June 1, 2004

Brenly On the Block

The vultures are starting to circle around Bob Brenly:

Naturally, there is great confusion in the air. The Diamondbacks just concluded their worst May in team history. Fans don’t know what to make of this minor league outfit wearing major league uniforms and aren’t sure whether to pity or blame manager Bob Brenly, who showed up for work Monday without sleeping the night before.
It was not the best time to ask if his job was in jeopardy.
“For crying out loud, my job is to help the team win (games) in any way I can,” Brenly said. “If the team doesn’t win ballgames, then everybody can draw their own conclusions. I’m not worried about it. I’m going about my business the same way I always have, and I’m quite honestly getting tired of answering all those questions.”

One question I wished they had asked him was what makes him think Casey Daigle is a major league pitcher. They have given 10 starts to a pitcher who doesn’t strike batters out, walks a ton of them, and gives up lots of HR. He has a 7.16 ERA and averages less than five innings per start. Maybe he’s young and he needs more time in the minors. Maybe the DBacks farm system has no one else. But right now, he’s almost an automatic loss being sent out every fifth day.

5 thoughts on “Brenly On the Block

  1. lisa gray

    adam, i never thought i’d see a guy post that idea before i did. made my day.

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