MLB approves contract extension for Jim Bowden through the end of the season. Tony Tavares thinks the new owner (Smulyan) should keep Jim around for a while so that his disappointment in him has time to flourish, or age, like a fine wine:
"I've seen managers replaced during the middle of a season...I've seen GMs replaced during the middle of a season. But usually, it's because of a built-up kind of disappointment on the part of an owner. If you're just getting to know people, to get disappointed that quick, there would clearly be something wrong with the new owner." (Tony Tavares, via Washington Post, 3/10/2006)
Who is this Smulyen guy? Let's break his name into two parts to figure it out. "Smuly" and "en". "en" means "in" in Spanish. So what's he in? Who knows. That man is tricky.
Posted by: SomeGuy | March 10, 2006 at 11:09 PM
Tavares said..."If you're just getting to know people, to get disappointed that quick, there would clearly be something wrong with the new owner."
Un effing believable.
Posted by: Another Guy | March 11, 2006 at 08:55 AM
SomeGuy, sadly, that might be the last time I'm able to make a reference to Smulyan as the future owner of the team, because it's looking more and more likely that it's gonna be the Lerner group. But I think it would have been a lot more fun watching people twist themselves into knots (ie: Tom Boswell) if Smulyan had been handed the keys to the franchise by Selig.
Posted by: ck | March 12, 2006 at 08:56 AM
Another Guy - "Un effing believable" is probably the best way to sum up the comments by Tavares - not exactly a vote of confidence for our Jim.
Posted by: ck | March 12, 2006 at 08:58 AM