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 BALTIMORE (AP) - When he accepted the job as the 16th manager in the history of the Baltimore Orioles, Sam Perlozzo was determined to rescue the franchise from a steady wave of losing seasons.
"I'd been in the organization a long time, so I pretty much knew what I was getting into," Perlozzo said Tuesday. "I felt I could make a difference. I truly believed I was the guy that could do it."
Perlozzo had been with the team for a decade before signing a three-year contract in October 2005. In the end, he became the latest Orioles manager to be dismissed without achieving so much as one winning season. After the Orioles went 70-92 last year — Baltimore's ninth consecutive losing season — Perlozzo was fired Monday with the Orioles in last place in the AL East.
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