[More Cowbell]

I really like Mackanin as manager, he gets the team to play hard for him and he seems to relate to the players a little better. That said, I see very little chance for him to be hired on full-time. I felt that he would probably need to go around 50-30 in the last 80 games, which would have gotten the team to a .500 finish overall. After the Reds' loss today, they sit at 21-17 under Mackanin's tenure. If they continue at this current pace, they will end up going about 45-35 for him, which I don't think will be enough considering the public pressure in Cincinnati to bring in a "name" manager.