If the Boston Red Sox are serious about making a run at John Farrell, the Blue Jays should tell them the bidding begins at a couple of buckets of KFC, a case of Rolling Rock and the latest version of Call of Duty. Then general manager Alex Anthopoulos should get all Clint Eastwood over the phone and tell the Red Sox: “You obnoxious, sun-shines-out-of-your-behinds New England clam chowders. Go stuff yourself.”
Finally, come April 9th, 2012, the first time the Blue Jays play the Red Sox, Ricky Romero or whoever is pitching that day should plant one in Carl Crawford’s ribs. In short, it’s time for Alex Anthopoulos and the Blue Jays to grow some. For those unaware, the imploding Red Sox, not content with throwing up all over their shoes down the stretch in the regular season, seem intent on blowing the fingers off anyone who comes near them in the aftermath.
...And just to be clear: The Blue Jays should tell the Red Sox to go to hell, whether Farrell wants to go back to Boston or not. No amount of compensation is the right amount. The Jays can’t be seen to be in the business of throwing lifelines that their rivals are going to hang them with. The organization under Anthopoulos has done a great job marketing hope. Blue Jays fans haven’t seen a meaningful game of baseball played in Toronto since 1993…
...But at some point playing with the big boys means not playing nicely all the time. At some point Blue Jays fans will want to be assured that someone besides Brett Lawrie has a pulse.
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1. Greg (U)K Posted: October 24, 2011 at 10:31 AM (#3973054)And if you're going to hit Carl Crawford (without a doubt the mastermind behind this attempted Farrell-theft) I'd use Morrow. He throws harder and isn't nearly as good as Romero.
You are more Canadian than wrongly shaped bacon!
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I will refrain from making any jokes about Canada here.
Hey, it's better than the other thread where you guys are invading us and installing a puppet government!
That's for a step up though (LaCava to go from assistant GM in Toronto to a GM job elsewhere). I was under the impression that was standard practice for MLB teams, though I admit it's not like I've actually looked into it.
I imagine Farrell's case is different.
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It depends. The Yankees make a habit of denying permission for their employees to interview with anyone else. As for whether or not the Jay's policy would apply to a lateral move, this is just the only info I've seen published. It sure doesn't sound like Anthopoulis leaves much room for equivocation, but maybe this is where Canada draws its line through the trees.
Speaking of which...what's it going to take to get him and Joey Bats? I think Reddick and Middlebrooks should get er done. Lawrie is going to be looking for the type of contract the Jays can't afford in 6 years.
Nah, we can go homegrown with either Wade Boggs, Oil Can Boyd or, I don't know, Lou Merloni (he was white enough and untalented enough that he was probably described as a "gamer" a time or two).
Didn't Damon Oppenheimer just interview for the Angels job?
Lou Merloni is white?
Weird, I must be confusing him with someone else.
EDIT: by the way, why is that the further back in time it goes the more pictures of players baseball-reference has. There are no 21st century players pictured as far as I can tell. Is that a copyright issue?
I'm feeling lucky today - due to my Rangers' good fortune last night(?) - you're thinking of Donnie Sadler right?
Sean's post about the pictures. Yes, it's a copyright issue, money quote;
I've always assumed that there was some kind of issue with the MLBPA.
When Troy O'Leary and Darren Bragg were both on the Red Sox, it was very confusing.
I think Khalil Green has to be the all-time winner in this category, though.
Edit: Trying link again.
the column worked!
A black guy who seemingly could have been white: Bryan Engelhardt.
Michael Saunders was one for me. For some reason, looking at his stats in the minors, I pictured a short, compact black guy with the build of an NFL running back. I did not expect a tall skinny white guy.
How about my fantasy football RB's - McFadden and McCoy? A pair of fine Irish lads for sure.
That beats out my previous favorite, University of Nevada basketball star Kirk Snyder.
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