Report: Reds fire GM Krivsky after 9-12 start

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Wayne Krivsky Fired
Published 4/23/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Wayne Krivsky Fired DAMN YOU, GARY MAJEWSKI! The Cincinnati Reds have fired general manager Wayne Krivsky less than three years into his tenure, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. Krivsky, a former assistant GM with the Minnesota Twins, was hired in 2006, succeeding Dan O’Brien. He was the first general manager to be hired under the Reds ownership group led by Bob Castellini and is in the last year of a three-year contract. The Reds are currently 9-12 and 5½ games behind the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs.

Krivsky Kanned
Published 4/23/2008 by Craig Calcaterra at ShysterBall
When your boss hires a guy who's better at your job than you are, you have to know your days are numbered: The Cincinnati Reds have fired general manager Wayne Krivsky and replaced him with former St. Louis Cardinals general manager Walt Jocketty . . . Krivsky knew his job was in jeopardy when owner Bob Castellini hired Jocketty as a special consultant in January. The two were friends from Castellini's days in the Cardinals' ownership group. Given that this was inevitable, the timing is probably for the best. Despite some pre-season optimism, the ...

Dissatisfied with Splitting Two with Dodgers, Reds Fire GM
Published 4/23/2008 by Orel at Sons of Steve Garvey
Krivsky fired after less than three years as Reds' GM (ESPN.com)

Reds Fire Wayne Krivsky
Published 4/23/2008 by Charlie at Bucs Dugout: Front Page Posts
... Good for them. This kind of messes up the tournament, doesn't it? Krivsky's match against Brian Sabean was supposed to start today. Anyway, the Reds have hired Walt Jocketty, who was already working as a special consultant for them, to take Krivsky's place. Despite the fact that Jocketty was aboard, I didn't really see this coming - Krivsky hadn't been on the job that long. ...

With Krivsky overboard Jocketty takes the wheel of the S.S. Redleg
Published 4/23/2008 by Deaner at Blue Collar Baseball
The Cincinnati Reds have fired GM Wayne Krivsky and hired Walt Jocketty to take his place. It's not like I didn't see this coming but it is surprising that he happened this early in the season. Bill at Redleg Nation has the same question. Basically the Reds aren't winning and as Hal McCoy points out, Bob Castellini is a business man who wants bang for his buck. Walt Jocketty will take this team where it needs to go in the immediate future. They will win now. The question that I have is, how about 10 years down the road? Walt Jocketty ...

BASEBALL: Card In The Hole
Published 4/24/2008 by Baseball Crank at Baseball Crank
... The Reds have hired as their general manager Walt Jocketty, the greatly successful former Cardinals GM. We'll see if Jocketty can recapture his winning formula from St. Louis, which focused on concentrating scarce resources on star-quality prospects and surrounding them largely with reclamation-project veterans (in a sense, not so different from how the Reds were run the past decade, but better), and trading actively while eschewing big free agent signings. ...