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Tuesday, November 01, 2005 |
Gillick Passes On Dodgers
Pat Gillick has passed on the Dodgers GM position, according to Ken Rosenthal, and will sign with Philadelphia. The remaining possibilities are Jim Bowden, formerly with the Reds and Nationals, Kevin Towers of San Diego, Bobby Valentine in a combined GM/Manager role, and Theo Epstein, until yesterday with the Red Sox.
Update: from Christina Kahrl comes this fantastic Baseball Prospectus column on the tumult in Boston and Los Angeles:
...[In letting complaints from the likes of Plaschke and Simers] make [Frank McCourt] wonder about what was going on with his ballclub, and then subsequently taking too seriously the counsels of men like Tommy Lasorda, team owner Frank McCourt betrayed the quality that has been feared from the start as his stewardship's symbolic signature: weakness. But where before his shallow pockets were supposed to be the source of his problems, McCourt has added a more basic weakness of character. By gutlessly catering to the local media harpies, McCourt ignored the unhappy accidents that reduced the Dodgers to also-rans, and fudged his commitment to a sharp GM with the ability to build a winner. McCourt has instead chosen to kowtow to the memory of the Pastaman, but all he will get for his troubles is a mouthful of wet noodle. That, and the canny wisdom of the man who dumped Paul Konerko, and then tried to cover his tracks by making up a career-ending injury that, last I checked, never did end up keeping Konerko off of the diamond. And did I mention Pedro Martinez, a fact which has left Pedro bitter to this day?
Comments:
"Pat Gillick has passed on the Dodgers GM position."
And so should any sane candidate who isn't a FOT. Although I thought Gillick and Lasorda got along.
And so should any sane candidate who isn't a FOT. Although I thought Gillick and Lasorda got along.
Long, detailed post regarding the Red Sox, Lucchino, & Epstein at www.dbsoxblog.blogspot.com. In summary: The Red Sox will remain strong because the ownership group is so strong. The person most responsible for the recent success of the Red Sox? Lucchino. Anyway, interesting reading.
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: 11/01/2005 05:49:00 PM
: 11/01/2005 05:49:00 PM
Interesting. For those so inclined, here's the permalink. His politics aren't my cup of tea, and he makes a number of unsubstantiated comments (watch Larry Luccino remove the taint of racism from the Red Sox with a single wave of his hand! Be amazed as he injects intelligence and savoir faire into the Boston front office) and not a little hero worship, but aside from that it's a well-written piece.
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