Few also know LaCava was one of the first to embrace statistical analysis and apply it logically to players’ performances and skills! I was very surprised when I learned that.

The more you research the guy, the more you like him.

If this fantasy were to develop further, who would be the best possible Team President considering the constraints of the non-fantastical reality of ownership by committee, CEO expectations, and whoever the heck comes in as General Manager?

As the scuttlebutt is that Pat Gillick will be taking the now-vacant Team President position in Toronto, yet still lives in Seattle with his wife, how good/bad would President Gillick be in Seattle, as opposed to the just-horribly-nightmarish General Manager Gillick?

Could I add a “change” column? Possibly, but the problem is that right now, its light weight is its charm. As with other requests for “favorability” or “USSM endoresment scale” I don’t think we’ll be doing that.