According to the Baltimore Sun, Dave Trembley has been relieved from his duties as manager of the Baltimore Orioles as of this morning…
From the Baltimore Sun: Dave Trembley, who was asked to the lead the Orioles through the early stages of a massive rebuilding project, has been fired less than two months into his third full season as the team’s manager.
Orioles president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail met with Trembley Thursday. The team is saddled with a major league-worst 15-39 record and off to the worst start since the 1988 team began 0-21.
Juan Samuel will take over the club on an interim basis, while MacPhail is expected to begin the search for Trembley’s long-term successor immediately. The next manager will be the club’s ninth since Peter Angelos became the principal owner of the Orioles in August 1993.
Trembley’s replacement for now will be Juan Samuel, who has been tagged as the interim manager. Norfolk manager Gary Allenson will join the team as the third-base coach. At this point, Trembley can relax somewhat, relieve himself of the stress he faced in Baltimore and not have to face the media every night after loss after loss.
James, in an earlier post, expressed how some felt about Trembley. He got to fulfill a dream; however, the reality is that Trembley did not have the talent to win at all and may have been screwed from the beginning.
Big-time sports is a result-driven league and Trembley had far more wins than losses. The perception of the Orioles not moving forward (at least on the big league level) in his three-year tenure, the bad start and the mounting losses doomed him.
I don’t think Samuel will do much better, but I do wish him well. It’s not that a question of his aptitude, but again an issue of the talent on his squad.
This season is lost and has been for a while. It’s time for Andy MacPhail to tweak the rebuilding plain and perhaps take a deep long look at some the moves he made in the offseason (Garrett Atkins, ahem).
Now the team should look at the upcoming draft, trades, signings and using more rescources to make things better in Birdland, but it still will be a tough climb to the top of the American League East.
We as fans were warned it was potentially going to be painful and it’s sure turning out to be that way. Too bad Trembley had to pay the price.
