A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do, but that doesn’t mean it leaves a good taste.
Matt Klentak, 30-something analytics fiend, on Friday dismissed Pete Mackanin, 60-something baseball lifer, after Mack turned the worst team with the worst roster in the major leagues into something respectable by the season’s end. Thank you very much. Please clean out your desk and take the elevator to the front office.
What we learned Tuesday from team president Andy MacPhail was that, when MacPhail hired Klentak as general manager in October 2015, he hired him to one day fire Mack.