Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
(Above: Jim Riggleman finds Mike Hargrove’s passion for baseball) White Sox 5, Mariners 0 Steve Carlton. Nolan Ryan. Tommy John. The pantheon of rotation hurlers who sport two first names has this day opened anew to accept White Sox southpaw Clayton Richard (W, 1-2). Atoning for sins recently committed in Kansas city, Richard [...]
Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
Mike Hargrove wants to manage again: "It really would have to be the right place - and the team that did it would have to believe I wouldn't walk away." Hargrove said he has no regrets about his decision to...
Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
About 13 months after walking out on the Seattle Mariners — winners of 8 consecutive and in the thick of the AL West race at the time — Mike Hargrove tells reporters in Cleveland that he’s magically ready to manager again. From WLS Chicago : “I’d like to have one more chance, without a doubt,” the [...]
ESPN (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
A little over a year ago, Mike Hargrove shocked baseball by walking away from the Mariners. Now he says he's ready to manage again in the majors.
Babes Love Baseball (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Just three days after firing their general manager, the Seattle Mariners have dumped their skipper, as well. John McLaren , who came to Seattle in 1993 as a coach and began managing last season after Mike Hargrove's resignation, was canned on Thursday before the club left for a long and painful Interleague road trip. McLaren never tasted victory, as he was 68-88 as manager overall, and 25-47 this...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
In a flurry of too-little, too-late moves this week, Bill Bavasi finally was removed from the hot seat and manager John McLaren, Mike Hargrove's successor, was fired.
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Only last September re-signed to a one-year deal along with Bill Bavasi, the Mariners have fired manager John McLaren ; bench coach (and ex-Dodger bench coach) Jim Riggleman will run the team as interim manager. McLaren took over last year just before the All-Star break when Mike Hargrove abruptly resigned . Interim general manager Lee Pelekoudas has not announced a bench coach. Props to U.S.S. Mariner...
Baseball Prospectus: Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
The Mets fired Willie Randolph last night following their 9-6 win over the Angels, and if that sentence reads strangely, it should. Since 1996, 32 managers have been fired or resigned under pressure with a substantial portion of the season remaining. (I exclude resignations such as Mike Hargrove’s last season or Tommy Lasorda’s in 1996, as [...]
Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Mike Hargrove is managing semi-pro ball in Kansas. "I figure there's two ways to give back - money and time," Hargrove said. "And time is a lot cheaper than money." Part of giving back for Hargrove, a former first baseman...
