Non-playoff baseball news: Leo Mazzone fired

Don't forget about Jay Gibbons.

 

Well, the Orioles would have sucked with or without Mazzone (and this comes from a lifelong O's fan). But this, like always, is about the new manager wanting his own guy in there. No one blamed Mazzone for the mess, but certainly the pitching didn't improve the two years he was there. Perhaps Terry Crowley (hitting coach) should be next (cue the Earl Weaver outtake).

 

Was Guthrie really on the brink of anything before Mazzone got there?

 

Some folks in Seattle are saying that Mel Stottlemyre is a slam dunk for the M's pitching coach job if he wants it. Others say, nope, Jim Colburn. I say, welcome to the guessing game, Leo.

If I had to bet: Stottlemyre.

 

Maybe Todd Stottlemyre can be the fifth starter, too.

 

What's Toddy Ballgame doing these days, running the baseball camp in Yakima?

 

The man who failed twice to help propel the Padres into the playoffs in the final weekend (and a day) had elbow surgery this past week.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/weblog/2007/10/hoffman_has_elbow_surgery.html

 

I wonder what Dave Duncan's status is since Jocketty is out and La Russa's on the bubble.