[Scotty doesn't know]

The Pete Mackanin train keeps right on rolling! The Reds ae now 9-4 since he took over as manager, and really seem to be playing well.

So, the question now is, how good would Mackanin have to go the rest of season to force the Reds to hire him? He took over with 80 games to go, so what would his record in those games have to be? With so much pressure from the fans to get a "name" guy, I say he would have to go 50-30 to stake his claim.

Well you remember with Narron. Wasn't it almost the same situation? Narron came in, the team did good "by the Reds standards of course" and then the next season he was hired on a full time manager. I think if the Reds continue to be on this hot streak we may have to accept the fact that our next manager has already arrived. However, I still say they have to somehow get back to .500 for him to really be safe. That is still 15 games away. I will say if he can get the reds to scratch back to .500 he may have the job for next year.

BTW did you get to read the tread on here that mentions Arroyo to the Brave? That is the first time since Arroyo has been a Red that I have heard his name in trade talk.