The firing of a manager is often the simplest solution to a complex problem, and Rocco Baldelli’s dismissal by the Minnesota Twins is a textbook case.
While the Rocco Baldelli tenure had its share of unfulfilled promise, the decision to make him the lone scapegoat for the team’s recent failures ignores a much larger issue: an ownership group that dismantled a competitive roster for financial reasons. Baldelli was ultimately less a failed manager and more a convenient fall guy.