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Wire Taps: Nationals fire Matt Williams - What "they're" saying...

All the links that are fit to print. Did you take the day off from baseball yesterday and somehow miss the news that the 83-79 Washington Nationals fired manager Matt Williams and dismissed the Nats' coaching staff? Get to it. Catch up on the last twenty-four hours...

"There’s not one single incident that was the tipping point of making a decision with Matt Williams," GM Mike Rizzo assured reporters on Monday, in announcing that after two years on the bench in the nation's capital, Williams was out.

Williams was relieved of his duties after a disappointing 83-79, second-place finish in the NL East the Washington Nationals won in 2014.