Is it the fault of Manager John Russell for the Pittsburgh Pirates going 57 and 105. Is it the fault of Coach John Russell for the Pirates having a horrible road record, one of the worst in major league baseball history? Is it the fault of John Russell for the Pirates pitching staff having a grand total of 1 complete game out of 162 pitching starts? (By the way, this could be a modern day record in baseball). Is it the fault of John Russell that the Pirates had only one player hit over 20 home runs?(Garrett Jones had 21 and 3 of those came in Games 1 and 2). Is it the fault of John Russell that the Pirates traded Jose Bautista on August 18, 2008 to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later(Robinson Diaz)? And as all the sports fans know, Bautista slammed 54 home runs this year. Is it the fault of John Russell that the Pirates traded speedster Nyjer Morgan in mid-season 2009? Morgan is a good lead off hitter and stole 34 bases this past 2010 season. Morgan would lead off, get on first and drive the pitcher crazy. There is really no concrete explanation why the Pirates released Manager John Russell. Russell in 3 years lost a total of 299 games games basically losing 100 games per season. Could that be the reason? I just wish the administrative staff would give the fans of this region a definitive reason why they fired John Russell. This team could have had Casey Stengel managing them and they still may not have won 60 games.
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