Peter Schmuck wrote an article before the game that speculated the same thing. It it he remarks,

Angelos is not known for making quick decisions, but there is growing speculation that he is very close to cutting Perlozzo loose. It won't happen today, because he would not fire Perlozzo on Father's Day, but it may not be long.

He also said the Orioles would have to buy out Mazzsone's contract which is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. If Mazzone wants to quit, fine, but he can't demand to leave and expect the Orioles to pay him.

There is much speculation about replacements:

I'd be okay, but not psyched, with Girardi; I'd be truly jazzed about Davey Johnson. If they give the job to Trembley, I'd probably just switch over to football early this year. I can't imagine more mediocrity.

One of the biggest problems is that Perlozzo has lost the clubhouse. There will be major turnover at the trade deadline, with Millar, Williamson and possibly even Cabrera and Tejada playing elsewhere come August. This club will need a coach who commands instant respect from the young minds in the clubhouse and doesn't take shit from spoiled whiny bitches like Jay Gibbons. That coach is not Dave Trembley, or indeed, anyone within the organization. We need someone who has years of experience, and has worked extensively at the major league level...no repeats of the Mazzillli fiasco (this is why I'm not thrilled about Girardi...would he really command any respect?)

Get Johnson, hell get Hargrove or Valentine. Someone to kick these guys' asses.

Sam is the scapegoat, and there always has to be one. But Flanagan and Duquette masterminded the $42 million "overhaul" of the bullpen. I'll have to look up stats, but I'll venture a safe guess that the bullpen has, on aggregate, one of (if not the) worst  winning metric (winshare, vorp, you name it) in baseball. It can't be considered anything but a failure. Can someone convince me that it was solely Sam's misuse of the bullpen that brought us these nightly fiascos? Sure he was no rocket scientist with game matchups, but these clowns (in aggregate) just can't do the job.  The bats are just as pathetic. Now the architects of it all sit safe and sound in their offices wile they ready themselves to dial up Perlozzo with bad news. I firmly believe that Angelos is the ultimate ring leader in this pathetic organization. He's never let the club be stripped down and properly rebuilt. I'm not sure how much blame to lay at Flanagan and Duquette, but I do now that is you wrestle with a drunk in the gutter, no one knows who's the drunk. So I am left to assume they at the very least enablers of this joke of an organization.

The players are a despicable lot. I've worked for my share of questionable managers, but at some point it comes down to creating your own sanity. You have to take charge, help your boss, and try to create a livable working environment. If you fail, then you move on. These clowns never attempted that. All they did was take immature potshots at Perlozzo, and never seemed to do much soul searching. I can only hope that they now get what they never really wanted. A no bullshit manager who will hold them accountable. No more whining, no more laziness, no more excuses. I hope they get it good and hard. Fuck them.

I can't recall despising a team as much as I do the 2007 Orioles. There are a few players to admire, but in taken as a group they are a contemptible group. The front office is no better, and the owner is the most despicable of them all.

Hope you land on your feet Sam. Getting out of this hell hole is probably the best thing that could happen. At least I hope that's what you find in retrospect.

Angleos and his O's are a disgrace to Baltimore

Cool. Maybe he'll annnounce he's the new manager.

Unfortunately, this will probalby delay the Perlozzo firing by at least a week, as Petey will hope that the meeting actually "turns things around". Yeah, right.

The only thing that maybe his fault is that he used the bullpen unnecessarily so much early on that they are just tired at this point.  I find that somewhat hard to believe though.  

Maybe I'm just worried that losing Sam means losing Leo; and that Leo maybe much of the reason for the success of the rotation.  Or maybe I'm just really tired of having our manager fired every 2 years.

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