Brings up the images to me of Chris Moneymaker, who won the 2003 World Series of Poker, the first to have a prize pool over a million dollars, if I remember correctly.

The most important point will be the involvement of the
out of town managers, i.e. Billy Connors, Emslie, Oppen-
heimer, etc. An item was floated this week that seemed
suspiciously timed--that George was excluding Billy
Connors henceforth from meetings. The excuse for this
is supposedly that Connors claimed he could get Mazzone to sign. That was never going to happen any-
way, but the spin is that George is ticked at Billy about
this. It sounds like bait to get Cashman to sign. Once he
signs, Connors will probably be back messing things up.

This also screws with the Red Sox. Theo can certainly point to Cashman while negotiating with the Red Sox.

One of the columns did mention that Cashman and Theo
were friends, and Cashman knew his efforts would help
Theo. I can't blame Theo after what they offered Beane
a few years ago. The owner may acknowledge it as "a
mistake," but everyone knows the money is there.