Red Sox Legend Abruptly Replaced as Manager of Boston Women's Team
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0 Share Newsweek is a Trust Project member See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The inaugural season of the Women's Professional Baseball League hasn't been without its fits and starts.
Like, say, a team moving on to its second manager three games into the season.
The Boston Hunters announced shortly before Sunday's game that Keith Foulke, the legendary closer who sealed the Boston Red Sox 's curse-breaking 2004 World Series victory, had been replaced as manager of the team "effective immediately." Jemile Weeks, a fellow former MLB player, was named the new manager.
No reason was given for the change, but the Hunters thanked Foulke for his brief contribution to the team.
"We appreciate Keith's time and commitment to the Boston Hunters and wish him and his family all the best in the future," WPBL commissioner Justine Siegal said in a statement. "We have a talented group of players, and our focus is on building a strong, unified team and competing at a high level every day. We believe Jemile is the right person to lead this team, and we are excited about what lies ahead."
The Hunters opened the season with a 1-2 record under Foulke, although it's unclear what results were expected in the league's first year. The WPBL rollout hasn't been without its issues. Foulke was one of several WPBL managers who were announced mere days before the league's opening day.
However long it took for things to get rolling, the initial on-field impressions of the WPBL have been generally positive. But last-minute personnel changes so early in the campaign don't bode well for a league trying to find its footing.
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