Paul Molitor Hire Brings Mixed Reactions
The Minnesota Twins formally announced that Paul Molitor would be the next manager on Monday morning. With that announcement, a month long search for the replacement of Ron Gardenhire came to a close. As the Twins move in a different direction, Molitor will be the man to lead the way.
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As the decision was announced on the Minnesota Twins official Twitter page, it quickly spread throughout social media networks. Moltior has long been considered to be the front runner, but opinions were generally guarded either way with no official announcement made.
BREAKING: The #MNTwins to name Paul Molitor as new manager tomorrow at 10 a.m. CT press conference! pic.twitter.com/nnv04Ju6Rc
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) November 3, 2014
After the Twins announced the news, fans and those around baseball took to Twitter to voice their thoughts:
Really excited about Paul Molitor being the new Twins manager!
— Zak (@Fleetwoodzak) November 3, 2014
Congrats to Hall of Famer Paul Molitor as new manager of the Twins, I got a feeling he is going to be good #Beauty
— Spencer Schultz (@wiscofan4life) November 3, 2014
As you can see, the news of Molitor being named the new manager has brought about a hanfdul of mixed reactions, and only time will tell how this plays out.
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