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Indians fire manager Eric Wedge

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BrownsFan9

Posted: Sep 30 2009, 10:04 AM

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CLEVELAND (AP)�The Cleveland Indians have fired manager Eric Wedge in the final days of a disastrous season.

Wedge guided the Indians to one playoff appearance in seven seasons, and this year the club fell out of contention early and is currently one game out of last place in the AL Central.

The Indians have scheduled a Wednesday afternoon news conference at Progressive Field to announce Wedge�s dismissal.

Wedge will finish out the season as manager. Cleveland�s coaching staff has also been informed it will not be retained, but some of the staff could be re-hired by the Indians� next manager.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-i...ov=ap&type=lgns

Well its about time, we're one of the worst teams in the league.

This post has been edited by BrownsFan9 on Sep 30 2009, 10:08 AM

VTHokie	Posted: Oct 25 2009, 02:19 PM
STICK IT IN! Group: Admin Posts: 13,878 Member No.: 2 Joined: 25-January 06	HA HA HA! This has disaster written all over it as the Indians have hired Manny Acta as their new manager. So they fire a guy who had some success to hire the fourth worst manager of all time when you look at winning percentages. Can anyone justify this hire? Sure, the Nationals don't have much talent, but it's amazing how much they turned around when Riggleman took over. They still weren't great, but they weren't horrendous either.

BrownsFan9	Posted: Oct 26 2009, 09:20 PM
MVP Group: Members Posts: 5,304 Member No.: 340 Joined: 4-May 06	Yea, I'm sure a lot of other people, me being one of them, sees this as a bad idea... hiring a guy who on paper had poor success in the big leagues. 158-252 as a manager in his career, and we jump at the snap to get him after he gets an offer from the Astros. Not to mention he spent 8 yrs coaching in the minors. I think I rather have kept Wedge. We all know had a bad season, but who wouldn't have giving up the talent we had, especially in the last 2 seasons losing C.C and Cliff Lee to trades. Wedge was 561-573 as a manger, which isn't bad, its respectable. I wish Acta the best of luck though, I just don't think he was the right choice given the circumstances. This post has been edited by BrownsFan9 on Oct 26 2009, 09:21 PM

VTHokie	Posted: May 24 2012, 03:14 PM
STICK IT IN! Group: Admin Posts: 13,878 Member No.: 2 Joined: 25-January 06	Gotta admit to being wrong here. Acta is doing a very good job in Cleveland... and while the division is a pillow fight, they lead the AL Central by a few games... and they have a better than expected season in 2011 as well. Maybe he learned from his mistakes in Washington.

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