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Friday, September 30, 2005 |
Stormclouds Gather 'Round Bavasi
Via BTF, the Seattle Press-Intelligencer has an article up about whether Bill Bavasi will get the boot, presiding, as he is, over two back-to-back 90-loss seasons.
CEO Howard Lincoln is not entertaining questions on the subject of Bavasi's future, but there is no hard evidence to suggest the Mariners plan to terminate his open-ended contract at the end of the season. Scattered speculation outside the organization, however, holds that he has lost too many games for a man possessing a payroll that exceeds $90 million. Other industry peers believe the Mariners were going to age and lose in 2004 and 2005, regardless of Pat Gillick's successor.I'm reading Ross Newhan's history of the Angels, and skipping ahead a bit for various reasons to the point in time where Bavasi enters the picture. It's a fascinating read."Honestly, most people in baseball would tell you that he went into a bad situation," said Tony Tavares, the former Angels president with whom Bavasi disagreed, leading to Bavasi's resignation in Anaheim. "He had a lot of money committed to players who weren't performing. A lot of people I know feel like he needs more time to put his plan in place."
Comments:
I really like the Newhan book, because it really isn't a rah-rah puff piece. It's pretty much unflinching about how horrible it was to be an Angels fan for forty years or so. I just wish he'd do an update to it.
He's been forcibly retired from the Times, as you probably know, but I have to wonder if he really feels like engaging in such activity anymore. I certainly would second your wish, along with getting a damned index in the thing.
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