According to Jon Heyman of SI.com the Mets will interview former Royals general manager Allard Baird. Baird worked in the Red Sox front office this past season and was regarded for his ability to find talent in places that most don't. Heyman lists Allard Baird, Josh Byrnes, and Rick Hahn as the three candidates that will be interviewed first. The other names on the list include current favorite Sandy Alderson, Jerry Di Poto, Gerry Hunsicker, Terry Ryan, and Dan Jennings. They also would be very interested in current Rangers general manager Jon Daniels if he opts out of his deal but even if he does the Rangers are on record of wanting to lock him up.
maller - The barrel of Sammy Sosa’s infamous corked bat, lost in the confusion seven years ago at Wrigley Field, has surfaced. An online auction house is selling the missing chunk on behalf of the man who found and hid it the night of June 3, 2003 — former Cub Mike Remlinger. Remlinger was the event- ual winning pitcher that night in a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, a game in which Sosa’s bat broke in two on a first-inning grounder to second base, exposing cork, and to some extent, exposing Sosa. Umpires ejected Sosa and confiscated the handle, which baseball officials took the next inning to have examined, along with Sosa’s other bats. Tim McClelland, chief of that night’s umpiring crew, said at the time that a batboy retrieved the barrel from the infield and may have taken it into the dugout or perhaps thrown it into the stands. Remlinger, a reliever not yet in the game, remembers coming from the bullpen into the clubhouse during the search of Sosa’s equipment.
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mets paradise - Entering 2010 the Mets only had one option at second base- Luis Castillo. Castillo was coming off of a season where he was the only consistent Mets player batting .302 in 2009. However, it was clear that Castillo's defense was mediocre at best, his health was diminishing, and his offense was below average(although he had a good season in 2009). In early June Castillo was placed on the 15-day disabled list, leading to the promotion of 20 year old Ruben Tejada. Tejada and Davis instilled an energitic feel into the team, leading the Mets to an 18-8 record in the month of June. Tejada also played an impressive defense, and an obvious improvement over Castillo.
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bleacherreport. - Grade: B - Stats: (4-2, 28 SV, 2.20, 1.15) - Great pitcher, horrible boyfriend. Rodriguez was having a good season until he decided to beat up on his girlfriend’s father. He is also a bit compulsive when it comes to text messaging leading to him sending about 50 more messages than many would deem necessary. On the field, Rodriguez had a 10.5 K/9 rate and was one of the better closers in the NL.
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thebrooklyntrolley - The FRANK CASHEN ERA, 1980-1991 General Manager and Executive Lord of all things METROPOLIS: The first and to date only Mets Executive that came from off the Campus. He presided over the greatest period of Mets' prosperity. Between 1984-1990 no other team in baseball won more games. I'll spare you all the details. I forget I'm 43yrs old sometimes but you should be pretty up to snuff with 80's Baseball. Mr. Cashen gutted a bad team even further between 1980-1982, refitted an already effective farm system with even more pistons and they were off and running. Many say under his watch, that team partied too much; - drinking and drugging, getting into on and off field brawls at clubs, and getting arrested. They reveled in their cockiness. Read Darryl Strawberry's recent book for tales of more high jinx. Hindsight says they underachieved. Regardless, the Whole Time, Fred Wilpon was acting like FLOUNDER from ANIMAL HOUSE. Remember at the end of the movie how the Delta Guys wrought havoc on the Home-Coming Parade? - And Flounder, after purchasing 2000 marbles for his part, looked around at the chaos and thought to himself aloud, - "OH BOY, THIS IS GREAT!". Well? That was Fred Wilpon in the 80's!
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