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04/19/24
04/19/24
June 04, 2010
Baltimore Orioles fire Dave Trembley : Dave Trembley, who was asked to the lead the Orioles through the early stages of a massive rebuilding project, has been fired less than 2 months into his 3rd full season as the team's manager. Orioles president Andy MacPhail announced today, with the team saddled with a major league-worst 15-39 record, the worst start since the 1988 team began 0-21. Third base coach Juan Samuel will take over on an interim basis, MacPhail is expected to begin the search for Trembley's long-term successor immediately after the 2010 season. Samuel is the club's 9th managers since Peter Angelos became the principal owner of the Orioles in August 1993.
posted by tommytrump to baseball at 02:05 PM - 1 comment
I always liked the fact that when Trembley first took over he had the team taking infield practice. It was something that with a young team seemed like a good idea and helped to reinforce the basics of the game. He very rarely seemed like he was out managed by the other manager, he just didn't have the tools to work with that the others in the AL East had and I think that since of inevitability wore on the players and contributed to their poor performance.
I also think the feeling of inevitability was obvious in the actions of some of the players. Towards the end of Miguel Tejada's first tenure with the team, his effort seemed less as he wasn't smiling and enjoying the game. I remember watching a game at Fenway and watching Aubrey Huff make a lame attempt at a ball at first base and thinking that he just wasn't in the game and it was still early in the season. I think like the players may have felt that it wouldn't matter and therefore didn't give their best efforts sometimes and that is what eventually cost Trembley.