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Meanwhile, the annual ritual of managerial departures has begun.
10 days before the season ended, Texas bounced manager Jeff Banister. The Rangers underachieved, and dropped all the way to the AL West cellar. Apparently, signing Bartolo Colon didn't help matters after all.
After the final outs were recorded on Sunday, the carousel began spinning.
In Los Angeles, Mike Scioscia has chosen to step down after 19 years as Angels manager. He leaves with 1 World Series title (2002), and plenty of near-misses. Next stop? Probably Fox.
Minnesota parted company with Hall of Famer Paul Molitor after a disappointing finish. As per usual, management looks to go in a different direction. Worse, the Twins will need to fill a gaping hole in their offense with the retirement of catcher-first baseman Joe Mauer.
Finally, Batlimore decided to dispose of Buck Showalter, whose teams have routinely been near the bottom of the AL East, including a historically bad 2018 campaign which mght've been the final straw. The Orioles also need to replace a veteran power bat, as Adam Jones apparently is saying good-bye.
I don't think we're done, but we'll see.
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Another night, another loss for Troy High's boys' soccer team. They played through the raindrops at CBA Tuesday afternoon, with the Brothers winning, 2-0. Troy is now 0-10-2 with four games left. They'll finish the current road trip in Albany tomorrow before coming home Saturday to play Colonie.
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Reading that they're looking to put a NHL team in Seattle. After lack of fan interest in recent years ran an NBA team out of town (to Oklahoma City), I can't see the logic here. Then again, Las Vegas hit the jackpot (pun intended) last year as the expansion Golden Knights made it all the way to the Stanley Cup finals before losing to Washington.
Of course, Seattle would probably be the only team to have the Winter Classic rained out.........
Of course, Seattle would probably be the only team to have the Winter Classic rained out.........
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It amuses me to no end to read people's reactions on message boards to WWE's seasonal ratings issues.
Monday Night Raw posted record low ratings for the 2nd straight week opposite a killer AFC West matchup between Kansas City & Denver.
We all know the root of the problem lies with WWE Chairman/CEO Vince McMahon, who has grown complacent with the perception that his company has no true competition within his own line of work, and the repetitive matches and recycled storylines don't resonate with viewers like they used to. McMahon, 73, doesn't realize that his audience doesn't have the sound byte mentality that he has long thought they had. Monday Night Football routinely outdraws Raw this time of year, especially with edge-of-your-seat thrillers like Chiefs-Broncos, which Kansas City won in the final 2+ minutes.
McMahon doesn't care, either. He's long ago boasted that he tells the audience what they want to see, even if it isn't the truth. It's his vision that he's imposing on the rest of us, and part of the reason that he stays off television now is because it's finally dawned on him that his value as a performer is nil due to his age and his on-air persona having long gone insane. He won't accept the inevitable end game (forced retirement in character), because in his mind he feels the company will collapse without him.
No, it won't. It will undergo a period of transition, and life will go on. McMahon's ideas are behind the times, and updating those ideas in the 21st century hasn't worked. While "Mr. McMahon" should have been sent off to Happy Acres years ago, McMahon refused to do that because it would make him look weak. Either that, or he saw how WCW botched things with fellow geriatric Ric Flair 18 years ago, and decided he didn't want to do something like that. At his age, McMahon is still working tirelessly at a time when he should be at home enjoying the sunset years. The man just cannot accept that his time in the wrestling business has long since ended. Everyone loses.
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