June 22, 2006
Narron: All-Star Coach
By
Amanda
Posted at 10:19 pm
Jerry Narron, manager of the Cincinnati Reds, is headed to Pittsburg this All-Star break to serve on the National League coaching staff.
Much ado was made about Narron recently completing his first 162 games with the team and his 83-78 record in that span. The Reds are 39-34 so far this season under his leadership, second in the central division.
He keeps this up, and it's gonna be mighty tough to hire Lou Piniella in the off-season.
Narron will certainly be accompanied by Bronson Arroyo, possibly by Ken Griffey, Jr., and probably not by Brandon Phillips or David Ross.
It’d be nice to get a real manager at some point. That means not Jerry and not Lou. How about Ozzie Guillen?
Spelling note: Pittsburgh has an “h” at the end. Used to be spelled without, at the turn of the previous century.
Guillen manager here? Whatsa matta you? Narron is doing just fine.
I suppose I deserved that spelling check. I don’t know why I find it so difficult to spell “Pittsburgh.” And even that’s not half as hard as “Milwaukee.”
In my last game wrap, I claimed that the third game would be the rubber match–in a four-game series. That’s a pretty big one, too.
Don’t sweat the misspellings. It’s a blog. Typos make it more [i]real[/i].
[quote]Much ado was made about Narron recently completing his first 162 games with the team and his 83-78 record[/quote]This is true. There was quite a bit of press about Narron’s first 162 games, with most places comparing it to the Reds previous 162 games, where they had actually stunk. Nice way to get in a subtle jab at the previous manager, don’t you think?
Yeah, Dave Miley sucked. Thanks for reminding me. I had almost forgotten the strange, chair-stealing, jersey-hiding shenanigans that marked his tenure.
Hey, she got the important part right: C-i-n-c-i-n-n-a-t-i
😉
Yep. Three “n”s, not all consecutive.