Cleveland Indians fire Manager Eric Wedge
He will be allowed to finish out the 2009 season. From ESPN-
The Cleveland Indians fired manager Eric Wedge in the final days of a terrible 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, who are 64-92, have scheduled a Wednesday afternoon news conference at Progressive Field to announce Wedge’s dismissal.
Cleveland recently lost 11 straight games and has dropped 20 of its last 25 games.
Wedge, who had one year left on his contract, will finish out the season as manager, including Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox. Cleveland pitching coach Carl Willis, hitting coach Derek Shelton, bench coach Jeff Datz, first-base coach Luis Rivera, third-base coach Joel Skinner and bullpen coach Chuck Hernandez were also told they will not be retained, but some could be rehired by the Indians’ next manager.
The Indians are expected to begin interviews for a new manager in the weeks ahead. Among the names that figure to be mentioned are Boston pitching coach John Farrell, former Indians manager Mike Hargrove, former Arizona manager Buck Showalter and Torey Lovullo, who managed the Indians’ Triple-A Columbus franchise.
Cleveland has a long history of hiring within the organization. The last time the Indians went outside was in 1990, when they hired John McNamara.
I swear McNamara either was an Indian coach or worked for the organization at the time of his hiring. As for Wedge, the firing isn’t surprising. The Indians were one of baseball’s biggest disappointments this year.
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That’s really too bad.I can’t see how it’s really his fault but I guess someone has to take the blame