As the Fall Classic wraps up, already there is drama is the house of many club teams who are wondering why they didn’t see the streak of luck like that of the Phillies or Tampa Bay Rays. One such team is the Milwaukee Brewers, who recently announced that they are getting a new manager, in the form of former A’s coach Ken Macha. The Brewers general manager Doug Melvin and Macha have known each other since 1972, and since 2002 have been in talks about moving Macha to the other side of the nation. From the ’70s, Melvin remembers, “there was a big guy gripping a bat in the batter’s box and it was [Macha],” Melvin told mlb.com. “I can remember to this day, looking down to the plate and he’s gripping that bat. I was scared to death…I said, ‘If I hit this big donkey in the head, he’s going to be coming after me.” And sure enough, while the roles have switched, the big donkey is coming after the other.
When the two met on Thursday to talk about plans for a new managerial season, they knew they were going to see something special. Both having paid their dues in baseball, from playing in the Minor Leagues to Milwaukee roots. Macha was fired from the A’s team in 2006 after a loss by the Tigers in the American League Championship Series, and spent the last two years as a Red Sox television analyst. Melvin was fired from the Rangers in 2001 where he then spent a year with the Red Sox consulting before coming to the Brewers. While the season is still way up in the air, keep yourself together with all the latest Major League Baseball updates and when they’re playing again, all the best seats for Major League Baseball tickets!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 31, 2008
