That lightening will strike twice:

 

June 2, 1995 - With the Sox having blown four straight games to the Indians, and off to an 11-20 start, manager Gene Lamont was fired and replaced by abrasive, taciturn third base coach Terry Bevington. Bevington would turn out to be a disaster on the field and in the clubhouse and the long term effects of the way Lamont was dismissed would cause his mentor and former Sox coach Jim Leyland to turn down overtures by owner Jerry Reinsdorf to take over after Bevington was removed.

 

By that I mean that JR will approve of a managerial dismissal during the season

 

Mark

What a terrible comp to bring up seeing how Bevington replaced Lemont. No more lightning please

What a terrible comp to bring up seeing how Bevington replaced Lemont. No more lightning please

 

"By that I mean that JR will approve of a managerial dismissal during the season."

You must have missed that part.

 

Mark

Edited May 29, 20169 yr by Lip Man 1

I'd rather see the team turn it around under Ventura. Lost in the weekend collapse is the fact that they were in a position to sweep KC. Seriously, step back for a minute and think about it: David Robertson blew a 6 run lead in the 9th. How the f*** can you make sense of that? Just forget about it. This team has lost 6 in a row and still finds itself 3 games over .500 and in good position to contend for the lead. Did anyone seriously think they were going to run away with the division?

"By that I mean that JR will approve of a managerial dismissal during the season."

You must have missed that part.

 

Mark

 

I didn't miss it, but it sticks out like a sore thumb. I'm sure in JRs mind he is thinking "f***, I might end up with another Bevington"

Given what's happened the past three seasons the organization / team has very little credibility or gets the benefit of the doubt on things.

 

That is probably very unfair but that's also reality.

 

No one expected them to run away with the division. Most thought though given the areas of weakness on the team that they were playing far over their heads and that it was only a matter of time.

 

That time has apparently come.

 

Mark

I'd rather see the team turn it around under Ventura. Lost in the weekend collapse is the fact that they were in a position to sweep KC. Seriously, step back for a minute and think about it: David Robertson blew a 6 run lead in the 9th. How the f*** can you make sense of that? Just forget about it. This team has lost 6 in a row and still finds itself 3 games over .500 and in good position to contend for the lead. Did anyone seriously think they were going to run away with the division?

 

You could try to forget about it but we've already blown more than a handful of games this year in similar fashion.