New York Mets Fire Manager Buck Showalter After Disappointing Season
Buck Showalter of the New York Mets signals for a pitching change against the Philadelphia Phillies during the eighth inning of game one of a doubleheader at Citi Field in New York on Sept. 30.
Photographer: Adam Hunger/Getty ImagesNEW YORK (AP) — For the fifth time in six years, the New York Mets are in the market for a manager.
Buck Showalter was fired Sunday after a disappointing season in which baseball’s highest-spending team tumbled from contention by midsummer.