After two years, 188 regular season wins, and a trip to the American League Championship Series, the Red Sox have parted ways with Grady Little. Are the Sox making the right move? Who should get his job?

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Players win games not managers. If Pedro pitched like Beckett we would not even be having this conversation. It is too bad that it had to come to this. Well if Grady is gone then bring in Rem-dog!

Brendan, Silver Spring

I thank the Lord that the new idiot in town is gone........his job should be secured by Leyland or Herzog

Jacobo, Arlington VA

I'm very sad about everything I've heard and read about Grady in the past 10 days and that the RedSox are not going to renew his contract for another year. Grady went with his gut all season long and it got them to a Game #7 in the ALCS. Granted, I was shocked to see Pedro come out to pitch the 8th. But it's a lot easier for me to "know" what to do from my side of the TV screen. What would the reaction be if Timlin and Williamson were brought in and one of them blew the lead in the 8th or 9th? The answer is that we'll never know and I suppose that's what frustrates everyone. When the Senators left DC, I "picked" the RedSox to be my team. It wasn't based on statistics or scouting. It was based on a feeling that I had that they would mean something to me and that I would care about what they did. I'm happy to say that I care very much about the RedSox and really don't wish to re-evaluate my decision based on the events of the last 30 years.

John, Washington, DC

It is a shame that Grady Little is being let go, But I can't blame the Red Sox. I was so infuriated that Grady left Pedro in that I wanted to fire him myself. Everyone who has any baseball sense knew he screwed up big time. However this isn't the first time he has done this. He made many bad decisions when it came to pitching changes. Think of Burkett over the course of the year. Grady you lost your job because you are a horrible manager when it comes to managing a pitching staff.

Rich, Manchester, CT

To Red Sox Nation; GET OVER IT !!!!!!! The Red Sox lost because they were not good enough!!!!!!!! Stop blaming the innocent. You are pathetic!!!!!!!!

Opulent One, Boston

Until this season, Red Sox players were never a happy group of campers. They may have been talented but they did not have that wonderful cameraderie we witnessed this season. Give credit to Theo for adding Millar and Ortiz, but give credit to Grady Little for establishing and maintaining the right atmosphere. As a fairly new baseball fan, I had never rooted or just plain loved a team like I loved THESE Red Sox, not just THE Red Sox. We won't see the like of this team again, I'm afraid. Thanks to Grady for the season and the cameraderie but no thanks to him for how he managed Game 7 with not just one mistake but two (putting in Wakefield when we could have possibly gotten to the Yankees bullpen) the second more inexplicable than the first. I was enraged that he wasted all these guys tremendous hard work in a flash of "instinct". I just hope this doesn't demoralize the guys left in the clubhouse come next spring.

Liz, Moorpark, CA

Boston fans are backstabbing bas-----. Ok, so let's pretend that Little goes to the bullpen to save that fateful day. Who's fault would it be if the bullpen imploded, as it did dozens of time all season? I don't say "good riddance"; I say "Good Luck." I don't disagree with the decision, but in all honesty, Grady, the odds were stacked against you. You weren't the right guy for this job, and a World Series win would have only postponed the inevitable. And as for the criticism, you did what you thought best. If Garciaparra had even a halfway decent series, this discussion would be academic. Purely academic. You're the fall guy, and I wish you the best.

Mark, Seattle

I don't have enough knowledge to weigh in on who should replace Grady, but I do think we need one who has the personal, professional, and communication skills Grady exhibited to keep the team together. I agree that Grady did not make the right decision in Game 7 but find it very hard to condemn him for it to the point of letting him go when I think of the exciting year the Red Sox had, something the likes of which we haven't seen in a long time. There is a good argument to be made that an obviously wrong move in a clutch situation is reason to let someone go. I held onto the hope that Grady would say something about how he learned something from the situation. But he didn't and insists that he would do the same thing over again. That troubles me, but somehow, I don't think he would ever make a mistake like that again. That hope and the rest of the season in mind makes me want us to hold onto Grady. Although I don't want to see him go, I think about how hard it will be for him to manage next year with everyone scrutinizing his every move even more so than they did this year. I can imagine mock cheers every time he lifts a pitcher in trouble, and being made to feel that every decision he makes is motivated by wanting to please the fans rather than what he would choose to do without the spectre of Game 7 looming over the park. I say thanks to Grady for an unforgettable year. I know no one wanted to win it all more than you did. Good luck.

Gary, Clinton, MA

Bad move. Grady Little got this team to the doorstep of the World Series, despite a lot of problems. Does anyone really think the red Sox were a better team than the Yankees? A man should not be penalized for one error.

Michael, Chappaqua, N. Y.

Grady did a decent job...but everyone said he managed on insticts rather than statistical data.....but the mistake in game 7 was beyond acceptance....he also made made many mistakes in the regular season...poor decisions due not sit well with me or the RED SOX NATION...yes people make mistakes and understand we should forgive them....you have been forgiven it just won't be in Boston. We need someone who will demand respect and has the baseball knowledge to get the job done....Jerry Remy, I has said on many occasions on the air, he would not be interested in the job...My vote would be for a person who has some of Grady's personality but has the coconuts to make the tough decision when the game is on the line. Charles Manual.....Jeff Torborg...Dewey Evans.....Glen Hoffman...Bruce Bochy.....Davey Lopes...or Joe Torre if he is available. Joe Torre would be my choice...he is not afraid to sit people down when they do not produce(Giambi, Sorianio)....but I do not think the Yankee's are that stupid to let him go......Grady will end up going to the Yank's just to spite the Sox

John, Windsor,Canada