Marlins fire manager

[Guest Edgy DC]

Thinking about it, the Marlins putting the skids on this --- and they almost kinda have to in order to go through the motions of giving serious-looking interviews to minority candidates --- is almost kinda huge, as it seemingly keeps Bobby from taking over in time for the Puerto Rico series, which would seriously steal some thiunda from the streaking Mets.

[seawolf17]

Lost in the story of the Edwin Jackson game was the tidbit that the D'backs granted permission for coach Bo Porter to interview for the job.

[Guest Edgy DC]

My money --- not on Bo Porter.

[seawolf17]

It has to suck to be the TBG (Token Black Guy) in these interviews. Sorry, Bo.

[bmfc1]

Heyman tweets that Bobby V. will not manage the Marlins.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Whoa.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Woo-hoo!


Of course, Heyman's the one who said the opposite last week, right?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

If this didn't fall apart over money, I'll eat a teal hat.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Edgy DC wrote: Woo-hoo!

I agree with Homer.

[metirish]

bmfc1 wrote: Heyman tweets that Bobby V. will not manage the Marlins.

And not the Mets either though.....

[Frayed Knot]

Bobby on BB2N spouting the usual "I can't talk about an ongoing process" lines.

[soupcan]

metirish wrote: And not the Mets either though.....

Hey man, if we can't have him no one can (at least no one in the National League anyway).

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

soupcan wrote: metirish wrote: And not the Mets either though..... Hey man, if we can't have him no one can (at least no one in the National League anyway).

Plus, if he's not married, there's still a chance that we can be together again, like we were meant to be.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Dumb thought: is it too late for Valentine to jump into the Connecticut Republican Senatorial Primary race and beat Linda McMahon?

[Centerfield]

Ed Price reporting that he overheard Fred Wilpon on the phone:

...if you just wait. I give you my word as a man.

...

How much? Please. I have that much ON me. That's not gonna be an issue.

...

I don't know. We go on the road again now, plus we have that brutal road trip at the end of July. I can't see it taking much longer than that.

...

Ok. Good. How's everything else?

...

Yes, I did see that. Isn't that wild? I've never even heard of 'Fanhouse TV'.

...

Omigod, and the set...did you see the set? So fucking funny...

[Guest Edgy DC]

That's great. Ed works for Fanhouse too, right?

Here's what he's tweeting.

Assuming 350 feet each, the record 506 career home runs allowed by Jamie Moyer, placed end-to-end, would stretch about 33 1/2 miles.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Centerfield channeling Ed Price eavesdropping on a Wilpon wrote: Ok. Good. How's everything else? ... Yes, I did see that. Isn't that wild? I've never even heard of 'Fanhouse TV'. ... Omigod, and the set...did you see the set? So fucking funny...

"I find your humor shopworn and tired... but it's got tools. I'll trade you the contents of my 401K for that joke."

[Centerfield]

Steve, stop humping my leg.

[metirish]

Centerfield wrote: Steve, stop humping my leg.

He wouldn't touch ya, you're too good looking for Steve , not to mention not nearly as butch as he likes.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

"Hrm. That's classless."



(long pause)

"You know, I would trade a Strasburg or two for an under-the-desk oral sexing. Do you have anything in a Size Mo?

No?

How about Double-Mo?"

[G-Fafif]

Dumb thought: is it too late for Valentine to jump into the Connecticut Republican Senatorial Primary race and beat Linda McMahon?

For a year (middle of seventh to middle of eighth grade), I was classmates with one of the other candidates:

. He talks about his Connecticut roots, but our junior high was on Long Island (and nowhere near the Sound) and he had moved up from Miami.

Bobby V could filibuster with the best of 'em.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

As per Ken Rosenthal, here's how it went down.

As of noon ET Tuesday, there remained two differing versions of how the Marlins� initial talks with Valentine disintegrated: * Marlins officials were turned off by Valentine during their initial phone conservations with him. * Valentine grew disenchanted with the Marlins and decided to pull back and consider other options. The Marlins� need to interview other candidates to satisfy the commissioner�s guidelines on minority hiring also might have contributed to the process slowing down, sources said.

So... kind of a non-answer answer, eh?

[Zvon]

Centerfield and LWFS both win Land Rover
belt buckles for their classic work in this thread.

[Zvon]

When The V man learned he couldn't manage against the
Mets in this series he got all pissy with the Fish.