Catching up with Dave
Posted by Carl on May 27, 2008
It’s been a while since the blog checked in on FLC, Dave Trembley. Rumor has it that Mr. Trembley might appear to be a little gruff, but beneath the tough exterior was a heart of gold. Since being elevated to manager of the Baltimore Orioles at the end of last season, Dave’s record is 65-78. Currently the team sits right at .500 with a 25-25 record.
From the little known fact department: Dave never played a game in the majors.
Trembley never got beyond a Canadian amateur summer league, so he doesn’t have eye-catching playing credentials he can point to when impressing upon a player the need to do things a certain way.
“Players don’t really care about that,” said Trembley, who managed 16 consecutive years in the instructional league, in addition to winter ball stints in Venezuela and Mexico.
“They want to know two things: Do you know what you’re talking about, and can you help them? Are you going to panic? Have you been through it? I managed 2,000 games (2,782, actually) in the minor leagues, for goodness’ sakes.”
Long time Lynx fans will likely recall the MiLB umpire strike of 2006, and the quality of the replacement officials was arguably less than stellar. We missed the game when Dave, fed up with the bad calls, finally snapped and summarily “tossed” the entire umpiring crew. Pretty sure you’ve seen this before, but it looks like he took this routine to Camden Yards… (sorry, WordPress wouldn’t permit the video embed, so you’ll have to follow the link to see it.)
