Orioles hire a new president

JoseA · June 20th, 2007, 06:42 PM

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BALTIMORE (AP) -- Andy MacPhail was hired Wednesday as president of baseball operations for the Baltimore Orioles, two days after the last-place team fired manager Sam Perlozzo.

MacPhail will oversee all baseball operations for the struggling club, which has not had a winning season since 1997. He said he believes owner Peter Angelos will allow him the independence he needs to run the team.

"If I didn't feel that way, I wouldn't be here," MacPhail said noting he outlined to Angelos where he thinks the boundaries of the owner's influence are.

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Why not keep making changes, this team hasn't won in a while. Some people believe the only way for the Orioles to get rid of the owner Peter Angelos.

bedir than average · June 20th, 2007, 08:43 PM

Ummm, Angelos isn't the GM. In fact the Orioles have dual GMs, though who knows how that's going to work with the addition of McPhail above them, but below the owner.

DiamondDave · June 20th, 2007, 10:23 PM

Yeah... hard to get rid of the owner

hagers · June 23rd, 2007, 01:31 PM

I think it will be a blessing IF Peter Angelos lets him have complete control.

feathered friend · June 24th, 2007, 09:42 AM

Well, to me lil' Andy has proven unworthy of that "complete" control by virtue of his having gone after Joe Girardi even before the dust settled upon his new desk in the warehouse.

On the surface, it was a stupid, malconsidered, rushed gesture which Angelos was apparently willing to allow.
Thank goodness an even higher power than Angelos intervened and prevented it.

Hmmmm..... ya know.... maybe that's it!

Maybe lil' Andy had got together with Joe G. beforehand and staged the whole process just to test Angelos.... I mean when you think about it, it really would have been a stupid move given MacPhail's track record and baseball insight.... almost too stupid to be real... and Girardi wasn't busy anyway, so he went along with it.
Then, satisfied that Angelos really was a man of his word, MacPhail cued Joe G. to decline the offer (of which we never did get informed of the details) and lil'Andy proceeded to proclaim to then be on a more "methodical" path to ultimately making a better informed, more carefully considered choice worthy of the really insightful, experienced baseball exec which he is.

Of course, we, the onlooking fans, are expected to believe that MacPhail must have completely lost his senses, and then suddenly gained them back, all within a matter of a couple of days.

Hmmm..... no way. I'm convinced. The whole thing was a rouse..... and I sure feel better now.

June 20th, 2007, 08:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
bedir than average Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Starbucks Posts: 8,258	Ummm, Angelos isn't the GM. In fact the Orioles have dual GMs, though who knows how that's going to work with the addition of McPhail above them, but below the owner. __________________ I'm sorry I left for a while. I needed a vaction, and then work changed substantially. I'm over 50 hour weeks, plus two hours a day of commuting time. A few weeks ago I launched my own blog about Seattle Sounders FC and Life in Puget Sound. I won't be by these parts often as my focus has changed. Sorry about the unannounced retirement.

June 20th, 2007, 10:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
DiamondDave Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: MD, on the Potomac River Posts: 5,390	Yeah... hard to get rid of the owner __________________ Reagan in 08... Even though he's dead, he's the better choice! Superdelegates - Because even the Democratic party knows it's base is too stupid to make really important decisions.

June 24th, 2007, 09:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
feathered friend Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Orange County, Florida Posts: 56	Well, to me lil' Andy has proven unworthy of that "complete" control by virtue of his having gone after Joe Girardi even before the dust settled upon his new desk in the warehouse. On the surface, it was a stupid, malconsidered, rushed gesture which Angelos was apparently willing to allow. Thank goodness an even higher power than Angelos intervened and prevented it. Hmmmm..... ya know.... maybe that's it! Maybe lil' Andy had got together with Joe G. beforehand and staged the whole process just to test Angelos.... I mean when you think about it, it really would have been a stupid move given MacPhail's track record and baseball insight.... almost too stupid to be real... and Girardi wasn't busy anyway, so he went along with it. Then, satisfied that Angelos really was a man of his word, MacPhail cued Joe G. to decline the offer (of which we never did get informed of the details) and lil'Andy proceeded to proclaim to then be on a more "methodical" path to ultimately making a better informed, more carefully considered choice worthy of the really insightful, experienced baseball exec which he is. Of course, we, the onlooking fans, are expected to believe that MacPhail must have completely lost his senses, and then suddenly gained them back, all within a matter of a couple of days. Hmmm..... no way. I'm convinced. The whole thing was a rouse..... and I sure feel better now. Last edited by feathered friend; June 24th, 2007 at 09:44 AM.

June 23rd, 2007, 01:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
hagers Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 35	I think it will be a blessing IF Peter Angelos lets him have complete control.