Piniella has to be canned

[BackyardLegend]

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That makes my point for me. They were underperforming, so they canned the manager.

Then they won the World Series.
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so, just to be clear, if a team was not supposed to be good, and they won after a change in managers, it proves your point, AND if a team was supposed to be good, and they won after a change in managers, it proves your point as well? Is there any possible scenario which DOESN'T prove your point?
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Damn straight.

Just like anything, firing a manager can have multiple effects. I never said that if we fire Piniella today, we end up running house the rest of the way through. But I just don't view him as a good manager. Ever since he won that World Series ions ago in Cincy, he has underperformed. He won 116 games in the reg season and barely got out of the ALDS--then got their asses kicked by a much better manager: Joe Torre.

This guy just can't finish anymore.