OK, so I listened today and they actually talked to Garner, here's how it went:
Garner said he is in Panama City playing golf and chess. Remarks that he's not getting better at either one since his "retirement."
Casey Stern asks him what is meant by managers "losing the clubhouse." Garner doesn't know, he says that sometimes a superstar will agitate with management to replace the manager. Garner says firing the manager is almost never the solution for clubhouse problems. He wishes managers had more stability and support from ownership. Players will listen more closely if they know the manager is around for the long haul. He mentions that Tony La Russa barred Ozzie Smith from the Cards' clubhouse (they haven't gotten along since TLR benched Smith in 1996). Garner says that without support from ownership, he'd have been thrown to the wolves after that move.
Stern follows up with a question about Oswalt, specifically if he's going to go to the White Sox (didn't they already read what Peavy said?). Garner says Oswalt would probably agree to be traded, but Atlanta was the only place he could realistically see him going. He also said the Astros were always slow starters and not to count them out yet.
So, that's that. I kinda wish they would have talked more about the Astros' current situation, but it's always good to hear Scrap Iron's voice. A guy that's good with the media and good with players...and hey, he's free nowadays. Maybe Drayton should give him a call.
