Don’t Call It Ineptitude, Call It Incompetence

Let's call a spade a spade. It isn't ineptitude that A's manager Bob Geren displays—it is a total lack of competence. Geren should have been fired long ago, and general manager Billy Beane is allowing the most incompetent manager in baseball to still have a job.

If Geren was a rookie manager then maybe some of the mistakes being made could be considered as a rookie mistake and in time he'd learn from them. Yet, not only has Geren made mistakes, he keeps making the same mistake.

There's a saying that goes, "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me."

This quote applies to the way that Geren uses his bullpen. He has been burned plenty of times by putting the wrong pitcher in during key situations. In all honesty, you'd think he'd learn from that mis...

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