Junior Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Pete Mackanin will be the interim manager. More to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonDigital Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Was he really the cause for the problems the Reds were having this year? Seriously, I don't get to watch many Reds games so I have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 Was he really the cause for the problems the Reds were having this year? Seriously, I don't get to watch many Reds games so I have no idea. He was a big part of the problem. He abused his pitchers, and his bullpen pitchers. He didn't know how to make out a lineup card. He played favorites. Was he the entire problem? No, but he was a prt of it. This should have been done about a month ago. Krivsky waited longer then many would have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CYmarlins Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 since u put it that way, then its a good move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSwift25 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 All I know is that his handling of Arroyo bordered on criminal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 All I know is that his handling of Arroyo bordered on criminal. Yep, and it wasn't just Arroyo. Apparently he lost the team when he benched Edwin Encarnacion for running out a pop out, even though he thought he fouled the ball back and had no idea where it was. Josh Hamilton did something similar about a week later, and he didn't do anything about it.  He also pinch hit Juan Castro for Josh Hamilton about 2 week ago in the 9th. Yes, Juan Castro for Josh Hamilton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonDigital Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Those are some pretty questionable moves. I had heard about that EE ordeal but had no idea about the Josh Hamilton thing. Reds needed some kind of shakeup. Maybe this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 Those are some pretty questionable moves. I had heard about that EE ordeal but had no idea about the Josh Hamilton thing. Reds needed some kind of shakeup. Maybe this helps. I certainly hope so. It has been terrible to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 Also, I wouldn't surprise to see the Reds deal some guys in the next couple weeks. This seems like the beginning of something bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarlinFan10 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 The Reds are a franchise that pretty much needs to press the reset button. This was a step in the right direction, but only the first of many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 Fron the Reds: CINCINNATI - At a press conference at noon Monday at Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati Reds president and chief executive officer Bob Castellini and executive vice president and general manager Wayne Krivsky will announce Pete Mackanin as interim field manager for the remainder of the 2007 season.   Mackanin, 55, will replace Jerry Narron, whose Reds teams went 31-51 (.378) this season and 157-179 (.467) overall.   The club will have no comment until tomorrow's press conference in the field level interview room.   Mackanin (pronounced mah-CAN-in) will be introduced Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. in the field level interview room as the 59th manager in Reds history, the 49th since 1900.   He previously was in the organization from 1990-92, when he managed Class AAA Nashville in the American Association, and he rejoined the Reds in February 2006 as the Major League club's advance scout.   It will be Mackanin's second stint as an interim manager in the Major Leagues. In 2005 he managed the final 26 games for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who went 55-81 under Lloyd McClendon. He spent 7 seasons on the Major League coaching staffs of the Montreal Expos (third base coach, 1997-2000) and Pirates (bench coach, 2003-05) and has 21 seasons of managerial experience in the minor leagues and winter leagues. Mackanin managed in the minors for 13 years and produced 917 victories and league championships in 1995 (Ottawa, International League) and 2002 (Lynchburg, Carolina league). For 8 seasons he skippered winter ball clubs in Venezuela, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. In 1988, he led Aguilas del Zulia to Venezuelan League and Caribbean Series championships. An infielder, Mackanin was selected by the Washington Senators in the fourth round of the June 1969 free-agent draft. In 9 Major League seasons he appeared in 548 games for the Texas Rangers, Expos, Philadelphia Phillies and Minnesota Twins. He will wear uniform number 46. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSwift25 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 I'd like to see the Reds and Marlins come to some sort of agreement on Conine. It just would be the right thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 Conine is going to retire after year. I have to think we're going to do everything we can to get rid of Hatteberg and Conine (especially Hatteberg) to get Votto up here and playing everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSwift25 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Conine is going to retire after year, that I know. I have to think we're going to do everything we can to get rid of Hatteberg and Conine (especially Hatteberg) to get Votto up here and playing everyday. Yeah, that's why I'm saying it would be the right thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 Conine is going to retire after year, that I know. I have to think we're going to do everything we can to get rid of Hatteberg and Conine (especially Hatteberg) to get Votto up here and playing everyday. Yeah, that's why I'm saying it would be the right thing to do. No offense to the Marlins, but don't you think Conine would want to go to more of a legit World Series hopeful? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 Has Conine gone on the record saying he will retire? I haven't heard anything. When we played LAA, their announcer said he talked to Conine and he said he would retire. That's hardly official tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerhead Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Has Conine gone on the record saying he will retire? I haven't heard anything. When we played LAA, their announcer said he talked to Conine and he said he would retire. That's hardly official tho. Before I read the last line, I was about to say... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardsJimEdmonds15 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Not surprised.. was hearing the rumblings on the Cards broadcast today that he may be fired tomorrow.. guess they didnt wait? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 His numbers are quite decent for a bench player. I would love to have him on the Marlins for the remainder of this year and next. I am not quite sure where his family is situated right now (it could still be Baltimore for I know), but playing 2008 shouldn't be too much of a burden for him if spent home in South Florida. He's been actually better then I expected. The Hatteberg/Conine platoon has actually been pretty decent. Oh btw. Jerry Narron walked Daryl Ward earlier in the year to load the bases for Alfonso Soriano with the bases loaded and 2 outs. Soriano promptly got a go ahead RBI single. I was at the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 Somewhere, Edwin and Arroyo are partying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_yl...v=st&type=lgns A source told PA SportsTicker that Joe Girardi, the 2006 National League Manager of the Year with the Florida Marlins, twice interviewed for the Reds job this past week but turned the position down because he would have had to retain some of the current coaching staff.  Girardi also turned down the Baltimore job after Perlozzo was fired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Will Votto be the Reds first Canadian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Festa Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Now Krivsky needs to be fired. And for the record, I want Conine back in the teal and black. His last PA should be in September of this year at Dolphin Stadium, and all 3k of us in the stands should give him a 20 minute standing ovation. The more I hear him, or hear about him and the stuff he does on a personal level the more I come to he conclusion there will never be another Marlin with the class of Niner. I LOVE YOU JEFF!!! *breaks down* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbob1313 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Well, he's arguably the worst manager in the bigs, so it's a step in the right direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishHarrington Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 reds need to start over this is the first step Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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