Winning a World Series is No Guarantee of Job Security: Astros Fire GM & Assistant GM

You would think winning a World Series would provide some measure of job security.

This is not the case with the Houston Astros who yesterday, less than a week after winning the World Series, parted ways with General Manager James Click and then dismissed Assistant GM Scott Powers. 

Yes, it's true that Click was offered a one-year contract but Astros owner Jim Crane wanted to fire him outright and basically made Click an offer he had to refuse. To give you an idea of how out of the loop Click was from Crane, Click did not know the Astros had given manager Dusty Baker a one year extension until it was publicly announced. Needless to say Click and Crane did not click.

I am sure both Click and Powers will find jobs in baseball sooner rather than later. Click spent 15 years with the Tampa Bay Rays before being hired as the Astros GM prior to the 2020 season in the wake of the electronic sign stealing scandal. The Rays just hired former Texas Rangers GM Jon Daniels as a senior adviser. Perhaps the Rays will welcome Click back to the fold. Before joining the Astros, Powers worked in the front offices of both the Oakland A's and Los Angeles Dodgers. 

Still the experience of being unceremoniously dumped after their organization won a championship is going to stick with them. Will they even get their World Series rings? Would they even want them? As my sister Sarah told me many years ago, "Baseball is a sad game."