This season, I’ve occasionally felt the need to come out in defense of Padres manager Andy Green.
When the whole “Fire Andy Green” movement hit an apex back in April, I penned an article on this blog illustrating why a mid-season firing of the skipper would have been a bad idea.
This puts me in a tough spot. Am I a stan for Andy Green now? To be honest, there are much, much better hills to die on. Green is far from a perfect manager, and the truth is that there is some validity to the arguments suggesting that the team would be well-served by a managerial change in the offseason.