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The final six games of the 2009 season for the Cleveland Indians will be the final six games of manager Eric Wedge's tenure as manager as well. The team announced on Wednesday that they have relieved Wedge and his entire coaching staff of their duties, effective at the end of this season. A press conference has been scheduled for 1:30 at Progressive Field to make the announcement.The news doesn't come as much of a surprise with the Indians currently battling to stay out of last place in the AL Central when the season began with expectations that they'd be contending for the division title.
Wedge took over the Indians managerial job in 2003, taking over for Charlie Manuel after he was fired in the 2002 season. In his seven seasons as Indians manager Wedge has compiled a record of 560-568 and won only one division title in 2007.
In that season the Indians went to the ALCS and had a three games to one lead on the Boston Red Sox before losing three straight and being eliminated. Since then the upward trend of the team under Wedge has gone completely downhill, as the Indians had to put on a late charge at the end of last season just to finish at .500 and they're currently 28 games under this season.
As our own Jeff Fletcher points out, Wedge is now the third manager of the four who reached the LCS in 2007 to no longer have a job, joining Colorado's Clint Hurdle and Arizona's Bob Melvin.
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