Tuesday, September 30, 2003
BOOM!
Pat Gillick is no longer the GM of your Seattle Mariners. This is a great deal for this franchise at this time. I'm not going to say that he didn't do a good job in his 4-year tenure, because he did do a good job. But the writing was on the wall.
I want Omar Minaya to become the next Mariners general manager. For those who say that he did a "terrible" job in Montreal, you don't know jack. You have to keep in mind that when he had to trade players such as Bartolo Colon and Cliff Floyd, he couldn't acquire players anywhere close to equal value, because of the ownership issue. Say what you will about the current Mariners ownership, but Seattle is a much better situation than Montreal.
If the Mariners gave a green Bob Melvin a chance to manage in Seattle, then they should at least try to entertain the thought of bringing Minaya into the fold. But who am I kidding? The M's will likely hire Lee Pelekoudas as the new GM. I won't be shocked at all if that happens.
By the way, warm up those Homer Hankies. It's only just begun...
I want Omar Minaya to become the next Mariners general manager. For those who say that he did a "terrible" job in Montreal, you don't know jack. You have to keep in mind that when he had to trade players such as Bartolo Colon and Cliff Floyd, he couldn't acquire players anywhere close to equal value, because of the ownership issue. Say what you will about the current Mariners ownership, but Seattle is a much better situation than Montreal.
If the Mariners gave a green Bob Melvin a chance to manage in Seattle, then they should at least try to entertain the thought of bringing Minaya into the fold. But who am I kidding? The M's will likely hire Lee Pelekoudas as the new GM. I won't be shocked at all if that happens.
By the way, warm up those Homer Hankies. It's only just begun...