Hey everyone, sorry for the lack of blogging lately. I thought I had a couple of big diamondback fans lined up before the season and well they never logged in to blog lol! So here I am blogging about the Diamondbacks firing Bob Melvin as manager. Sure seems pretty early in the season to be making a move but I guess management thought it would be the best option.

A.J. Hinch, the vice president for player development has been promoted to manager as he hopes to have better success with the young guys than Melvin did in 2009. The 34-year-old Hinch is a former major league catcher with no professional managerial experience. His promotion was first reported by radio station KTAR.

In a weak West Division, the D-backs are currently 8.5 games out of first place with a 12-17 record. Injuries to Brandon Webb and Stephen Drew really has hurt the team. Combine that with terrible starts by Conor Jackson and Mark Reynolds and there is your reason why the team has been so bad so far.

So will Hinch be able to turn things around? Especially with no professional managerial experience? I don’t think so…