Dodgers manager Dave Roberts on Bud Black’s dismissal as manager of the Colorado Rockies: “Casey Stengel couldn’t change the outcome of that ballclub.”

Long before becoming the skipper of the Colorado Rockies sinking ship, Bud Black was a decorated Angels pitching coach and respected San Diego Padres manager.

Bud Black, the longest-tenured manager in Colorado Rockies history, was fired in his ninth season as the team slides toward a historically bad season.