Times on ownership, hiring, related topics

DMZ · September 27, 2008 at 12:06 am · Filed Under Mariners 

Ahhh, actual content. With sources!

Time-saving summary:
Larson: “I’m not trying to buy the team.”
Lincoln: “Chuck and I decide who the new GM will be.”
Armstrong: “I talk to Gillick, he’s a pal. He’s not coming here.”

What else… Yamauchi is rumored to watch games. And Larson is said to have some memorabilia.

And those observers say that Larson, a baseball fanatic said to have an extensive memorabilia collection, would have the common sense to step back and let the baseball experts run any team he had control over.

Larson showed up to a meeting with the MLB ownership committee to buy the team wearing an actual Ty Cobb jersey.

Oh, those crazy anonymous sources.

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8 Responses to “Times on ownership, hiring, related topics”

  1. msb on September 27th, 2008 12:12 am

    The Times expressed interest this summer in flying to Japan to interview Yamauchi and write a profile on him. But an interview request placed with the Mariners was declined.

    I sure hope they wanted to send Lefton.

  2. terry on September 27th, 2008 5:52 am

    I too expressed interest this summer in flying to Japan to interview Yamauchi and write a profile on him. But my interview request placed with the Mariners was declined.

    Is the Times really an “insider” when it comes to the truly important issues surrounding the Ms FO?

  3. MrIncognito on September 27th, 2008 8:38 am

    Buried towards the bottom was this nice line:

    Lincoln said it’s unreasonable to expect owners to be completely hands-off when it comes to “multimillion-dollar, long-term contracts.” But he insists that, when it comes to the new GM, he and Armstrong “will give this person all the authority he needs.”

    This is really where it all goes wrong. Even if they hire a really good GM, they still see their meddling as necessary, good, and reasonable.

  4. Mike Snow on September 27th, 2008 9:17 am

    Oh, and “all the authority he needs.” Looks like Armstrong’s the only one who got the memo on gender equality.

  5. G-Man on September 27th, 2008 10:44 am

    …Larson, a baseball fanatic said to have an extensive memorabilia collection…

    I can verify that he has some great stuff, or at least he did several years ago.

    He and his wife had/have a house on Capital Hill (not their primary residence) where she sponsored an appreciation event annually for a childrens group that I volunteered with. He was already an M’s owner at this time.

    There were some display cabinets with dozens of collectors items. The one I specifically remember was an original of a signed Babe Ruth contract.

  6. G-Man on September 27th, 2008 10:50 am

    Now my memory is questioning itself. It was another top HOFer if not the Babe.

  7. The Ghost of Spike Owen on September 27th, 2008 11:37 am

    Lincoln: “Chuck and I decide who the new GM will be.”

    Well, sure. Why not? They did such a great job of hiring the last guy.

  8. greenwood ave on September 27th, 2008 8:22 pm

    Larson showed up to a meeting with the MLB ownership committee to buy the team wearing an actual Ty Cobb jersey.

    Taking retro to a new level I suppose.

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