilli was fired Thursday morning and replaced on an interim basis by bench coach Sam Perlozzo. Mazzilli was hired before the 2004 season to replace Mike Hargrove. He went 129-139 in his first stint as a major league manager, including 51-55 this year. The Orioles are 4-16 since the All-Star break and have fallen 10 1/2 games behind the Boston Red Sox in the AL East. They spent 62 straight days in first place, but currently are in fourth. They're closer to last place than first. This is the first time majority owner Peter Angelos has fired a manager during the season. Perlozzo, 54, has never has managed in the majors, but he was runner-up to Mazzilli during the most recent search. He is in his 10th season with the Orioles, after spending his first five seasons as third base coach before moving into the role of bench coach in 2001. Copyright ? 2005, The Baltimore Sun | Get Sun home delivery
August 4, 200521 yr Too bad. The O's have really fallen off the cliff. Are they looking at a repeat of their 2002 (i think it was) season?
August 4, 200521 yr I would have fired Angelos 888759[/snapback] :thumbup That is the real problem with the O's
August 4, 200521 yr Wow, the manager that didn't deserve to get fired got fired, and the manager who deserves to get fired (McClendon) lives to see another day. Why do the Butt-Pirates remind me of the pre-Jack Marlins?
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