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Clint Hurdle is Rockies manager no more.  In case you missed it, the Rockies held a press conference Friday afternoon to announce that Hurdle has been fired and bench coach Jim Tracy has been named interim manager. 

Personally, I think O’Dowd and the Monforts did this just to spite Scott and me after our lengthy discussion of how we didn’t think Hurdle would be fired during this homestand.  Jerks.  Even as I was saying it, I got the creepy feeling I’d be proved wrong very quickly.  And as I said, team management can only stand by a guy for so long once the local writers and the fans start loudly calling for his head.

Another way the Rockies front office has masterfully made Scott and me look foolish was their naming of Jim Tracy as interim manager instead of hitting coach and American hero Don Baylor.  It’s not that we’ve got any beef with Tracy, other than he used to manage the stupidface Dodgers.  The firing of Hurdle was clearly a move to appease an angry fanbase.  What better way to bring smiles to their faces than to reinstate the club’s very first manager, squad commander of the Blake Street Bombers?  Oh well, it’s not like Scott and I aren’t used to being wrong about a lot of things.  But we are sad to see Clint go.

Regardless, we’ll cross our fingers that the Tracy era will be a glorious one for the Rockies.  Also, Rockiescast extends its thanks to Mr. Hurdle for his years of service as manager.