Nationals Fire Manager Davey Martinez and GM Mike Rizzo

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00:00They chopped everyone.

00:02Manager Davey Martinez out.

00:04GM Mike Rizzo out.

00:05Both guys have been there a very long time.

00:07Now, we thought that could happen.

00:09Of course, you remember we played that clip a few weeks back where Davey Martinez said,

00:14it's the player's fault.

00:16You know, the coaches do all the work.

00:17It's not their fault.

00:18They don't go out there and play.

00:19And that was kind of the, probably the beginning of the end for Davey Martinez.

00:24Miguel Cairo will be the Nationals interim manager now moving forward.

00:31You remember Miguel, Scott.

00:33He played for everybody in Major League Baseball back in the day.

00:38I think he was on every team, at least.

00:40Yeah.

00:40You know, I'm not excited about that at all.

00:45When I saw that choice, I was just like, what is happening here?

00:49And, like, I don't know.

00:50Does he have some kind of advantage because he played on all these teams?

00:55I don't understand.

00:57He's probably just the guy on the staff with, I would guess, the most baseball experience.

01:04Yeah.

01:05I mean, it's hard.

01:06I mean, when you're in the middle of the year in July, you're not hiring anyone from outside.

01:11You've got to have, someone's got to steer the ship.

01:13Now, it's like with the Pirates, you know, Pirates put Don Kelly in because he was on the bench.

01:17You know, he was there.

01:18So, now, the Pirates, though, have played better with Don Kelly as the manager than they were doing before.

01:25So, we'll see if that shakes some things up for the Nationals moving forward tonight.

01:31They're in season.

01:31They're closer to 20 games under 500 than they are to 10 games.

01:36Believe me, you.

01:37Like, they were at 14.

01:39And then, you know, then it got to 17, you know, this weekend.

01:45And so, I mean, I, at times, think they've looked better with him than Shelton for certain.

01:55But I think they're about to trade away several players and clean it out and gut it again.

02:02That's all they ever do in Pittsburgh with the, you know, with the baseball team.

02:07And don't get me started on the hockey.

02:09It's the middle of July.

02:10I don't have time to start talking about how bad they suck.

02:13I don't have time to start talking about how bad they suck.