Matt Williams Comments on Being Fired by Nationals, New Role and More

Matt Williams went from Manager of the Year to jettisoned ex-skipper of the Washington Nationals in the span of just a year.

That’s how disappointing last season was for the team that at this time last year was the unanimous World Series favorite, per Odds Shark.

Williams has since taken back his old job as third-base coach of the ambitious Arizona Diamondbacks. While he is finding a haven in returning to the team he won the 2001 World Series with as its third baseman, moving on from Washington wasn't easy.

“It was tough to hear,” Williams said of his firing. “You want to do as well as you possibly do. It is what it is. That’s the way I look at it. You have choices. You can wallow or move on.…