THEO EPSTEIN: Red SoxHuh?
BOLDEST WINTER MOVE: Edgar Renteria, 2004
BIGGEST FLOP: Doesn't have one
December 3, 2006
What's Wrong With This Sidebar?
Mark Zwolinski wrote about the friendship of AL East GMs J.P. Ricciardi, Brian Cashman and Theo Epstein in Saturday's Toronto Star. The sidebar had some tidbits on each GM. Here's a snip:
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Perhaps he meant a flop only at winter meetings.
Either way, signing ER was not all that bold, but he was a flop.
The writer also said that Cashman doesn't have a flop. (Does Pavano count?)
This is typical of the Star's baseball writers, though. They are in love with both the Red Sox and the Yankees, and kiss their asses on anything and everything. When they're not doing that, they're spouting the worst sort of mindless cliches about "wanting it enough to win".
I hope their hockey coverage is better.
Except for Richard Griffen, I think they all want to be hockey writers. But I think Griffen, who used to work for the Expos as their PR guy, actually hates the Sox, but loves the Yanks. One of those city-love things where a TO guy thinks that Toronto is Canada's New York, therefore there is lots to love. Griffen also worked for the 'spos when the Bronfmans owned the team, plus saw first-hand the Labatts ownership of the Jays. He should get off his ass and write a tell-all book about how good owners make a difference and bad ones can ruin a franchise in cities that don't register on the majority of MLB owners' radar screens (cuz Canadian TV coverage doesn't count in the ratings).
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