After four-plus seasons of really bad baseball, Tony Muser was fired last night by the Royals. The move wasn’t a surprise, and it wasn’t unwarranted: Muser had a success-to-tenure ratio envied by the people who run network television.
After four-plus seasons of really bad baseball, Tony Muser was fired last night by the Royals. The move wasn’t a surprise, and it wasn’t unwarranted: Muser had a success-to-tenure ratio envied by the people who run network television. It’s important to point out that this is just a first step, albeit a long overdue, very…
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