Reds give the ax to manager David Bell

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THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5 LEADING THE WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS. AND THAT BREAKING NEWS AS THE REDS WRAP UP THEIR SEASON AT GREAT AMERICAN BALLPARK. THE TEAM FIRING MANAGER DAVID BELL. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US. AFTER THE GAME I’M LINDSEY STONE. THIS IS A HUGE MOVE. AFTER THAT COMES LESS THAN A YEAR. A VERY LESS THAN STELLAR YEAR FOR THE REDLEGS. WLWT SPORTS ANCHOR OLIVIA RAY. JOINING US NOW FROM THE BALLPARK WITH MORE ON THIS SHAKEUP. OLIVIA. LINDSEY. JUST HOURS AFTER THE HOME FINALE HERE AT GREAT AMERICAN BALLPARK, THE TEAM ANNOUNCES THAT THE REDS HAVE FIRED MANAGER DAVID BELL AFTER SIX SEASONS, THAT HE WAS WITH THIS BALL CLUB. NOW THE REDS HAVE UNDERPERFORMED THIS SEASON AS MANY HAVE MADE NOTE. HOWEVER, THIS IS A SHOCKING MOVE WITH FIVE GAMES LEFT OF THIS REGULAR SEASON. THE REDS HAVE THE DAY OFF TOMORROW, THEN THEY TRAVEL TO CLEVELAND AND CHICAGO. BELL WILL NOT BE WITH THE BALL CLUB. WE DID RECEIVE A STATEMENT FROM BASEBALL PRESIDENT OF BASEBALL OPERATIONS NICK KROLL. JUST MOMENTS AGO, WHICH READ DAVID PROVIDED THE KIND OF STEADINESS THAT WE NEEDED IN OUR CLUBHOUSE OVER THE LAST FEW SEASONS. WE FELT A CHANGE WAS NEEDED TO MOVE THE MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM FORWARD. HE GOES ON TO SAY, WE HAVE NOT ACHIEVED THE SUCCESS WE EXPECTED AND WE NEED TO BEGIN FOCUSING ON 2025. DAVID BELL WAS HIRED BY THE TEAM BACK IN 2018. HE COMPILED A LOSING RECORD OF 409 AND 456, WITH JUST ONE POSTSEASON BERTH FOR THE REDLEGS, WHICH CAME BACK IN 2020. NOW THIS COMES JUST A YEAR AFTER THE REDS HAVE EXTENDED BELL FOR A THREE YEAR CONTRACT. HE WAS UNDER CONTRACT THROUGH 2026 WITH CINCINNATI. I WAS IN THE CLUBHOUSE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH SEVERAL OF THE PLAYERS TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE AND WHO ARE ALREADY LOOKING AHEAD TO 2025. WITH JUST A WEEK LEFT IN THIS BASEBALL SEASON. THE GREAT THING MAINSTAY, GREAT PLAYERS, AND WE’RE GOING TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR STRONGER EVERY TIME WE GET PUNCHED IN THE MOUTH, WE KIND OF JUST KEPT GOING AND PUSHING BACK, KEPT FIGHTING AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT MAKES A STRONG CLUBHOUSE IS THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, NO MATTER, NO MATTER WHAT GETS THROWN OUR WAY, WE ALWAYS COME OUT AND WE FIGHT AND WE GIVE IT OUR ALL. A BIT OF A SHOCKING MOVE HERE TONIGHT. THE REDS FIRING DAVID BELL, WHO WAS UNDER CONTRACT THROUGH 2026 JUST A YEAR AND TWO MONTHS AFTER THEY EXTENDED HIM. BELL WILL NOT BE WITH THE TEAM. IT WILL BE BENCH COACH FREDDIE BENAVIDES WHO WILL BE THE INTERIM COACH AS THE REDS FINISH OUT THE FINAL FIVE REGULAR SEASON GAMES OF THIS 2024 SEASON. I’LL SEE YOU IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES WITH MUCH MORE ON THIS BREAKING NEWS AS THE REDS FIRE DAVID BELL. PLUS, A LOOK AHEAD TO MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. MASSIV

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