Starkville | Is It Ever Too Early to Fire a Manager?
5/2/202655 min
Jayson Stark and Doug Glanville are back in Starkville to dig into the stunning April firings of Alex Cora and Rob Thomson, breaking down how it unraveled and what it reveals about the ever-shrinking margin for managers. Then, MLB broadcaster Ron Darling joins the show to share his thoughts on the moves, the mounting pressure on today’s skippers, the Mets’ ongoing struggles, and his memories of the iconic 1986 Mets.
Rundown:
0:00 Starkville Is Back!
3:25 April Firings: Alex Cora and Rob Thomson
8:24 Ron Darling Joins the Show
9:18 Darling on Thomson
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsJayson Stark· Host0:00
Coming up on Starkville, we'll talk managerial firings, Boston, Philly, with Ron Darling. And of course, we have some strange but trueness. Coming right up on Starkville. [upbeat music] Greetings, and welcome back to Starkville. I'm Jason Stark. I write about baseball for The Athletic, and I'm joined once again by my good friend, writer, Substacker, a man who once got 1,100 hits in the major leagues, and our favorite voice of baseball on ESPN Radio, Doug Glanville. Doug, how are you, my friend?
Doug Glanville· Host0:48
I'm doing well. Very well. Um, you know, I, as you know, I cut out the red-eye as an option of travel, and, uh, so I'm a very rested version of myself if I go back in time. So I'm, I'm feeling pretty good. I was in Kansas City. Not, not easy to get to from Connecticut, but, uh, a little rain delay. But we are, we're in good space here.
Jayson Stark· Host1:10
Game is over, right? It would seem like it is.
Doug Glanville· Host1:14
[laughs] It is. It, it, it has ended, yes. [laughs] We started it three hours early and almost ended at the same time.
Jayson Stark· Host1:19
That's crazy.
Doug Glanville· Host1:20
Uh, b- but a great game. Walk-off home run, Lane Thomas, and, uh, that was... Wow, that was a, that was a great game. Not for the Angels, but it was fun.
Jayson Stark· Host1:29
All right. So