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TransMonk wrote: "There has been no conversation about a contract with your team. Not one word has been mentioned to me and I have not mentioned to anyone there about a contract."

Take this as you will @prorumors#Brewers have agreement with Bobby Valentine to be manager http://bit.ly/aHALeJ #mlb #mets #texasrangers Acording to Wisconsin Radio Network's Bill Scott (via the Journal-Sentinel's Tom Haudricourt), the Milwaukee Brewers have an agreement with Bobby Valentine to be the team's next manager. Haudricourt is currently trying to confirm the story Yesterday, FOXSports' Ken Rosenthal said, �Keep hearing Bobby Valentine is finalis for the Brewers.� �But would Brewers pay V? And would he go?.� Valentine has managed in the Majors for 15 years, eight with the Rangers and seven with the Mets. He won the NL pennant in 2000 with the Mets, but failed to win the World Series against the Yankees w

I'm excited....Fman? David Lennon accesses the winners and losers, and on Walker's " there is never any least doubt who's in charge" with Alderson look out Jeff Wilpon you loser Alderson's hiring: Winners and Losers 12 m ago By David Lennon Sandy Alderson emerged from the six-candidate scrum to be the Mets� next general manager, but he wasn�t the only winner to come out of this process. As always, there were some losers in this derby, and we take a look at some below: WINNERS: Sandy Alderson: Some may question his sanity, given the dysfunctional state of the Mets. But Alderson has never shied away from difficult tasks, and if he can fix the Mets, it would make a nice bookend to a GM career that began with three straight World Series appearances � and a ring � with the A�s. John Ricco: The Wilpons determined that Ricco wasn�t ready to succeed Omar Minaya, but definitely seem as a potential GM down the line, and probably with the Mets when Alderson�s tenure is over. Ricco already has a good relationship with Alderson after their time spent working together in MLB offices, so his voice will continue to be heard. Josh Byrnes: Yeah, we know. He didn�t get the job. But after his firing in July by the Diamondbacks, Byrnes� reputation received a major boost by his callback as a finalist for the Mets. That means he finished ahead of four other bright, young executives � Rick Hahn, Logan White, Dana Brown among them � and Byrnes should be at the top of the list for the next job that opens. Fred Wilpon: Hiring Alderson means fewer potential headaches for the Mets� principal owner, who has dealt with plenty during the past four years. Alderson won�t tolerate the nonsense that has plagued this team recently, and Fred will be happier with less time at the podium explaining what went wrong. Saul Katz: Virtually unknown by the fan base, �Uncle Saul� � he�s Fred�s brother-in-law � Katz was described as a pivotal voice in the GM search. He never speaks at news conferences, but usually sits in the front row, and insiders say he has plenty of input during the high level meetings. Omar Minaya: Hiring Alderson was the only move that would possibly keep him with the Mets in some capacity, even though that situation remains very much up in the air. He�s friendly with Alderson, and could wind up staying. Bud Selig: Gets a trusted ally in the Mets� front-office that gives a shaky big-market team it�s best chance to restore respectability � and get back on prime time TV. Fred Wilpon already followed the commissioner�s lead on just about everything from the slotting system to contracts, and that will now continue with Alderson at helm. LOSERS: Jeff Wilpon: Early in the process, I was told that Alderson won�t tolerate any meddling from ownership � period � and that is likely to mean a diminished role for the Mets� chief operating officer. Jeff�s primary responsibility is still overseeing the Mets, but Alderson should have more �autonomy� than Omar Minaya ever did, and Jeff�s role might be relegated to approving the budget and signing the checks. Giving an assistant GM a shot at the top job would have kept him more in control. Wally Backman: The Mets probably could have forced the popular � but volatile � Backman on a rookie GM, but Alderson is unlikely to go this route. Backman just doesn�t fit the profile for Alderson, whose philosophy is to have a manager that simply follows the blueprint of the front office. Jon Daniels: Timing is everything, and as far as Daniels is concerned, the Rangers picked a bad time for the first World Series trip in franchise history. Not only was Daniels unable to interview for the Mets job � a dream shot for the Bayside, Queens native -- he lost the chance to use that as a negotiating chip for a new deal in Texas. Daniels is sure to get a great contract extension anyway, but the Mets� GM job just opened at the wrong time for him. The rest of the NL East: The Mets� days as a division doormat could be coming to a close. Alderson won�t make this franchise into a World Series contender overnight, but the Mets already are a better team than they were yesterday, and with the resources to rebuild, it shouldn�t take long

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Aubrey? Aubrey and Baubi? And just because Bill Madden couldn't help himself Brian Sabean, architect of San Francisco Giants, started under George Steinbrenner with Yankees SAN FRANCISCO - Somehow, I have to believe George Steinbrenner wouldn't be quite his usual spoil sport about this World Series in which his Yankees are not participants. Rather, I could see him even taking credit for it - or at least the San Francisco Giants' half of it. Look around these Giants, and the Steinbrenner Yankee influence is everywhere, beginning at the top where GM Brian Sabean cut his teeth, first as scouting director for the Yankees in the early '80s and then as VP of player development when he presided over, among other things, the drafting of Derek Jeter out of high school in Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1992. Since becoming Giants general manager in 1996, Sabean has gradually surrounded himself with Steinbrenner U. grads. Three of the Giants coaches - Dave Righetti, who handles the pitchers, Hensley Meulens, who's in charge of the hitters, and Roberto Kelly at first base - were all Yankees when Sabean was running the minor league department. Sabean's top assistant, Dick Tidrow, was a principal set-up reliever on the '77-'78 Yankee world championship teams, and his two advance scouts, Joe Lefebvre and Steve Balboni, were college pals in New Hampshire who both came up through the Yankee system as players. So would Steinbrenner be feeling a sense of pride about all his "boys" having made good this October? "I'm sure he would," Sabean was saying yesterday as we watched this patchwork Giants team of his working out. "Obviously, I owe a lot to George. He treated me and my family extremely well. It's the family tree here. We all learned to do it there. I've found it's always a safe bet when you hire someone who's been through the Yankees." There was a time, back in the early '90s when Sabean might have been GM of the Yankees. Steinbrenner was grooming him for the job, although only after Sabean was being pursued by his former Yankee boss Bob Quinn, who, after being replaced as Yankee GM, wound up being hired by the Giants as their GM. Sabean remembered having flown from Tampa to San Francisco to accept the job as Quinn's assistant when he got a call from Steinbrenner's son-in-law, Joe Molloy, who was acting general partner of the Yankees while Steinbrenner was on suspension from baseball, telling him he had to come back. "Joe told me that the Giants didn't have permission to talk to me," Sabean said, "and he went on to say that George was ballistic and was threatening tampering charges. So I went back to Tampa and that's when Joe told me that George was going to make it all right for me." There was a tacit promise that Sabean would be the successor to Gene Michael as Yankee GM. Unfortunately, around that same time, Steinbrenner and Michael were constantly sniping at each other, and it was clear that when the Boss came back from suspension, Michael wouldn't be long for the GM job. And then word began leaking out about Sabean becoming GM. "I felt terrible about all that," Sabean said. "Stick had exposed me to so much as my boss. That's when I decided I had to get out of there." Sabean went back to Tampa and wrote a letter of resignation. This time, however, The Boss gave him his blessings. Since Sabean has been their GM, the Giants have won two National League pennants, three NL West division titles and have been the wild card once. It wasn't all so wonderful, however, as he had to navigate around meddlesome ownership - specifically former Giants' managing general partner Peter Magowan - the man who originally signed Barry Bonds and ordered him re-signed in the midst of the steroids scandal surrounding the slugger so the Giants could capitalize on his pursuit of Hank Aaron's all-time home run record. It was also Magowan who ordered the $126million, seven-year contract for Barry Zito, an idiotic signing that remains an albatross on the Giants payroll for three more years. Nevertheless, this present Giants team is without doubt Sabean's greatest accomplishment, if only because it was put together on such a shoestring. Aubrey Huff, the Giants' home run and RBI leader, center fielder Andres Torres, left fielder Pat Burrell and shortstop Juan Uribe were all signed as "leftover/bargain basement" free agents. Cody Ross, the hitting star of this postseason, was a waiver-wire claim from the Florida Marlins, and lefty Javier Lopez and righty Ramon Ramirez, who have formed the makeshift set-up relief for closer Brian Wilson, were last-minute trading-deadline pickups. If nothing else, if Sabean isn't Executive of the Year he is certainly Scavenger of the Year. "So what did he think Steinbrenner would say about all this? "I think," said Sabean, "he'd probably say 'I raised that kid. He learned from us.' And if he did, he'd be right." Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2010/10/27/2010-10-27_george_helped_make_this_boss_by_bay.html?page=1#ixzz13Z2O6uXn

Edgy DC wrote: Yup. "Our Daily Bobby." Of course

Congrats, looking forward to the manager you will hire.

Do we have a Bobby V thread? @SI_JonHeyman. valentine told folks he enjoyed #brewers people but isnt expecting job. another bold stroke for attanasio? rosenthal says V's a "finalist.''

I always learn something from reading Greg's work, like the three Mets 69ers out of 25 that went on to more WS glory. edit for my mistake

The wildcard here is Cashman who doesn't seem the sentimental type when it comes to such nonsense, although this one will test him? I do wonder when the likes of O'Connor reads back over his just submiited work if he feels a little ashamed at how bad it all reads, he should be in PR work.

Well that's sad , R.I.P.

Gayest thread ever, and that's saying something. Byrnes for me....he's hot

It sucks to see the team get attacked simultaneously on the Mets are tone deaf and Mets care too much about image fronts. http://www.longislandpress.com/2010/10/26/mets-wilpons-should-shut-up-and-get-to-work/ I've a pain in my head from reading that, show us you care but don't send out emails telling us.....stealth please.

Just saw on SNY , Rosenthal reporting that both Byrnes and Alderson submitted a list of managers that they would consider and that Backman was high on both lists.

Like Willets I am very much looking forward to this WS, it's on FOX?, if so then maybe I won't see it at all.

With each passing season it becomes a stark reminder of the last time the Mets made the post-season.

And they just fired the pitching coach.....

FILIP AND FASTERSTRONGER: A DULL-AS-DURBIN EPISTOLARY TALE (W/link to his Oct. 14 column) Accurate, unbiased, well-considered. Congratulations on nailing it! Francis: Yanks ask Rangers not to overuse Lee in World Series. Want him in tip-top shape for spring training in Tampa... Arrogantly yours, Filip Thanks for putting the same amount of thought, discretion, and effort into your form-letter middle-finger as you do your columns... and for giving those who say newspaper reporting is dying such tempting ammo. Enjoy the offseason. Real, Live Filip wrote: You try answering 742 (mostly profane) emails! Conciliatory LWFS wrote: Fair enough... but still. You're more or less bringing it on with responses like that, aren't you? (I can't really read the comments section of the online edition anymore.) Anyway... hell of a game tonight, though, huh? This might be the most entertaining game of either LCS so far. Most of the action's been of the non-scoring variety, too. A Guy Who Definitely Didn't Pre-Write His Game Column for Saturday Night wrote: Agreed. I'm in the press box here in Philly watching as I write this == another reason I've been curt, juggling deadlines and responses. Look, you seem like an intelligent guy. The deal is that I wrote a lighthearted piece, with an arrogant persona as a literary device. Didn't make a single wave up here in New York where they know I write a lot of light pieces. Down in Texas, it became some kind of nutty cause celebre. I take sexism, violence, drugs in sports very seriously. I don't take Yankees-Rangers that way. I've covered too many games for too many years. Seemed natural to poke fun at the difference in these two franchise's histories. But if anybody thinks for a second that I approve of a $200 million payroll or thought the Yanks were a cinch, they haven't read much of what I've written. cheers, filip Teasing here, too (some). I can see a little of that in that piece... but, what, was it supposed to be satirical? Lighthearted though it may be, it did come off less like a goof, and more like an amplified version of what you felt was true... and not ALL that amplified, really. And if so... what was the point of the satire, apart from getting the other guys' goat? (I mean, you mock their reaction after the fact... but that's what you were hoping for, wasn't it? Or is your aim to write forgettable pieces?) Thanks, and best of luck with your deadlines. And... scene. You're hilarious LWFS.......well done.

I thought tracksuits column was good reading overall......Phillies are getting old , even the youngish ones like Utley and Rollins are old for their age.

The opening line from Mushnick's column today: First things first: Before the Yankees can make roster changes, ownership must decide whether to bring back Mike Francesa as general manager and manager, no? He is the only reason why I ever pick up the NY Post.

SteveJRogers wrote: Fuck off. We know Bondy is a YLDB NYC elitist, but ifI presented the same story, you'd be taking the piss out of me for trying too hard to pile on. I kid , come on Stevo ...... can you be a douchebag and an elitist?

seawolf17 wrote: If Francesa says it, it must be so--tweeted this morning: francesa speculates/reports on mike'd up #mets will name their new GM on friday, which is the off day of the world series You forgot to mention that Jon Heyman actually tweeted that WHILE fellating Francesa. He's an incredible journalist. Just that mental image of pulling back, or should I say rolling back the fat to get to his little dick makes me gag.......much like Heyman I imagine.

"Rogers and Bondy sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby Jeter in a golden carriage!"

You could have just posted the pic with a few lnes so kudos for the story, who is the guy behind youse?