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I hear there is an real go-getter in the Yankees front office. http://images.wikia.com/seinfeld/images/7/76/George-costanza.jpg

http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/7247477/bobby-valentine-meet-boston-red-sox-soon-according-source This tells me that Larry Lucchino has taken this thing over.

I think assistant to the GM and assistant GM are different things. I thought so too. I thought the Assistant GM would do more of the working side by side with the GM and the Assistant to the GM was the bitch boy to get Jed his coffee. Hearing what Shiraz is going to be doing though it sounds like Randy Bush is going to become the bitch boy. I'm curious what role he has and if soon he will just end up resigning. Maybe they should just send him to work in Mesa and be "Assistant GM in charge of special projects".

See Black, Bud and I don't think Dave Stewart ever was a manager but I guarantee there would have been respect for him in a clubhouse. Oh and I guess Tommy Lasorda was a pitcher. I think for the most part an active pitcher can't be a leader of a team, but the manager has the respect of the clubhouse largely from his actions not his past player position or performance.

He went business casual.

Very odd timing. I wonder what happened?

Here's audio that leaked before Game 7 from the Texas Rangers clubhouse. Ron Washington is funny as hell and was more designed to keep the guys lose than an inspirational speech. Warning Very NSFW.

Beard wins.

LOL I was thinking the same thing. Reminds me of Major League where the owner gives the GM the list of Spring Training Invites. "This guy is dead." "Well cross him off the list then!"

I never really knew much about Mackanin I just remember he was part of the trusted Advance Scouts that they would show for the Yankees scouting out the next playoff opponent. I remember that I always thought he had sweet hair and a nice leather jacket. He looked the part of a scout.

1.Boston 2.Chicago 3.St.Louis Not so sure about this, given the events of the last month. Boston still has a 160 Million dollar payroll, smart people in the front office and a crap ton of talent on the Roster. It's the second best job in baseball. Chicago has some work to do, but its a big market and a chance to get in on the ground floor and become a freaking hero. St. Louis just won a WS and can only go down from where they are at now. In addition they were a hot team that played above their talent level for a 3 weeks and won a championship. Couple that with the Shadow of a very popular LaRussa that you are replacing and the chance your best player is leaving makes that job less attractive IMO.

Good layout of how Mackanin did in his interview yesterday in Boston. Here's a good little quote that'll get you guys hot and bothered a bit. Heres the full article by my boy Peter Abe at the Globe. http://articles.boston.com/2011-11-01/sports/30346798_1_pete-mackanin-ben-cherington-red-sox-search

1.Boston 2.Chicago 3.St.Louis

I posted a Top 10 in the other thread so i'll cut it down to a Top 5 now. Francona Martinez Lovullo Alomar Jr. Maddux I had Wedge on the list before but who knows if we would even be granted an interview.

Who? Sveum, Maddux, and Francona i'd assume. I heard on MLBN and again on ESPN Radio I believe it is Sveum, Tito, Alomar Jr. I think Alomar Jr. and Martinez might be interchangeable on the list though.