BOSTON -- Fire John Farrell? Doubt it. Not now, at least.
Look, general manager Dave Dombrowski will do whatever he sees fit to spark the two-steps-forward, one-step-back Boston Red Sox. And he has fired managers midway through a season before. Just ask Buck Rodgers (1991 Montreal Expos), Rene Lachemann (1996 Florida Marlins) and John Boles (2001 Marlins).
But Dombrowski doesn't seem inclined to can this particular manager. In fact, when the Red Sox returned Monday from a road trip that included back-to-back wins over the St. Louis Cardinals followed by three consecutive losses to the Oakland A's and left their record barely above .