Six days after winning a World Series title, the Astros parted ways with general manager James Click on Friday, ending months of intensifying speculation.
— departed for other organizations last month, perhaps portending the shakeup that started on Friday.
According to the Society of Baseball Research, the last who did, Larry MacPhail, resigned in 1947 after entering the New York Yankees’ World Series winning clubhouse “in a “drunken stupor” during which he “unleashed a barrage of insults, punched a writer, and announced his resignation.” A one-year extension offer after the World Series only cemented what became increasingly clear during the last year: Crane did not view Click as the long-term head of his baseball operations department. Still, the owner sent him to Las Vegas this week as Houston’s representative at the general manager’s meetings, during which their friction spilled into the public eye with some of Click’s most candid comments ever., describing his relationship with Crane.
The demands grew tenfold during Click’s tenure. Crane grew more heavily involved in baseball operations decisions, includingfor Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras at Baker’s behest.
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