HOUR 1 - Pirates fire Shelton, Calls, Jason Mackey

Derek Shelton has been fired by the Pirates following the 12-26 start. We encapsulated what we saw from ‘Shelty’ in his time as Pirates manager, which was truly an awful tenure. How much of this falls on him? The guys talked about the troubles that came about due to the incompetence of Ben Cherington as well. Callers weighed in on the firing of Derek Shelton. PG columnist Jason Mackey joined the show. Jason thinks it’s pretty clear the team was lifeless in the final days of Derek Shelton as Pirates skipper. Jason described it as a ‘sad state of affairs.’ He thinks it is a rough situation that is bigger than Derek. Donny Kelly will replace Shelton, at least in the interim, and Jason said the organization likes him a lot in the hopes the role becomes permanent. The guys questioned how much longer Ben Cherington is around considering he is worse at his job than Shelton is at his. How much say did the front office have over actual managerial decisions that fell back on Shelton?