Comments on: The wonderful world of general managers, you can lead a horse to water edition http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/10/the-wonderful-world-of-general-managers-you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water-edition/ Media, Baseball, Boston, the Red Sox, Music, Literature, and Mnookins Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:41:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Nordberg http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/10/the-wonderful-world-of-general-managers-you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water-edition/#comment-3336 Nordberg Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:15:15 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/10/the-wonderful-world-of-general-managers-you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water-edition/#comment-3336 You left out Jim Hendry. $68 million to Jason Marquis and Ted Lilly? He'd have been better with Fergie Jenkins. You left out Jim Hendry.
$68 million to Jason Marquis and Ted Lilly?
He’d have been better with Fergie Jenkins.

]]> By: redsoxtimes http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/10/the-wonderful-world-of-general-managers-you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water-edition/#comment-3325 redsoxtimes Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:51:22 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/10/the-wonderful-world-of-general-managers-you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water-edition/#comment-3325 Just to be fair, Theo may have slept through that seminar as well. Both Drew and Lugo fit the "early 30s, though known commodities, quickly lose their productivity and value" bill. Its a broad brush, but sometimes thats what you paint with. Tim <a>Red Sox Times</a> Just to be fair, Theo may have slept through that seminar as well. Both Drew and Lugo fit the “early 30s, though known commodities, quickly lose their productivity and value” bill.

Its a broad brush, but sometimes thats what you paint with.

Tim
Red Sox Times

]]> By: sharrock http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/10/the-wonderful-world-of-general-managers-you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water-edition/#comment-3324 sharrock Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:41:47 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/10/the-wonderful-world-of-general-managers-you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water-edition/#comment-3324 The Dodgers signed one of the smartest contracts this year with Jason Schmidt. Just 3 seasons and they have the cash to pay a slight premium for the shorter contract. That makes the 5 years for Juan Pierre even more confusing. All that money and years the Orioles threw at bullpen spare parts proves once again that Angelos is running a joke of an organization. Over the last 10 or 15 seasons, how many long pitcher contracts have worked out? The Dodgers signed one of the smartest contracts this year with Jason Schmidt. Just 3 seasons and they have the cash to pay a slight premium for the shorter contract. That makes the 5 years for Juan Pierre even more confusing.

All that money and years the Orioles threw at bullpen spare parts proves once again that Angelos is running a joke of an organization.

Over the last 10 or 15 seasons, how many long pitcher contracts have worked out?

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