{"id":965,"date":"2021-10-22T16:16:11","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T20:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derfmagazine.com\/home\/?p=965"},"modified":"2021-10-22T16:30:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T20:30:38","slug":"unemployed-baseball-managers-block-reds-phone-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derfmagazine.com\/home\/sports\/unemployed-baseball-managers-block-reds-phone-number\/","title":{"rendered":"Unemployed baseball managers block Reds phone number"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>CINCINNATI, OH<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; As the Cincinnati Reds are mired in a slump, the baseball world is wondering if changes could be on the way to try to shake the team up. Many believe there is a chance that the team could part ways with current manager Bryan Price, in order to send the club in a new direction. In a related phenomenon, unemployed baseball managers around the country have blocked the Cincinnati Reds\u2019 phone number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI blocked them after Bryan Price got thrown out before the game started,\u201d said former major league manager Joe Torre. \u201cI knew trouble was brewing, in fact I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if poor Bryan starts throwing fits every day until they release him from that misery. But, make no mistake about it, they\u2019re not going to lure me back into managing, especially now that they\u2019re number is on my \u2018do not go through\u2019 list. I guess I could just answer when they called and politely tell them that I\u2019m not interested, but I was still hoping to hit their front office up for All Star Game tickets next month. Don\u2019t want to get on their bad side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo I guess I\u2019m not the only one,\u201d said former Reds manager Dusty Baker. \u201cI heard from a bunch of my other fellow unemployed managers that they didn\u2019t want to hear it when the Reds started blowing up their phones. To be fair, I think in my case, the feeling is mutual. They blocked my number at some point after I started calling after every loss to say, \u2018Hey guys, miss me yet?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other potential Reds managerial candidates haven\u2019t gone as far as to block the team\u2019s phone number, but have put precautions in place to alert them if the Reds are calling. \u201cI have a special ringtone just for the Reds front office,\u201d said currently unemployed manager Bobby Valentine. \u201cIt plays a Bronson Arroyo version of a Third Eye Blind song. 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