Palpable Uncertainty Surrounds Angels in Wake of Managerial Ouster

Palpable Uncertainty Surrounds Angels in Wake of Managerial Ouster
Manager Phil Nevin of the Los Angeles Angels looks on prior to the game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 1, 2023. (Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Phil Nevin
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As eight Major League Baseball teams opened post-season play Oct. 3 and four others awaited their respective playoff debuts this weekend, Angels General Manager Perry Minasian found himself facing media members during an online interrogation.

The subject matter was one no professional sports executive welcomes. A day earlier, the perennially underperforming Angels announced they had declined a contract option on Manager Phil Nevin. When the team gathers for spring training in Tempe, Arizona, in February, it will do so under a fifth different manager in seven seasons.

Dan Wood
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Dan Wood is a community sports reporter based in Orange County, California. He has covered sports professionally for some 43 years, spending nearly three decades in the newspaper industry and 14 years in radio. He is an avid music fan, with a strong lean toward country and classic rock.
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