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    Candidates for GM includes a woman.

    Former Dodger Asst. GM NG to be interviewed.

    If hired she would be the first, she has a pretty good resume.

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    I hope she gets serious consideration as she has definitely paid her dues.

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    Re: Candidates for GM includes a woman.

    It says in her bio with the Dodgers that she handled contract negotiations. I'm going to assume she won't be taking credit for the contracts of Jason Schmidt, Juan Pierre, Andruw Jones, and Manny Ramirez during the interview.

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    According to DRaysBay, Rays executive vice president Andrew Friedman was seen dining Tuesday night in St. Petersburg with Angels owner Arte Moreno and team president John Carpino.
    The nature of the meeting isn't yet known, but the timing is certainly interesting given that the Angels are in the midst of a search for a new general manager. Friedman, widely regarded for his success with the cost-conscious Rays, has served in his current role since November of 2005. Angels' manager of baseball information Tory Hernandez, former Dodgers assistant general manager Kim Ng, Damon Oppenheimer and Billy Eppler of the Yankees, Jerry Dipoto of the Diamondbacks and Rick Hahn of the White Sox are all reportedly under consideration for the Angels' GM job.
    I smell a scandal......or just a simple coincidence. I don't think anything of this but thought it was interesting.

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    I don’t know it if is a “scandal”. The Astros and Cubs reportedly also wooed him. Friedman doesn’t work under a written “contract” so he is free to talk to anyone. I always thought it was more usual though for the team to fly the person of interest out to them to wine & dine on their own turf and give them the full tour so to speak.

    The “source” for this is supposedly a few readers of the blog and a worker at the restaurant, so who knows? That particular blog touts how they have broken a few reports first but if you dig deeper they have been somewhat insignificant or less than "blockbuster".

    Players and personnel in sports come and go nowadays, though this threesome relationship does have a friendship basis with Matt, Stu and Andrew.

    If Andrew does go perhaps the Rays would be the ones to break the gender barrier at the GM position.


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    Re: Candidates for GM includes a woman.

    I will admit a Friedman/Scioscia combo would be pretty cool to see just as Freidman/Maddon was.

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    Re: Candidates for GM includes a woman.

    No suprise here......the official words from Friedman when asked by local media......"No comment."

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    Re: Candidates for GM includes a woman.

    If Friedman plays it smart, he should wait for McCourt to be removed hopefully soon and the new owner to dump Colletti. As bad as what Colletti will be leaving behind appears, Kemp and Kershaw is a pretty good start to build your team on, plus there's no Vernon Wells contract.

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    Re: Candidates for GM includes a woman.

    If he plays it smart, he should stay with the Rays.

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    Re: Candidates for GM includes a woman.

    Maybe. But I can't overlook the parallels with Billy Beane being stuck on a franchise that is in limbo without a new ballpark to remain competitive.

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    Re: Candidates for GM includes a woman.

    Andrew Friedman may be unwilling to leave Tampa Bay for Angels


    This piece in the LA Times, which mentions the "friendship" partnership quality as I did in my post. However, the Angels appear to have "pulled a Theo" and are offering Andrew the promotion to President to sweeten the deal.

    They have interviewed a few for the GM job with more coming this week and hope to have a decision by next week.


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    Re: Candidates for GM includes a woman.

    Angels hire new GM.



    Look slike the Angels have got their man.

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    Re: Candidates for GM includes a woman.

    Quote Originally Posted by Tobywan View Post

    Look slike the Angels have got their man.
    can't get much more manly looking than this.

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