Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
May 13, 2003
Don't Turn Around

The commissioner's in town. Larry Beinfest is going to have to go to the principal's office for not following the rules. Instead of having a sham interview session in which he gets to reject Willie Randolph, Beinfest just went out and hired who he wanted to be manager of the Marlins. Now, it may cost him $2,000,000 for bypassing Bud.

Please. Why waste the time of minority candidates if they aren't going to be hired? This is a mid-season firing, so you want to replace the manager quickly. I wish they had hired Randolph, instead of another failed manager. It's good that the commissioner's office is encouraging minority hiring. But Bud, you don't own the teams. You don't own baseball. You're already running the game like you ran the Brewers, and the fans aren't coming back. Maybe you should stay out of team decisions!

Or, instead of the sham interview process with fines for breaking the rules, if you really want teams to hire minorities, why not reward each team that hires a minority GM or manager $1,000,000? Put your money where your mouth is, Mr. Commissioner, and you'll see real change in the management of baseball.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:26 PM | Commissioner | TrackBack (0)