The GM Remains the Same
Fri, Oct 28, 2005
by Geoff Young
Looks like Kevin Towers will remain a Padre (thanks to Nick G. for tipping me off in Wednesday’s comments). The Diamondbacks are expected to name Red Sox Assistant GM Josh Byrnes as their new GM today.
Towers is quoted in the U-T as saying, “The perception that Sandy and I can’t co-exist is totally false. Our working relationship has been very good.”
Towers, though obviously not without his faults (who is?), has done a lot of good for this organization. I’m glad to see him stay.
Other Stuff
- Padres lose their first two free agents. Minor-league catcher Nick Trzesniak, thought to be in the running for the backup job in 2006, has signed with the Rangers. Utility man Damian Jackson has signed with the Nationals.
- Seanez to become a free agent (Padres.com). Rudy Seanez quietly put together a brilliant season for the Padres this year. I hope they can bring him back for an encore.
- Profiler Ritterpusch sent packing (Orioles Warehouse). Apparently the O’s had a guy who did psychological testing on players, and he was quite passionate about it. I wonder how many teams do this sort of thing and to what degree.
- Grid game. I’ve been addicted to this for a while (thanks to a reader who shall remain nameless unless he chooses to reveal himself), now it’s your turn. My high score is 3424.
That’s all for now. I’m taking the weekend off. We’ll get back on track Monday with our review of the second base position. Guaranteed to be more fun than a paper cut to the tongue!
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October 28, 2005 at 11:44 am
991 before I got bored (two minutes in…)
October 28, 2005 at 2:26 pm
Isn’t that the same guy who claimed that between Ryan Leaf and Peyton Manning one had the makeup to be a star and one would wash out? I remember a quote about that when they were drafted but I don’t know if he ever revealed which was which.
Interesting that a team with a guy like that would have two guys caught up in the steroid scandal.
October 29, 2005 at 12:22 pm
1178 … gee, thanks Geoff! C’mon Richard, put in another 2 mins … I dare ya!
October 29, 2005 at 12:24 pm
1178 … uh, gee, thanks, Geoff!
C’mon, Richard, put in another 2 mins … you can get into 4 digits
October 29, 2005 at 1:27 pm
An hour later … 2084 … why?
October 29, 2005 at 11:14 pm
Tried one more time: 2051.