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Jerry Narron was fired Sunday night. (Link) and nobody here bothered to post about it...because the Reds suck. They've replaced him with a scout, Pete Mackanin (Link)

I don't really like this move...Somebody has to take the blame for the Reds terrible season, but I don't think it should have been Narron. Not much he could do with the bullpen he had.

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FWIW, I was thinking about posting about it but never got around to it.
But yeah, I came to the same conclusion you did. Nobody seems to give a crap about these guys.

Obviously the bullpen has been pretty terrible.
But I'm not entirely unconvinced that this wasn't the right move.
New direction for these guys couldn't hurt. And the natives in Cincinnati were getting restless.

Crazy that on June 6 last year we made a road trip to St. Louis where the Reds swept the Cards to move into a tie for 1st. And the Reds were right in that race into Sept.

That trade last July really seemed to kill them.
Freaking Gary Majewski. Arrrrgh.

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Seriously, honestly, before I read this thread, I didn't know. And I watch sportscenter most days and like to be kept up to speed on sports.

I guess I wasn't really paying attention.

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i'm really hoping that the reds become the new cubs. they're showing signs.

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i just hope the giants can win two of these three games

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I had David Weathers on my fantasy team for awhile. This basically made me a Reds fan since I was rooting for them to take a lead and close it out. But something goes wrong every night. Sometimes they don't hit. Sometimes the starter gets shelled. Sometimes he pitches alright, but the middle relief blows it. Then Narron started ignoring the bullpen and just leaving in his starters for 549 pitches. How could he possibly go wrong doing that? Strangely, that didn't work either. Bronson Arroyo's left arm fell off. Yeah, it's frustrating rooting for the Reds.

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Man thats odd. I figured getting relievers from the Nats would have sured that bullpen up..

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Seriously, honestly, before I read this thread, I didn't know. And I watch sportscenter most days and like to be kept up to speed on sports.

I guess I wasn't really paying attention.

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It got totally buried by the surprising Hargrove retirement.
ESPN was mostly running Hargrove/Narron back-to-back except that Hargrove got 5-10 minutes of story/analysis and then they would say, "Oh, BTW, Jerry Narron was fired too. They're having a press-conference Monday."

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i'm really hoping that the reds become the new cubs. they're showing signs.

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1990 vs. 1908

Looooooong way to go.

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I can't wait to see the Reds at Shea Stadium next weekend. Ordered My Dunn T-shirt last week and my Mr. Red hat arrived today.