Managers on the hot seat

We have a pretty good idea of the managers who are on the hot seat, even though the playoffs haven't begun yet.

The following managers head into this offseason with jobs that would not be secure if we were a real league.


Dave. This one is clearly a no-brainer. He's the only manager to never have made the playoffs in the four years of this league. How much more of this can his fans go through? He is one loss away from getting last place, and he didn't make any in-season moves to try to rebuild.

Shea. What a disastrous second half by Shea. How does a manager go into the draft with Justin Morneau, Alex Rodriguez, Miguel Cabrera and Felix Hernandez and miss the playoffs? Unbelievable. He said the rebuilding year was "ova!" but it clearly wasn't. Plenty of other managers dealt with injuries, so I won't even listen to that as an excuse. Shea has only made the playoffs once in four years. He will have another high draft pick next year. How much frustration and losing can his fans keep enduring?

Mike. Yikes - the self-proclaimed Manager of the Year could be an Ex-Manager soon. Rumblings in the front office are that they are not happy with two straight years of bad losing. He has twice rebuilt in-season, giving fans no reason to buy tickets, merchandise, etc., and come to games. They can't possibly put up with another season of that, can they?