Sad news today on the holiday weekend:
McClendon won't manage the team for the three games vs the Tigers. His sister, Angela, passed away. And he will leave for her funeral.
— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) July 5, 2015
Bench manager Trent Jewett will manage the team in McClendon's absence.
We don't know the details of how and how suddenly Angela passed away and, frankly, I don't intend to go prying for them. If those come out later we'll amend this post at that time. This is obviously something much bigger than the team's disappointing first half.