Predict Shelton's firing date thread

[Surgnbuck]

I can dream about Shelton being replaced, but in 1960 the Phillies lost their opening day game after which manager Eddie Sawyer resigned. He was quoted as saying, “I’m 49 years old, and I want to live to be 50.” He never managed again and lived to be 87 so apparently he knew what he was doing.

Maybe we can petition to all manage the Pirates for one day this season!

How are we going to split up the Manager Of The Year trophy?

We'll do it like the teams do with the Stanley Cup, every guy gets the trophy for a party. We'll go by age, I think that would only be fair. Doc should be going first I imagine, we'll notify him the same way he got his mail as a young man, by Pony Express.

[Doc]

I can dream about Shelton being replaced, but in 1960 the Phillies lost their opening day game after which manager Eddie Sawyer resigned. He was quoted as saying, “I’m 49 years old, and I want to live to be 50.” He never managed again and lived to be 87 so apparently he knew what he was doing.

Maybe we can petition to all manage the Pirates for one day this season!

That would match the number of different line-ups Shelton will put together.

[Doc]

Maybe we can petition to all manage the Pirates for one day this season!

How are we going to split up the Manager Of The Year trophy?

We'll do it like the teams do with the Stanley Cup, every guy gets the trophy for a party. We'll go by age, I think that would only be fair. Doc should be going first I imagine, we'll notify him the same way he got his mail as a young man, by Pony Express.

Don't be ridiculous. Ponies hadn't been invented yet.

[Wildwoodcoach]

Unfortunately, it is Jan.6th 2025 and he is still here

[Surgnbuck]

Unfortunately, it is Jan.6th 2025 and he is still here

I think this is the make or break year for DS and GMBC. If they get off to a slow start, DS will be gone. If the season doesn't end in the playoffs, I think there will be an entire house cleaning once again, starting with the president.

I can almost feel the reset button being pushed.

[3pirates3]

They just have to try to stay under the radar and not do anything stupid/costly (e.g. Morris/Archer trades).

[fjk090852-7]

I think Shelton is on the hot seat more so than Ben Cherington. If they start off slow I could see the Pirates moving on from Shelton and putting Don Kelly in charge. When you fire the GM there are more pieces of the Operations Staff which may be replaced because they were hired by the now fired GM. I think if they fire Cherington we are going to begin another rebuild. My guess is he has a couple more years to turn the franchise into a winner.

[3pirates3]

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pir ... 2501200089

[Doc]

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pir ... 2501200089

Interesting how the Cherington quote in the last paragraph doesn’t include signing free agents. Finally they’re admitting that spending on a quality free agent isn’t included in the plan. Now everyone can just relax in the offseasons ahead instead of getting all anxious waiting for that big signing, and then getting upset when each free agent becomes property of another team. I feel much better now.

[Ecbucs]

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pir ... 2501200089

Interesting how the Cherington quote in the last paragraph doesn’t include signing free agents. Finally they’re admitting that spending on a quality free agent isn’t included in the plan. Now everyone can just relax in the offseasons ahead instead of getting all anxious waiting for that big signing, and then getting upset when each free agent becomes property of another team. I feel much better now.

a problem for the Pirates is that even less than big time free agents get paid more than the Pirates want to pay. Really a player like Skenes (especially if he goes year by year) will get more than the Pirates want to pay by his second arbitration year.