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1. Chico Lind(and the Man) Posted: September 30, 2010 at 02:24 PM (#3651888)Out of a cannon and into the sun?
:) I've thought about that being a solution for nuclear waste -- but then I think we'd better not f*** with the sun. Unintended consequences and all that ...
If you've been paying any attention to the Wilpons' modus operandi, John Ricco will be the next GM. They'll tout his knowledge of the organization and familiarity with the players, but the bottom line to them is that he'll work cheap and won't demand control and independence from Jeff's meddling.
What about John Hart?
http://nybaseballdigest.com/?p=29348
What about John Hart?
http://nybaseballdigest.com/?p=29348
Given that they've been rudderless for the last year or so, what's an extra couple months?
Interesting, if true. Any idea why?
Because a ship without a rudder's like a ship without a rudder's like a ship without a rudder.
Conversely it IS an MLB GM job and there aren't many of those available. Depending on the status of Santana, Beltran and Reyes they could rebound quickly and even a financially depleted Met team is probably in the top third of spending of all MLB clubs.
I'm guessing here, but GMs who preside over hilariously bad teams rarely last long, and even more rarely get a second shot as GM. The Mets are already not great, have some ugly contracts on the books, are expected to be cutting payroll in the offseason, and have meddling owners. Ricco is probably more interested in a GM position where he has a real chance for a lasting career, rather than one where he's taking the role of immediate scapegoat for things far beyond his control. That description really doesn't match the GM position for the Mets.
Maybe because of this:
the bottom line to them is that he'll work cheap and won't demand control and independence from Jeff's meddling
That, my friends, would be one hell of a gun.
Me too. They'd probably fire me as soon as they figured out I was just trading all of their good players to the Braves for nothing, but that shouldn't take long. They don't have many good players.
No.
It would need to accelerate the payload to 29 km/s or so. As the entire acceleration would take place in the barrel it would be a somewhat less than comfortable trip.
I think this is the corporate motto of Continental Airlines.
The Mets have been horribly disappointing the last four seasons, but far from hilariously bad. And while there's no hope for them in 2011 beyond a surprising everything-breaks-perfectly wild card run, they have a ton of money coming off the books after the season - Beltran, Ollie, K-Rod and Castillo alone will account for $48 million in savings (assuming they don't let K-Rod's $17.5 million 2012 option vest, and even if they stupidly do, there's a $3.5 million buyout). And if Reyes is sufficiently bad or injured next year that they decide to cut ties with him, that's another $11 million off the books for 2012. Unless the Wilpons want to turn the team into a $70 million mediocrity, in which case they'll be hounded into the witness protection program by the press and fans, the next GM should have room to work some magic and show his stuff in 2012 and beyond. A 3-year deal to run the team from 2011-13 should be attractive to many candidates.
Some of us would like to die with some style even if we are shot into the sun. Being compressed to a blob of organic matter is hardly stylish.
I'm guessing there are Mets fans you would like to propel Minaya towards that end.
FTFY
Maybe Obama will take the job.
Well, he is good at making excuses.
Wow, way to keep us hanging there.
It was a risky move, since it caused some brand confusion with the Delta/Northwest slogan of "We love to fly, and go #### yourself!"
It's no guaranty that Ricco ever gets offered a GM job - he's well regarded, but I don't think he's well regarded enough that he will definitely find an opportunity eventually. A GM job is such a scarce thing, I don't see how any rookie GM candidate turns one down.
Are you saying John Kruk lacks style?
I'm with billyshears on this. There are only 30 jobs like this in the world. If Ricco hates the Wilpons so much he would have left already and the expectations are not too high for next year.
I understand Steve Spagnuolo turned down the Redskins head coaching job, but he was a very hot commodity after the football Giants Super Bowl win.
Gerald Bull is not impressed.
I have made myself ready, and perhaps my chance will come.
How much are you willing to pay to keep your fantasy league stats buried? I'm reasonable.
There were published reports of several assistant GMs turning down the chance to interview for the Pirates' job the last time it came open. Hahn and Antonetti were the two that I remember.
Pretty sure some guys turned down a shot at the Astros' job, too.
GCL: Juan Urbina, LHP, # 6
Appy: Aderlin Rodriguez, 3B, # 9
NY-P: Cory Vaughn, OF, # 3; Darrell Ceciliani, # 11
SAL: Cesar Puello, OF, # 13
That's it. 5 players out of 80 spots in the four leagues combined. And only one of them, Vaughn, made the top 5 in any of the leagues. Not good. In the capsule reviews, they had pretty mixed things to say about Urbina (fastball tops out at 92, slider is at best a work in progress), and Rodriguez (doubted he could stay at 3B), but were more positive about the others.
The most controversial -- and to my mind, indefensible -- omission is that they left Wilmer Flores off the SAL Top 20. Here was Bill Ballew's explanation:
Flores has the ability to hit for average and his defense is steady on balls he can reach. The problem is Flores does not run well and has very limited range at a key defensive position. He's going to need to change positions, and with that position change his limited power will become a bigger negative. Flores is young (he turned 19 in August) and he plays easy with the ability to put the ball in play. In my mind, at least, the sum of his strong tools do not add up to an exceptional player at higher levels.
Nonsense on a stick. Nineteen years old, and the kid hit 11 homers between Savannah and St. Lucie this year, with 50 XBH in 554 ABs. That's not "limited power." That's demonstrated power potential. I think Flores clearly projects to be MUCH better than to be left off this list. And if he changes position to 2B because he doesn't have the range to be a SS, where's the negative?
So call it six players by any realistic estimate. That's still not great. The Phillies had nine, despite not having an Appy League team.
And ranking Puello above Flores is just completely nuts
Don't many many many many highly-ranked minor-leaguers end up doing bubkis anyhow?
Like Lastings and Fernando? </ducking>
Keith as manager
I know you're playing, but I'm pretty sure that Keith said during a broadcast in about these exact words that his life is too good to deal with that kind of lunacy.
Surprised that not one of Savannah's starting pitchers (Moore, Cohoon, Fuller and Rodriguez) made the cut.
Agreed. I gave HoJo a lot of slack because I liked him so much as a player, but it's clear he's not doing the job for this crew.
I know you're playing, but I'm pretty sure that Keith said during a broadcast in about these exact words that his life is too good to deal with that kind of lunacy.
Yeah, I don't think he'd be very good at it either. Keith seems like one of the most carefree human beings on the planet, and fully aware of how lucky he is to be where he's at, given the life he lived.
Would they consider Rick Anderson? He's an '86 Met (barely) and I've long been a fan of the Twins "throw strikes dummy" philosophy.
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