Orioles fire Buck Showalter & Dan Duquette

[MMC]

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[tony d]

No surprise to see this. With the season they just had I expect a few changes for the Orioles this winter.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Shame to see

Buck brought credibility back to organization after almost 15 years of franchise being joke

I put blame for a lot of the last 2 years on ownership and upper management not Buck

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

 

[Terry Yake]

yeah he deserved better

buck was just the scapegoat for some really dumb moves by the FO that got them where they're at now

 

[Filthy Dangles]

i dont think anyone is blaming Buck for the season. It's time to move on and go in a new direction from top to bottom.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Another candidate for Toronto, although I think Shapiro may aim for someone a little greener.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Hope 'Orioleway' enjoys the 5 year rebuild.

 

[ecemleafs]

Orioles haven't had a very good pitcher since mussina left after the 2000 season. Terrible scouting and development at that position.

 

[Dr Pepper]

I had high hopes for Eric Bedard, being from Canada and all, but that didn't last very long.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Orioles haven't had a very good pitcher since mussina left after the 2000 season. Terrible scouting and development at that position.

Tillman was very good before injuries derailed his career

 

[BigMac1212]

Birdland seems to be in a funk. Then again, with the season the Yanks and Sox had, they probably were going to had a rough time.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Tillman was very good before injuries derailed his career

Jake Arrieta?

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Jake Arrieta?

He was hot trash in Baltimore

 

[DougieSmash]

Orioles haven't had a very good pitcher since mussina left after the 2000 season. Terrible scouting and development at that position.

Yup.

Bundy has nasty stuff, i don't know why he's not good at all in last few months. Gausman was pretty meh. We need change because i want different from DL Hall, Grayson Rodriguez and Hunter Harvey.

 

[Voight]

Blue Jays were so close to hiring Duquette 2 years ago before Scrooge McAngelos wanted too much in return.

Instead they got stuck with Shapiro :|

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Blue Jays were so close to hiring Duquette 2 years ago before Scrooge McAngelos wanted too much in return.

Instead they got stuck with Shapiro :|

I don’t think missing out on Duquette is anything to be overly upset about.

 

[Don Cherry]

Birdland seems to be in a funk. Then again, with the season the Yanks and Sox had, they probably were going to had a rough time.

It's a tough division to be in with those two. I swear there were more Red Sox fans at their games than O's watching on TV as a New Englander. I actually feel kind of bad to see that.

 

[John Price]

Former Orioles manager Buck Showalter returns to Baltimore for KidsPeace charity event at Camden Yards

 

[Poster man]

Rumor (ex Red Soxs & Jays) John Farrell is in the running?!

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Dan Duquette era started off so promising too.

 

[Voight]

So the Blue Jays wanted Duquette before they chose Shapiro but Scrooge McAngelos' was way too greedy and wanted too much in return.

Thus, they were left with Shatkins

 

[N o o d l e s]

They’ve already struck out big time on the international market, which won’t help things. I think their farm system is maybe a little bit better overall than they get credit for, but they’re going to need more than that.

 

[DougieSmash]

Ned Rice, Tyrone Brooks and Mike Elias are the favourites to land the GM position. Don't know any of them rolf.