Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 31, 2007
Control Issues

The St. Louis Cardinals hired John Mozeliak as their new general manager today. It seems outside candidates harbored reservations about how much control they would wield with the club:

As recently as Monday, Antonetti, 33, was described as the front-runner by a source familiar with the process. But the protegé of Indians general manager Mark Shapiro could not come to terms with the club on a contract and also harbored reservations about the amount of control that would be given Jocketty's successor.

Interviewed in Florida by chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. on Oct. 19, Chicago White Sox assistant general manager Rick Hahn bowed out of the process prior to the World Series for similar reasons, according to an industry source.

In these cases, an internal candidate who is used to the office politics is probably best. Brian Cashman went into a similar situation, and it took him many years to gain control of the club. Good luck to Mr. Mozeliak.


Posted by David Pinto at 05:27 PM | Management | TrackBack (0)
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