Boners Up: DJF 2009 Podcast #31 (Guest: Mike Axisa)
I really wish I wasn’t so lazy that I’m now deciding that, instead of having a separate post, I’ll just drop a couple Jays-related links into the podcast post here. But fuck it. I had other shit to do today. Some of this stuff is a little stale, but… whatever…
Arnsberg
As I’m sure you’ve already seen, according to an article in the National Post, Brad Arnsberg wasn’t fired—he quit. But Griffin over at the Toronto Star isn’t so sure.
The fact the Jays would allow Halladay's best friend in the clubhouse, pitching coach Brad Arnsberg, to seek the same job with another team solidifies the belief the Jays plan to trade their ace.
While Anthopoulos claimed Friday he did not tell Arnsberg to look for a job, that the Astros called him asking for permission to talk, Houston's GM Ed Wade had a different view on how the Arnsberg deal came about.
"We were really excited when we found out he was available," Wade said. "There were some unresolved issues, and they gave him a chance to go out and look around, and he very quickly moved up to the top of our list."
Gaston
Jeff Blair, far less hysterical than yours truly, makes a good point about this Gaston nonsense, I guess. “I can't believe that Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos is all that thrilled to have Cito Gaston back managing the club in 2010. But I do believe he's smart enough to know he'll have to carefully pick his fights with president and chief executive officer Paul Beeston and that he's also smart enough to know Gaston's future is a battle he can't win,” he says, adding: “If Anthopoulos is as smart as I think he is, he'll use this year to get the best available managerial candidate.”
Not sure why you’d need a whole year for that—maybe he’s really studied Beeston’s methods well—but… OK.
“This deal makes it possible to replace Gaston at any time without unduly embarrassing him or costing him a nickel in the longer term,” says the Star’s Garth Woolsey. “Those players unhappy with him now, at least, have a deadline within which to operate. But they also must understand that he has significant input in the organization for at least five years. He'll still be around after many of them are long gone. If it feels like a compromise, so be it. There are worse strategies.”
Anthopoulos
Stephanie Myles of the Montreal Gazette takes a long look at the employment history of Alex Anthopoulos.
According to Shi Davidi of the Canadian Press, “Alex Anthopoulos is putting the final touches on a long-term plan for the Toronto Blue Jays and expects to share some of the details before next week's general managers meetings in Chicago.”
Halladay
As you probably have already heard, Cito had a thing or two to say about Roy Halladay probably being gone during his bullshit retirement gift press conference. Meh. However, in the same CP article noted above, Alex Anthopoulos says, “Roy's goals are the same as ours but his timeline might not be the same as ours and what I'm working through right now is how soon, in this off-season, can we turn this entire thing around, that we can be a team that really makes a run at the playoffs.”
Tenace
“I'm sure going to miss Toronto,” said forced-out coach Gene Tenace, according to Bob Elliott in the Toronto Sun. “I lived downtown and would walk to the park. People would yell hello at me on the street or talk ball. I never heard one negative response all those years. My family loved the city. I won't miss the game, but I'll miss Toronto.”
He also added, “If a player had a problem with Cito or me, why didn't they come to us instead of going to the papers? But some players you can't please. They make all the money and now they want to make all the decisions.”
A-Rod
Oh yes, and I couldn’t resist reusing my little A-Rod As A Centaur photoshop, which comes from my post at TheScore.Com Blog about how an A-Rod supposedly seriously fucking has a painting of himself as a centaur over his bed.
Aaaaand… the Podcast
Anywho, here’s this week’s podcast, with guest Mike Axisa of the awesome Yankees blog River Avenue Blues—who is also a contributor at the fantastic MLB Trade Rumors.
As always, the podcast is available at The Score, or through iTunes.
Mintmusical interludes: Tom Petty The Waiting, Faith No More Digging The Grave, New Order Run, Mum The Smell of Today Is Like Sweet Breastmilk in the Wind, XTC Life Begins at the Hop
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14 rational and reasonable comments:
Cito was a complete dick for saying that stuff about Halladay. Way to pump the fan base, Cito.
Griffin is a twat.
"There is more evidence"
Yeah, just like solidifying the belief of plans is evidence.
Bluebird Banter steals Stoeten's stuff.
Tom Dakers sucks big fat black cocks. So does his wife.
Beeston goes on and on about how great Anthopolous is but ties a hand behind his back (for at least a year) by overruling him with Cito?
You hire the kid, you say how great he is, then you better let him, or his people make 100% of the decisions. Anything else is half assing it. Yea, it's only one year, but you've got players going through important development years. Stop fucking around.
Makes you wonder whether JP was the only guy around content to not rebuild and why the organization was so opaque regarding direction for the past year.
bottom 3rd, 5-1 phillies, 2 on none out..at what point do you pull lee and save his arm for game 7?
Forget about it foster homes and gardens, Phils can't win two games in the Bronx.
..Except they did earlier this year, and almost took the first two games of this series there.
If they're up by seven runs, you pull Lee after 80 pitches. If they're up by less than four, you keep him in there until his arm falls off.
So, Millar's been shown the door.
tom dakers licked my asshole so slow and good!
Fuck off Stoten, you're lazy and you're FAT!!
I was hoping the season would end today so we would be one step closer to knowing what these stupid fucks have planed for the next few years of rebuilding with imaginary prospects that fall out of the sky like fucking turkeys.
If it feels like a compromise, so be it. There are worse strategies.
and that my friends is how you describe an unsuccessful franchise. i would have thought that the Jays learned their lesson after the Godfrey ego era, but it seems like we're heading right back into another dysfunctional management structure.
also, can we put the "Cito is here to appease the casual fan" argument to bed. whatever effect that had was limited to the end of last year or the beginning of this year. the team's ongoing futility has likely driven the casual fan right back to where he was before.
CITO RULES!
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