Comments on: Current GM Handicapping http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/07/08/current-gm-handicapping/ Seattle Mariners blog and general baseball discussion Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:19:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: gwangung http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/07/08/current-gm-handicapping/comment-page-1/#comment-288545 gwangung Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:37:29 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5454#comment-288545 Yeah. Way to kill a thread. Yeah. Way to kill a thread.

]]> By: Jeff Nye http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/07/08/current-gm-handicapping/comment-page-1/#comment-288496 Jeff Nye Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:36:34 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5454#comment-288496 Okay, all the vague insinuations/conspiracy theories are really weird and not really appropriate for this thread. Okay, all the vague insinuations/conspiracy theories are really weird and not really appropriate for this thread.

]]> By: niterunner http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/07/08/current-gm-handicapping/comment-page-1/#comment-288495 niterunner Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:35:44 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5454#comment-288495 Being smart doesn't necessarily land you a job in mlb. In fact some would say that it hurts. ;) Being smart doesn’t necessarily land you a job in mlb. In fact some would say that it hurts. ;)

]]> By: gwangung http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/07/08/current-gm-handicapping/comment-page-1/#comment-288494 gwangung Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:35:06 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5454#comment-288494 <blockquote>Yes. Beane vouched for him when he was hired by the dodgers.</blockquote> Yeah? That's more of a letter of rec than anything else. Yah gots nothing, dood. (Or a pretty distorted idea of how business is done)(same thing when you come down to it...)

Yes. Beane vouched for him when he was hired by the dodgers.

Yeah? That’s more of a letter of rec than anything else.

Yah gots nothing, dood. (Or a pretty distorted idea of how business is done)(same thing when you come down to it…)

]]> By: niterunner http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/07/08/current-gm-handicapping/comment-page-1/#comment-288492 niterunner Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:34:00 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5454#comment-288492 Professionals aren't as upstanding as you make them out to be as evidenced in the veteran player behavior. Professionals aren’t as upstanding as you make them out to be as evidenced in the veteran player behavior.

]]> By: Jeff Nye http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/07/08/current-gm-handicapping/comment-page-1/#comment-288491 Jeff Nye Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:32:52 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5454#comment-288491 Even if that's true, I'd say that "owes a large amount of his career to Beane" is a massive overstatement. Maybe DePodesta has a career because he's smart? Even if that’s true, I’d say that “owes a large amount of his career to Beane” is a massive overstatement.

Maybe DePodesta has a career because he’s smart?

]]> By: niterunner http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/07/08/current-gm-handicapping/comment-page-1/#comment-288490 niterunner Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:31:15 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5454#comment-288490 Yes. Beane vouched for him when he was hired by the dodgers. Yes. Beane vouched for him when he was hired by the dodgers.

]]> By: Jeff Nye http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/07/08/current-gm-handicapping/comment-page-1/#comment-288489 Jeff Nye Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:28:28 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5454#comment-288489 <blockquote>DePodesta owes a large amount of his career to Beane</blockquote> ...What?

DePodesta owes a large amount of his career to Beane

…What?

]]> By: DMZ http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/07/08/current-gm-handicapping/comment-page-1/#comment-288488 DMZ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:28:14 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5454#comment-288488 That is the most ridiculous statement against DePodesta I have ever heard, and that's saying a lot. There is absolutely no reason to believe that DePodesta would do anything less than his absolute best in competing against the A's, and I'm a little shocked that you'd even consider that he -- or anyone who has worked so hard to become a general manager -- would compromise the position to repay old favors. That is the most ridiculous statement against DePodesta I have ever heard, and that’s saying a lot. There is absolutely no reason to believe that DePodesta would do anything less than his absolute best in competing against the A’s, and I’m a little shocked that you’d even consider that he — or anyone who has worked so hard to become a general manager — would compromise the position to repay old favors.

]]> By: niterunner http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/07/08/current-gm-handicapping/comment-page-1/#comment-288486 niterunner Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:25:39 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5454#comment-288486 10% seems a bit high for DePodesta. DePodesta owes a large amount of his career to Beane, it would be hard to trust him fully in creating a team better than the Athletics. 10% seems a bit high for DePodesta. DePodesta owes a large amount of his career to Beane, it would be hard to trust him fully in creating a team better than the Athletics.

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