fun34690: Paul, its great to have you back! The Vernon Wells deal really frustrates me. Will the Blue Jays go back to the policy of only doing four years ... max?
Paul Beeston: Personally, I’ve always believed in short-term contracts. Four-year contracts are the extent of what we will do. That is always subject to change. Short-term contracts always allow for flexibility. On the other hand, should you be able to obtain options on the players service past those four years, that is something that you would look at.
goher56: How do we know Rogers is committed to making the Blue Jays a winner? I feel like they may sell the team. What can you say to change my mind?
Paul Beeston: That is a good question. In talking with the Rogers family and Nadir Mohammed the CEO of Rogers, they have indicated that they are in it for the long term. The best example of how they operate is that they have given us all that we have asked for to move the ball club forward. Whether it is pursuing Chapman and the $24 million we were able to offer to sign him.
In respect to adding additional scouts and additional dollars to increase personnel on the development side of the farm system, they have given us those dollars. There is no indication they have given us that they want to sell and have provided us with the resources to move forward and build a championship team. They have been totally supportive and our responsibility is to keep them informed so that we operate on a no-surprise basis. It is my personal opinion that the baseball fans of Toronto and of the Blue Jays are fortunate to have the Rogers as owners.
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1. Rich Rifkin Posted: March 27, 2010 at 06:59 AM (#3487062)Of all the Mohammeds in this world, the Blue Jays' guy is at the very bottom, the lowest of them all.
At some point, no matter what you do technologically, you look the tool, right? You have to embrace the tech quickly and widely to avoid looking dated or reluctant (I see a loooooooooooooooooot of this at work from the management types who want Second Life islands for me to learn creatively how to format my TPS reports). Or you get dismissed for not understanding anything at all.
Pity Beeston. And me, too. I'm well on the way.
Wait, how is this different from what we were told or what our expectations were about Ricciardi in 2002? He was thinking differently, he was thinking strategically, and of the bigger picture.
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