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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As a devoted Red Sox fan for all of my 78 years (at least since I was school age) This will go down there with selling the "Babe" as another classic blunder by short-sighted club owners. I say it's time for the public to rebel and either acquire the club for the good of the community or boycott and let it sink into oblivion ! It would have been far more beneficicial to have unloaded Pedro and Manny. Boston's loss here will become someone's (Baltimore ?) bonanza. I'm burning my Bosox banner !

Ted, West End, N.C.

Are the owners crazy? Grady got this team so much further than they've been in a long time! This team wants him and needs him, why screw up a good thing?

Tekfan, Maine

I was stunned when Grady left Pedro on the hill in the 8th. Espically when the bullpen had been doing such a great job. However there is more to it that that one move. What about chemistry and the clubhouse? Everyone said this Sox team was different because they all got along and were a unit. Grady had allot to do with that. If were back to 20 guys, 20 different taxi's next year, you'll know why. 188 wins in two years and he gets fired?

Steve, Saco, ME

Yes, the Red Sox are making the right move. Grady led a team capable of 105 wins to a 95 win season. I think the Sox should consider Mike Hargrove and Davey Lopes to name two.

Jim, Oakton VA

Everyone on here blasting the team's mangement for letting Grady go is just proving that they don't understand the game and haven't been following them all year. Grady is a great guy - the players love him and he has a great personality - but his managing skills definitely left something to be desired. This is Boston - every mistake (and there were plenty) will be magnified. We need the best, or at least better than Little. The problem with Little is that he spent so long in the minors that he seemed to be awed being around so many pros and veterans. He second guessed his own judgements and failed miserably at asserting himself as the guy in charge. Let him go, turn the page and look to 2004. REMY!

Skee, Boston

Very unfortunate. Grady Little is not done managing in baseball...too bad he is done with the Red Sox. Next to face the firing squad? Jim Fregosi.

John, Northampton

Absolutely gutless. Panic, scapegoating, caving. Say goodbye to the core of this team. If you don't think Nixon, Veretec,Ortiz, Lowe,etc. are going to see this for what it is your nuts. Congratulations on letting the morons on talk radio dictate decisions. I'm not, nor was I ever a big grady guy. I wanted pedro out after the 7th. No question grady froze. But to fire a guy who had back to back 90+ win seasons in this neaurotic town? (and don't tell me about payroll, maybe we should get the mets manager). Good luck with his replacement. I hope grady goes to toronto and kicks lucchenos ass for ten years. New york fans are laughing at this move, as is the rest of the baseball world. Just classic Boston. What a bunch of clowns. We should have had a five year window with this nucleus and a young smart G.M. But wait, its the redsox, lets panic and shoot Lttle so we can feel better. totally gutless. Panic,panic panic panic panic. Hey is joe kerrigan available?

b., boston

I bumped into the banjo playing kid from "Deliverance" over the weekend. He also thought that Pedro should have pitched the 8th.

Bob, Andover

As a lifelong fan of the Sox: shame on Boston fans and the Red Sox brass. Although I didn't agree with his decision in the 8th inning bringing Pedro back in and letting him stay, look what he did for the team, the franchise and Boston. People believed; the team started ACTING like a team - something I haven't seen in a long time. One bad decision should not cost you your job - tons of us would be umemployed. Sorry Grady - you deserve much better than this.

Stephanie, Boston

You get what you get when you let the inmates run the prison. Huge command decision require someone who is a leader. Don't ask, tell people what to do. 40 men on that roster as well as the hearts of all New Englanders were crushed by the most idiotic question ever asked to any pitcher: " how do you feel?" " Do you want to keep going?" has any pitcher ever said "No" to the final question?? Sorry Grady, you were not man enough to pull the trigger!!

Mike, Centreville, VA