Jim Tracy Gone (and Jim Tracy Back Again!)

[Guest Edgy DC]

Why, yes! I do see Bobby Valentine returning to Los Angeles. Thank you for asking.

[Valadius]

Tommy Lasorda's on the cross-Pacific wire with his good buddy, one would bet.

[Guest Edgy DC]

And thought it would be bad
Yes though it would right stink
Los Angeles is better
Than Yankee stripes, I think

[metirish]

Talk was that ownership wants Dusty Baker, although that's old talk, Trammell got fired from the Tigers as well.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wow. Not too fair.

Trammell, Tracy, McKeon
No one heard their pleain'
On the third of October
Their teams threw them over
"Go work at ESPN"

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I read in the Philadelphia Inquirer that our old friend Juan Samuel is among those being considered for the Tigers job.

[Elster88]

Juan Samuel is not my friend. I like him less than any other Met in history. And it's not even his fault. He didn't do anything. I'm just crazy.

[Frayed Knot]

Maybe Juan was just the token minority consideration:

Leyland to manage Tigers
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2180682

[Guest Edgy DC]

That was a quick interview process.

Old joke: "Juan, thanks for coming in, talking to us, and being named 'Juan'."

[metirish]

I've no problem with Dombrowski hiring who he thinks is the best man for the job, the process stinks though, Juan was part of Trammells staff, he gets an interview, Dumbrowski calls Leyalnd Monday and he's hired Tuesday, you think Samuel was wasting his time?

Leyland was the manager when the Marlins won the WS in 97, Dumbrowski ws the GM.

[Theoldmole]

Less than Mike Hampton?

[Willets Point]

Ms. Tiger on Trammel firing: "Wah!" (actual quote)

[Guest Edgy DC]

The first crisis of your marriage.

Everytime there's a new post in this thread, I fear clicking on it, lest it be news of a Bobby Valentine hiring. Then you'll hear some "Waaaaah!"

[Frayed Knot]

Texas GM John Hart also "resigned" yesterday.
His 28 y/o assistant gets the job. Wonder how HE gets along with Buck?

[willpie]

What'd Trammell do wrong? He took a really shitty team and turned it into a darn mediocre team. Sounds like progress to me.

[Valadius]

Ken Macha is now done in Oakland.

[Guest Edgy DC]

BRING BACK HOWE!
BRING BACK HOWE!
BRING BACK HOWE!

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

"I want rustlers, cutthroats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con-men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglars, horse thieves, bull-dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shitkickers, and Methodists!"

D-rays whack GM Chuck "Hedley" LaMarr

[Frayed Knot]

The Marlins have received permission to talk to Joe Girardi, and I suspect the D-Rays may be close behind them in asking.
I wonder if the Yanx could get away with granting permission to one but denying it to the other based on the long-standing bad relations between the two teams, or if the Commish would jump in and call 'Foul' if they tried it?

[DocTee]

Bay Area scuttlebutt has A's Bullpen coach (and longtime--since they were etenagers in San Diego-- Billy Beane friend) Bob Geren to be the frontrunner to replace Macha.

Macha was born and bred in Pittsburgh-- runors have him headed there (sucks for Art Howe, who'd been rumored as leading candidate for Bucs job)

And A's third base coach Ron Washington scheduled to be interviewed by both Florida teams (among others)-- apparently he's the next WWSB, getting tons of interviews 'cause he's black and thereby fufills MLB's mandate--

[Guest sharpie]

On ESPN last night they thought Tracy would get the Pittsburg job.

[Frayed Knot]

Joe Girardi will indeed interview for the Tampa job as well as the Marlins (he's already talked to the fish and is scheduled to again).

And Bobby V is also on the Tampa list. There's been some contact although apparently nothing official yet.

Jim Duqette is a candidate for the Baltimore GM job. Of course there's a snag there since they not only still have one but actually have TWO. Speculation has Mike Flanagan being bumped to a different job within the org and Jim Beattie being just plain bumped.

[metirish]

Ed Wade gone as the Phillies GM, Larry Bowa was on the FAN talking about the palyoffs and when asked about Wade said that Cashman was the name being mentioned down there.

[metirish]

]And Bobby V is also on the Tampa list. There's been some contact although apparently nothing official yet.

Oh I don't think that would be a good fit,hasn't the new owner has hired a few Harvard guys to run things?, I just don't see Bobby working with guys like that.

[Valadius]

My dad knows the new owner. I'll ask him.

[metirish]

Yeah Val make yerself useful and do that, finaly someone on the "inside" with a contact, except it's with the freaking Devil Rays...Val can you find out what they want for Baez?

[smg58]

I think they asked for Milledge and/or Petit in July. The price may go down this coming July, because this is his out year, but I wouldn't blame them for demanding a lot for players they still control, and for getting the most out of their good players while they have them unless somebody makes them an offer they can't refuse. The strategy did get them Kazmir. However, at some point they really do have to spend some money...

[metirish]

Tracy hired by the Pirates.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/4981982

[Guest Edgy DC]

Jim Tracy, new manager of your Pittsburgh Pirates.

[Valadius]

I DO know that Stu Sternberg, the new owner of the Devil Rays, is very serious about moving the team to Las Vegas if Tampa doesn't help him build this enormous complex. I forget if it includes a new stadium or not. I'll have to probe my dad for info on specific players, though. My dad knows him from work. Sternberg and a whole bunch of his friends from work all retired at the same time and got a ton of money, which they used on the D-Rays. My dad wasn't one of them, and I did yell at him when all this was going on for not even being the tiniest bit involved, but he does know a lot of people in that ownership group.