Manager Dusty Baker has led the Cincinnati Reds in a fairly successful run, but according to the Major League Baseball twitter feed, he will be dismissed.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reporter C. Trent Rocecrans got Baker’s reaction to the news:
‘“I got the news yesterday,’ Baker said. ‘I was a little shocked, I wasn’t really shocked because I hadn’t heard from anyone in a couple of days.’ Baker said last week Reds general manager Walt Jocketty had discussed the possibility of letting go hitting coach Brook Jacoby at the end of the season. That didn’t sit right with Baker, and he said so. ‘We talked about Brook about a week ago, and they were talking about replacing him and I didn’t think that was right,’ Baker said. ‘All the coaches get blamed for everything. Maybe it was time to go. I did say something like that — and they did it. It wasn’t a mutual thing. There’s probably some other things in there, some things that were said or didn’t get said, stuff that was done over the years and then they said we didn’t have much motivation and spunk over the last week — but our pitching was bad and we didn’t hit.’
‘I’m not retiring. That wasn’t in my plans, I’m not taking a year off unless I’m forced to if the right job doesn’t come along or no job comes along,’ Baker said. ‘Either way, I’d rather be in the game because that’s what I know and that’s what I love.’”
