{"id":8165,"date":"2010-06-07T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=8165"},"modified":"2010-06-08T19:07:49","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T18:07:49","slug":"weekly-hit-ground-ball-trembley-the-latest-al-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=8165","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Hit Ground Ball: Trembley the latest AL victim"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WhgbHlSq\"Dave Trembley was sacked from his position as manager of the Baltimore Orioles<\/a> last week, becoming the second manager to lose his job this season following Trey Hillman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s departure from the Kansas City Royals in May.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

As with Hillman, Trembley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fate was widely predicted prior to the decision being made.\u00c2\u00a0 The team was playing poorly and there was little evidence that Trembley had any answers to prevent the slide from continuing.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

His ability to take the team forward was undoubtedly hampered by injuries and offseason additions that haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t paid off.\u00c2\u00a0 Garrett Atkins has been terrible, while Miguel Tejada\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2009 renaissance with the Astros looks like being one final flourish by the veteran rather than a sign that the decline he had showed prior to that had been reversed.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Both outcomes were entirely predictable and General Manager Andy MacPhail therefore has to shoulder some of the blame; however the injuries to Mike Gonzalez and Brian Roberts have been a cruel blow to a team that could not cope with the absence of such important players.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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