Yesterday following the Colorado Rockies 9-3 defeat of the San Diego Padres, the organization announced they had terminated the contracts of manager Bud Black and bench coach Mike Redmond. (Read more about the moves here.)
Third base coach Warren Schaeffer will act as interim manager.
In the Rockies clubhouse, emotions were high given that for much of the team, Bud Black was the only manager they had known as Major League Baseball players.
Pitcher Kyle Freeland said he was “feeling a lot of different emotions,” praising Black as well as Redmond and the guidance he’d received from them throughout his career.