Firing general manager Randy Smith and manager Phil Garner oneweek into Detroit's season was one of the toughest decisions in teampresident Dave Dombrowski's life, but he knows what's it's like to beon the other end. He was fired by the White Sox in 1985 as vicepresident of baseball operations.
It's been almost 17 years, but it seems like yesterday,"Dombrowski said of getting the ax from Sox GM Ken "Hawk" Harrelson."He took me back to the Bard's Room in old Comiskey Park and said,'Well, Dave, it's you or me.'
"I think it was a power play to him, but I half-expected it. Ithappens when you make changes. He actually was as nice as he could beabout it. It hurt at the …
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