OCTOBER 7, 2010.
SEATTLE (AP) -- Following up on last month's story about the infighting between Team Owner / General Manager Mack Shultz and Field Manager Alvin Davis, sources have reported that Shultz has fired Davis effective immediately. This comes just one day before the start of the Cecil Cup series with rival River Cities. Bench Coach Larry Hockett will take over control of the team on an interim basis.
The firing apparently resulted from Davis's refusal to move away from the three-man rotation. Davis, reportedly seeking to gain baseball immortality as the manager of the team with the most regular season wins in SDMB OOTP History, ran Seattle ace Chad Nelligan out to start the meaningless season finale against Brooklyn, despite Seattle having clinched the division title five days earlier with a come-from-behind 6-4 victory over Saskatoon.
Shultz, when giving his team instructions for the final week of the season, specifically lined up his rotation to ensure that Nelligan would be be ready to start Game One of the 2010 Cecil Cup. Davis, however, apparently ignored the instructions uploaded by Shultz from his vacation home in the Caribbean. As a result, Nelligan is not expected to take the hill until Game Two. Christopher Hester is expected to get the Game One start as a result.
Davis has been the Monarchs' manager since 2004. During his seven-year tenure, the Monarchs won the division five times, won 110 games three times, and never finished with less than 90 wins. Last year, Davis finally jumped the last hurdle to greatness when he overcame history and won Seattle's first major professional championship since the 1979 Supersonics captured the NBA title.
Quel dommage, that. Hester will face Villatoro in Game one in a match up that now slightly favors the River Cities team.
ReplyDeleteFollowing that I suppose we'll see Wheeler vs Nelligan. With luck it'll be a must-win for Seattle.