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Mike Scioscia is perhaps the best Angels manager of all time - and also one who stayed 5 or 6 years too long"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Angels PregameAngels PostgameGamethreadsHalos Heaven PodcastsShohei OhtaniMinor LeaguesInterviewsAngels NewsSo Long Mike Scioscia Tug McGraw Jersey , and Thanks for All the FishNew,92commentsMike Scioscia is perhaps the best Angels manager of all time - and also one who stayed 5 or 6 years too longByJessica DeLine@abaseballchickOct5, 2018,8:40am PDTShareTweetShareShareSo Long Mike Scioscia, and Thanks for All the FishI didn’t become an Angels fan until I moved to Orange County in 2005. I missed the fond memories of the 2002 World Series run. I missed the early years of Mike Scioscia. I’ve never met the man Mike Scioscia in person, the man that everyone says is great and loves. I’ve only know the manager Mike Scioscia. The one who in my 13 years of being Angels fan has led the team to 5 losing seasons - including the last 3 straight seasons and 4 of the last 6 years. This is the Mike Scioscia I know.Sometimes a manager becomes a legend because he brings the first ever World Series championship to a team. A man like Mike Scioscia. But I never really experienced that legend. Instead, I was a fan through a 10-19 post season record. Still, Scioscia had the best interests of the team in mind, he always did. I think his tenure was just too long. Managers don’t often last nearly 20 years on a team with 1 World Series win and 1 league pennant. But Scioscia did. Owner Arte Moreno is pretty loyal to the people on his staff.19 years for Mike Scioscia, 15 years for chairman Dennis Kuhl, President John Carpino for 15 years, CFO Bill Beverage for 15 years, SVP Molly Jolly for 18 years, VP Tim Mead since before Arte took the reins, and VP Neil Viserto for 10 years. In many ways Drew Hutchison Jersey , that consistency is good for an organization, and low turnover usually is a sign of an enjoyable work environment. But - when it comes to managing on the field, sometimes change is needed. The game changes, and managers often don’t change - or at least not enough.When a manager takes his team to the playoffs he’s often a candidate for manager of the year. Clearly, there is some thought that the manager affects the team and has an impact. So when a manager can’t win in the playoffs or barely get there at all, how does some onus not fall upon the skipper? It absolutely should.Signing Mike Scioscia to a 10 year extension back in 2009 was just bad business. Since then, Arte Moreno has learned his lesson.Josh Hamilton and Albert Pujols say hello.The Angels had a .551 winning percentage under Scioscia at the time of his extension but a .523 since the deal was signed. If you look at the last 6 years, that percentage drops way down to .509. Just barely above average. No one wants to be that team. The “average” team.Scioscia took the Angels to one more AL Championship series in that contact extension year but over the past 9 years (8 with Mike Trout), they have only been once and were swept out in 3 straight games.I’m sure Mike Scioscia is an awesome person. I’ve heard all kinds of amazing stories and the players seem to love him. But his time had long been up as the Angels managerSo Long Mike Scioscia, and Thanks for All the Fish. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jake Bauers spoiled the Oakland Athletics‘ chance to close some ground on the AL wild card-leading New York Yankees.Bauers hit a three-run homer off Jeurys Familia in the eighth inning to help the Tampa Bay Rays slow the playoff-chasing Athletics with a 7-5 win Saturday night.Oakland remains 1 1/2 games behind the Yankees for the top AL wild card after New York lost to Toronto earlier in the day. The A’s, who have dropped two of three since winning six straight, fell 3 1/2 games behind Houston in the AL West.Bauers’ homer was just the second allowed by Familia (4-2) since he was acquired by Oakland on July 21 from the Mets.It came a few minutes after Oakland manager Bob Melvin was ejected by home plate umpire Larry Vanover for arguing a third-strike call on Marcus Semien in the top of the eighth.Bauers, who busted a 4-for-65 slump with three hits and four RBIs, celebrated his 11th homer with a big flip of the bat.“It’s nothing to do with disrespect or showing people up or anything like that. It’s just purely letting a lot of pent up emotions out Larry Bowa Jersey ,” he said. “The homer felt great, the bat flip felt better.”Andrew Kittredge (2-2) retired Mark Canha with the bases loaded in the eighth to preserve a 4-4 tie and win a game in which both teams used relievers as openers. Tampa Bay and Oakland have been at the forefront of that trend this season.“Oakland’s playing for an awful lot right now,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “Every game, they put themselves in a situation where they’re playing for a wild card home field. They’ve been on a nice run. It makes all the sense in the world how aggressive they’re being.”Sergio Romo got his 20th save despite giving up a homer to Matt Chapman in the ninth. It was Chapman’s 23rd homer.Oakland’s big chance came in the eighth. Before Canha grounded out, Semien was called out on strikes with the bases loaded.“I mean, everyone sees the box,” Semien said. “I looked at the box on the computer and it was not in the strike zone. That’s the facts. That’s what I saw on our computer.”Melvin, who was ejected for the second time this season, saw it, too.“The closer we get to the end, the more emotional we’re going to be,” he said. “He’s trying to grind through that at-bat and drive in the go-ahead run, and you feel like he gets a (strike) call that’s not a strike. … It happens.”Brandon Lowe hit a two-run homer in the second to put Tampa Bay ahead, and Jed Lowrie made it 2-1 in the third with a single off Yonny Chirinos. Chirinos then retired 10 in a row before Matt Olson tied it in the sixth with his 27th home run.Kevin Kiermaier hit an RBI triple and scored on Bauers’ sacrifice fly for a 4-2 lead in the sixth, but Canha’s pinch-hit double helped the A’s tie it at 4 in the seventh.Tommy Pham’s 17-game hitting streak came to an end for the Rays Jim Bunning Jersey , who have won 10 of 13.FOUR TEAMS WINNING 100 GAMES?With two weeks left in the season, the A’s, Astros and Yankees could join the Red Sox as 100-win teams. Never before have three teams from the same league — or four teams from both leagues — won 100 games in the same season.“There seems to be, at least in our league, more powerhouses this year than in the past, maybe a little less parity,” Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. “The only thing I would really take from that is that if you went into the season and looked at those (other) three teams that might win 100 games, you almost expected them to.”TRAINER’S ROOMAthletics: OF Chad Pinder was in the leadoff spot after stumbling over the bullpen mound while chasing a foul ball Friday night.Rays: Cash said Romo is fine after the reliever “dinged his knee up a little bit” while working a perfect ninth inning Friday night. … INF Daniel Robertson, rehabbing after season-ending left thumb surgery, resumed taking grounders at second base and shortstop.UP NEXTRHP Mike Fiers (5-0, 2.72 in seven starts since being acquired from Detroit) will pitch Sunday’s series finale for the A’s. RHP Diego Castillo, who started Friday night’s game for the Rays and pitched two innings, will start again Sunday.