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    Seven teams seeking closers, that should help drive up the price.
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    More cleaning house on the FO front:
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    It looks like the A's want a pretty hefty price for Gio Gonzalez:
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    I already knew everything in the article.
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    This drives up the price for KRod. It would be a nice move if we could get him cheap, but he might go for 4/40. I'd rather have Papelbon for the price which the Phillies signed him.
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    Valentine is very smart-- one of the rare baseball managers with an IQ in the triple digits, and he knows every fine point of the game. Due to hi intellectual superiority in the game, he has been very egotistical. He can start to wear on the players, especially the veterans, very quicky. I don't know how well the egos in the Boston press will take to him once they realize that he has little use for them and he becomes condescending. There's no question of his intelligence. Some people hear him speak and think his diction indicates low intelligence. That's a mistake.
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    So they will be moving Feliz into the starting rotation. I guess they will not be re-signing Wilson.
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    Under normal circumstances in a business outside of baseball, Theo would remain under contract with the Red Sox for 2012 and the Cubbies would have to have Hoyer or someone else run the team during 2012. They couldn't contact Theo, because that would constitute tampering. That would be an ugly situation for all so Selig would no doubt exercise his czar-like powers and step in for the "good of the game." The Cubs know this, so the Sox have no leverage. The Sox are going to end up taking whatever Selig decides they should get. For people as old as me, they might remember that Dick Williams quit on the A's after the 1973 World Series and signed to work for the Yankees in 1974. Williams was still under contract with the A's for at least 1974. Charlie Finley would not release Williams from his contract, so the Yankees had to hire a new manager, and Williams was without a job for 1974, because he refused to work for Charlie Finley. Finley gave Williams permission to manage the Angels in mid-1974. They were a terrible team.
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    I expected that the responses to this poll would be predominantly "yes", but i am a bit surprised that it is unanimous. There is 1 "no" but that was SCM being wishful. He also thinks it will be Bobby V. I thought some people might have suspected that the FO was employing the misdirection tactic that they have used in the past. I guess the Sveum thing was embarrassing and this Bobby V thing is too far down the road. It's one thing to leak a story, but this is a formal interview and the owners have already interviewed him. I don't think they would jerk Bobby V around. It seems that the interview with Ben is a formality and it is a done deal. I suspect the announcement could be in the next day or two.
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    ... and teach the pitchers to cover first base on balls hit to the right side of the IF and make Salty grow a pair so he has something to use to block pitches in the dirt.
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    Every team goes into the off season with a strategy. The high value targets identified by the Sox will no doubt also be on the lists of other teams. If they wait, those targets will get signed forcing the team to move to plan B and so forth. As they wait, the options start to dwindle. They need to be out in front of this process. Waiting and watching guys come off the boards or get traded to other teams is not measured and considerate. They have had 7 weeks to measure and consider. Now, they have to execute. This manager search is not a good sign, unless they are looking to sign Pujols and they want to entice him bringing LaRussa in as manager. That is way off the charts as a probability.
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    Bobby V will probably greet Cher Bear with a slap across the face and tell him who is the boss. LOL!
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    I wonder if BSN07 knew him. Isn't he also from the Netherlands? I think he plays in a wooden shoe league there.
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    But you think it is going to happen?
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    For purposes of this poll, I am asking whether you think Valentine will be named manager, not whether you want him to be manager.
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    I think it is looking like the Cherrington interview may be a mere formality.
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    A nice pickup by Philadelphia.
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