If that's the case, he needs to step up and let the manager know who is really in charge. I'm all for the GM sitting back and letting the manager do his thing, but you have to step in sometimes and assert your authority. There is no valid excuse for having players on the team (and in the lineup, AND hitting 2nd, no less!) that shouldn't have even been on a major league roster in the first place. I don't care if it was his idea or Dusty's. Probably his biggest strike above all is (a), acquiring these players to begin with, (b) letting Dusty misuse them as he did, and © acquiring MORE players like this that Dusty could misuse, showing a complete inability or unwillingness to learn from his past mistakes.