Would a firing appease some people? Maybe. But Bob Melvin was brought on board at great expense because he could captain the ship.
The Padres’ problem is not that Bob Melvin has forgotten how to manage baseball. It’s that so many of his players have forgotten how to play it.It’s baseball. Baseball is the problem, because it’s problematic. But it shouldn’t be overwhelming for rich, veteran, good players who, thus far, have picked Peter Seidler’s pockets for millions.
If this continues — and please find me a reason why it shouldn’t — at least one head will have to roll.As we speak, it would appease the voice of the people, but no. Melvin was brought on board at great expense because he could captain a ship port-to-port. Considering the expectations, I make the recent series here with the Royals, who positively stink, as bad as any the Pads have played since their inception.
They’re not winning the NL West, but they didn’t last year, when Melvin didn’t forget how to do his job and they almost reached the World Series without Fernando Tatis Jr. I have no need to expound on the remarkable exploits of Brown. I couldn’t, anyway. Not nearly enough room here. We have known no greater natural athlete. He was immortal as a mortal. RIP, to the best ever to do it. …
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