Ghiroli: After recent MLB manager firings, why would anyone want this job?

Has there ever been a worse time to be a big league manager?In the wake of the Philadelphia Phillies becoming the second team in the past week to fire their skipper, the question isn’t just a sentence in a column. It’s bounced around the game since Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora was shockingly fired — along with five coaches — on Saturday night after just 27 games. Rob Thomson, who the Phillies fired on Tuesday, exited with the best winning percentage (.568) for a Phillies manager since the 19th century.Advertisement