Who knows the real story. Nats may have been stringing him along for some time. As a veteran MLB guy....I doubt he just blew his top and made an irrational decision after they finished the sweep.
Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...g.html?hpid=z2
“When is the right time, you know?” Riggleman said. “August? No. Last October is the right time. It’s been festering for me since last October, and I told Mike that when I spoke to him before.”
“I’m 58,” Riggleman added. “I’m too old to be disrespected.”
Riggleman, a Rockville native who took over the interim at the 2009 all-star break, has believed since prior to the season that not having his option for 2012 picked up would lead to a lack of authority in the clubhouse and represented a lack of confidence from ownership. Riggleman approached Rizzo several times during the season to discuss the option.
“I felt that the time wasn’t right for me to pick up the option as of this time,” Rizzo said. “Certainly, today’s conversation, put to me in the way it was put to me, you certainly can’t make that decision in a knee-jerk reaction. It’s too big of a decision to be put in that position.”
Good for Jim.
Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand
Buster Olney thinks Davey Johnson will take over, per Twitter. First McKeon gets a job, then Davey. Can Pinella be far behind????
Sorry, but Jim Bowden is suggesting ...
wait for it ...
Bob Boone.
https://twitter.com/#!/NFA_Brian/sta...34097663574016
I suspect Jim Riggelman just had his last manager job. Manager's are just commodities. Plug one in. If I was a GM I wouldn't hire him after this.
These days even the managers are at least millionaires, and doesn't it seem like they aren't waiting to get fired?
I don't understand how he's being disrespected. You signed a contract, it's not like he's been successful in DC. Being one game over .500 in June does not mean you should have your option picked up. Look how bad it went for the Marlins in a hurry.
Honestly, I think Riggleman tried to go on a power play with his winning streak and it blew up in his face.
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