Washington Nationals Begin Interviewing For Front Office Positions?
• Washington Nationals' GM Mike Rizzo told Washington Post writer Chico Harlan, in a season-ending interview entitled, "Q&A with Mike Rizzo", that the first "order of business" this offseason, (as Mr. Harlan framed it), was to fill positions in the Nationals' Front Office including the "assistant GM and farm director", and if FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal is to be believed, the search, at least, has begun, as Mr. Rosenthal reports, in an article entitled, "Sources: Nats interview Braves' scouting director", that, "The Nationals have interviewed Roy Clark, the Braves' scouting director since 2000, according to major-league sources," with Mr. Rosenthal only mentioning the search for an Assistant GM in the brief post.
A quick Google of the words "Washington Nationals, Roy Clark", will lead everyone who reports on the rumored interview to a 7/24/06 article by Bill Shanks at The Braves Show.com entitled, "Roy Clark turns down Washington Nationals", which reports that the Braves' Scouting Director had turned down an offer to join former Braves' President Stan Kasten as the Assistant GM in DC back in '06, in the position that would eventually be filled by Mike Rizzo himself. Kasten's plan, according to Mr. Shanks, was to, "...implement similar philosophies (in DC) that he had in place as President of the Braves", and Clark was seen, "...as a natural option for Kasten to try and give the Washington franchise a huge presence in scouting and player development."
• No word from the Nationals on potential hirings, but MLB.com's Bill Ladson did report today, in an article entitled, "Nationals cut ties with Cardenal" that the Nationals dismissed Jose Cardenal, who had acted as the Nationals' "special advisor to the general manager", since being hired by Former DC GM Jim Bowden back in 2004. Mr. Rizzo's going to put his mark on the Nationals' front office this winter, but i'll be more interested in seeing what mark he's able to put on the roster...
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Silly cheatin' Yankees!!
Can you believe how Mauer got robbed in the ground rule 2B? Tex-Ra did not deserve the walkoff. I know, the Twins aren’t as food a team, but I was hoping for a Brendan Harris hero moment…
"And everybody lived happily ever after. Except the Phillies and the Mets. The End." --Sasskuash
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by Doghouse on Oct 9, 2009 10:48 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Pleasv excuse typos, much red wine.
"And everybody lived happily ever after. Except the Phillies and the Mets. The End." --Sasskuash
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by Doghouse on Oct 9, 2009 10:49 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Heh, reminds me of...(flashback sound effects)
Punch Drunk Love:
WALTER
How you doin’ Barry?
BARRY
Hi Walter.
WALTER
How’s business?
BARRY
Business is very food, thanks.
ELIZABETH
What’s very food?
BARRY
What?
ELIZABETH
You just said very food.
BARRY
Did I say that?
WALTER
Yeah.
BARRY
That was weird. I meant good.
WALTER
Maybe you said that because you’re
hungry…..
Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."
by Patrick Reddington on Oct 9, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Eh, who wanted that Teixeira guy anyway...
Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."
by Patrick Reddington on Oct 9, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Our version is starting to grow on me
Not as good a fielder…and strikes out too much…but has personality…
Padilla walked into the Nats' clubhouse for the first time and said, "My God. I'm in heaven."
Sorry to bring up baseball again, but Angels-Sox is looking a good game so far
Punch Drunk Love = teh jeenyus
speaking of Adam Sandler, the otherwise-forgettable Spanglish featured an almost pornographically awesome sandwich-making scene, right down to pouring the beer to be drunk with it before the stupid plot intruded.
"And everybody lived happily ever after. Except the Phillies and the Mets. The End." --Sasskuash
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by Doghouse on Oct 9, 2009 11:02 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Tied at 1 thru 4.5!
We’re getting some good playoff ball so far.
"And everybody lived happily ever after. Except the Phillies and the Mets. The End." --Sasskuash
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by Doghouse on Oct 9, 2009 11:06 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Im probably the only one who will ever say this...
But im a little happy for A-Rod. As a player who has copped his fair share of stick over the years (for well, being well paid), im happy that he’s starting to put up the postseason numbers.
Padilla walked into the Nats' clubhouse for the first time and said, "My God. I'm in heaven."
BOOOOOOOO!
Better from me than some stranger.
"And everybody lived happily ever after. Except the Phillies and the Mets. The End." --Sasskuash
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by Doghouse on Oct 9, 2009 11:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I wanted a Brendan Harris Hero Moment myself.........(just caught the end...)
Bases loaded, no outs……no runs………..who do the Twins think they are?
And a big fat meh on Slappy…
Mezza: ''Are we there yet?'' ...Roscoe: "In baseball hell? Yes we are."
"Freakish things are happening."
by cat daddy3000 on Oct 9, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, that inning looked painfully familiar...
"And everybody lived happily ever after. Except the Phillies and the Mets. The End." --Sasskuash
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by Doghouse on Oct 9, 2009 11:11 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
They have Bard's brother on second on the single that loaded them?......or Listach's cousin coaching third
Sac flies are hard in the Al, too…….
Mezza: ''Are we there yet?'' ...Roscoe: "In baseball hell? Yes we are."
"Freakish things are happening."
by cat daddy3000 on Oct 9, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
It coulda been so different if that Twins guy didn't get caught off second as a run should have scored early.
Like someone said in the NJ comments....the Nats could've done that....
Mezza: ''Are we there yet?'' ...Roscoe: "In baseball hell? Yes we are."
"Freakish things are happening."
by cat daddy3000 on Oct 10, 2009 1:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Beckett = g0at!!
4-1 Angels in the bottom of the 7th!
And it all started with a Vladi walk…
"And everybody lived happily ever after. Except the Phillies and the Mets. The End." --Sasskuash
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by Doghouse on Oct 10, 2009 12:04 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Former Expo Maicer got the RBI to take the lead..........
5 game series are a horrible idea……
Mezza: ''Are we there yet?'' ...Roscoe: "In baseball hell? Yes we are."
"Freakish things are happening."
by cat daddy3000 on Oct 10, 2009 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Les Expos may have cursed us...
…bit maybe they can bless someone else.
"And everybody lived happily ever after. Except the Phillies and the Mets. The End." --Sasskuash
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by Doghouse on Oct 10, 2009 12:17 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Lots of former Expos have blessed others.......
Outside of ‘24, I’m thinking there might be a curse in the District…..
Mezza: ''Are we there yet?'' ...Roscoe: "In baseball hell? Yes we are."
"Freakish things are happening."
by cat daddy3000 on Oct 10, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Carter.....blech....didn't like him when he was an Expo...
but, you knew that…
Mezza: ''Are we there yet?'' ...Roscoe: "In baseball hell? Yes we are."
"Freakish things are happening."
by cat daddy3000 on Oct 10, 2009 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions
I now think it's The Curse of the Pebble.... whoever scattered the pebbles sold the Nats' soul for its only WS win...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_World_Series
"In Game 7, with the Senators behind 3–1 in the eighth, Bucky Harris hit a routine ground ball to third which hit a pebble and took a bad hop over Giants third baseman Fred Lindstrom. Two runners scored on the play, tying the score at three.
With the score still 3–3, Washington came up in the twelfth. With one out, and runners on first and second, Earl McNeely hit another grounder at Lindstrom, and again the ball took a bad hop, scoring Muddy Ruel with the Series-winning run.
This was the second extra-inning World Series-deciding game (1912) and the last before 1991. The winning team of the 1991 World Series was the very same franchise, by then known as the Minnesota Twins.
Mezza: ''Are we there yet?'' ...Roscoe: "In baseball hell? Yes we are."
"Freakish things are happening."
by cat daddy3000 on Oct 10, 2009 1:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Whoa...... that Wilma Flintstone.....put her on the cover of Playboy instead of Marge
Yep, rocks in the infield at Griffith Quarry was how they played the game back then…
Mezza: ''Are we there yet?'' ...Roscoe: "In baseball hell? Yes we are."
"Freakish things are happening."
by cat daddy3000 on Oct 10, 2009 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Crew chief Tim Tschida said he looked at Mauer's ball after the game and admitted it was a blown call.
“There’s a guy sitting over in the umpire’s dressing room right now that feels horrible,” Tschida said. “Nobody feels it worse than the umpire.”
See, umpires have feelings, too……. Poor umps…
Mezza: ''Are we there yet?'' ...Roscoe: "In baseball hell? Yes we are."
"Freakish things are happening."
I don’t know if TBS’s pitch tracker is the same as the Nats’ but the home plate umpires appear to be making some horrible ball/strike calls.
The howling from the Red Sox' fans seems to concur........
Mezza: ''Are we there yet?'' ...Roscoe: "In baseball hell? Yes we are."
"Freakish things are happening."
by cat daddy3000 on Oct 10, 2009 1:36 AM EDT up reply actions

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