If he is not fired, I will leave the Baltimore Orioles head coach, as he has a misunderstanding with his player.

If he is not fired, I will leave the Baltimore Orioles head coach, as he has a misunderstanding with his player.

I will step down as head coach of the Baltimore Orioles if he is not fired because of a miscommunication with a player.

He had moments when he wanted to shout at the sky, moments when he was too tired to leave his office, and moments when he questioned why he had ever put himself through this suffering.

“Pain, a lot of pain,” Brandon Hyde says to USA TODAY Sports in a gentle manner. Many evenings passed, and I wondered how I would manage. Although I was happy with the approach I was taking, losing so much makes you take things personally.

Before making the Baltimore Orioles manager position one of the most desirable in all of baseball, this was life as a manager.

But running the Orioles for those first three years was like taking punches from Mike Tyson.

Naturally, Hyde, 49, was aware of what he was getting into when he agreed to take the position following the 2018 season.

No amount of Chanel, Baccarat, or Clive Christian fragrance could ever mask the odor of the job.

In the winter of 2018, six managerial vacancies surfaced, with this one being the worst.

The Orioles are now among the strongest teams in baseball, thanks to the management of Brandon Hyde, who took over the team in 2019.
With just 115 games played, the Orioles were 61 games behind the leaders in the AL East and had lost star baseman Manny Machado.

They had just slashed their player payroll to major-league levels and dismissed manager Buck Showalter and general manager Dan Duquette.

It was so awful that Hyde wondered if he should even bother, having lost four other jobs during the winter, when the Orioles called him for an interview. Should he accept the position or just go back to being the bench coach for the Chicago Cubs?

“He questioned whether he should accept the position at all,” stated former Cubs manager Joe Maddon, who also had Hyde on his coaching staff. “Hell yeah, never turn that down,” I assured him. You must accept it.

“Brother, this is going to be awful,” I remarked. It will be awful. It’s going to make you angry. You’ll be wondering, “Why?”

However, it’s also the ideal location. Just take your time. You’ll finally make it right. You’ll get the opportunity to use your approach and flair. What story do you want to be told about this?”

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The Orioles were as bad as one could have expected. In Hyde’s debut season, they went 54-108, falling 49 games short of the top spot.

The COVID-19 2020 season followed, with a 25–35 record.

In 2021, the losing streak persisted as they finished 52 games short of first place with a record of 110.

“I talked to Joe a lot, and I leaned on him,” Hyde remarked. Joe provided great help. He served as a fantastic sounding board for me during my difficult moments.

“He would always remind me to remember who I am. Be unique. There were many difficult nights, and it’s easy to lose sight of your true self.

Look who’s leading the American League and the American League East nearly five years after he took up the position. The Orioles are poised to secure a postseason spot and attempt to achieve something that no Orioles club has done since 1983: winning the World Series.

Greetings from the winner of the American League Manager of the Year.

After managing Hyde for the independent league Chico Heat in 2001, Charley Kerfeld, an executive with the Philadelphia Phillies, commented, “I couldn’t be happier for anyone in the world than him.” For three years, he was kicked in the ass, but he made it through. Where many guys would have folded, he always stood up for his players and his squad.

“I’m glad he’s eating lobster now, after all of the (expletive) sandwiches he had to eat.”

With a laugh, Hyde tells you that he still enjoys cheeseburgers and fries. He won’t be sipping champagne when the Orioles secure their first postseason berth; instead, he’ll be downing Budweiser.

Tim Cossins, the major-league field coordinator for the Orioles and Hyde’s closest buddy from Santa Rosa, California, describes him as a “renaissance man.” “He can adjust to any situation. He is intelligent. He’s got humor. He’s clever. He has excellent communication skills. He is an intense rival. He feels sorry for the game.

He is also really sincere. Nothing extraneous. Not phony. He is so successful because of this special combination of qualities that binds him to others.

And he is never, ever content.

He takes the losses more seriously now than when the Orioles were a laughingstock, defying expectations that he would just kick back and enjoy the team’s success.

“In those days, Hyde says, I would have been proud of our team’s performance even if we lost to teams like Gerrit Cole and the Yankees despite playing well.” The difference now is that our team and I aim to win each and every night. Thus, the losses are more difficult.

“Even though we’ve won, I want our players and coaching staff to celebrate, but more than anything, I’m just relieved.”