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Friday, March 05, 2004 |
Dodger Staff Stirred, Not Shaken (Much)
Bizarre that the Times should publish two conflicting items on the same day. First, the news that DePodesta will retain the old baseball operations staff. He's said to be especially impressed with studette Kim Ng, the woman who talked the arbitrator down to the Dodgers' figure in Gagné's negotiations. This strikes me as odd because you'd think if he were looking to make big changes he'd, well, make big changes. So far as I can tell, the jury's still out on DePodesta, but I haven't seen anything strikingly negative about the man; score a half point for McCourt on this one.
But then there's the juicy part. As expected, Bob Graziano finally did, in fact, resign, but it's how he did it that fascinates, in a watching-a-car-wreck-as-it-happens manner:
"I met with Frank and Jamie at the beginning of February, at which time we decided [resignation] would be an appropriate course of action because we had decided to go our separate ways."I suppose you expect a number of shakeups in an organization when a new boss takes over, but it seems every direct underling of McCourt has hit the door. Maybe it's needed -- the team wasn't exactly lighting the NL West on fire -- but it sure doesn't remind anybody of the O'Malley days, either. Well, maybe guys in the business of writing puff pieces about McCourt, but not the rest of us.Word emerged of the Graziano-Dee shakeup on the same day Dodger executive Kris Rone, the fourth-highest-ranking woman in Major League Baseball, resigned because of philosophical differences with the McCourts.
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"My responsibilities within the organization changed significantly" after his February meeting with the McCourts, prompting Graziano to instruct his attorney to send the letter of resignation to the Dodgers on Feb 20. He is scheduled to leave the organization March 22.
Man, would I love to hear what Rone's "philosophical differences" were.
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