Baltimore Orioles Baseball
LaCava, and where the O’s go from here
Tony LaCava was classy in his public comments last night, explaining why he turned down becoming the O’s General Manager. MASN’s Kubatko, MLB.com’s Ghiroli, and The Sun each had direct quotes from Toronto’s Asst. GM saying his decision was based upon wanting to stay...
O’s Q&A with Danny Knobler, CBS Sports
With the World Series over, and the O's preparing to hire their next General Manager and begin their off-season; Baltimore Sports and Life has reached out to CBS Sports Senior Baseball Writer Danny Knobler for some of his thoughts. You can find Knobler's work at:...
Still disagree with O’s interviewing John Stockstill
When news came out Thursday that the Orioles Player Development Director John Stockstill would receive an interview for the open President of Baseball Operations position, I voiced my displeasure immediately. I know Mr. Stockstill's history. I know he has worn hats in...
Dipoto, LaCava, and?
Yesterday, the Orioles interviewed Jerry Dipoto, the Senior Vice President of Scouting and Player Development for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Today, the O's are going to interview Tony LaCava, the Assistant General Manager of the Toronto Blue Jays. While either of these...
25 Initial Questions for the Next O’s GM
Buster Olney / ESPN tweeted tonight that the O's are forming a group to conduct interviews for the prospective General Manager candidates. Olney listed the current candidates as Thad Levine, Josh Byrnes, J.P. Ricciardi, Tony LaCava, Gerry Hunsicker, and Dan Jennings....
Thinking About Angelos and Why This GM Hire Does Matter
During the past seven months, I posed the question to numerous Baseball Analysts of who should replace Andy MacPhail, should MacPhail not return for 2012. The full responses of those Analysts can be found at: https://baltimoresportsandlife.com/?p=3052 In one of those...
Showalter should not be in charge of the GM Hire
Peter Schmuck of the Baltimore Sun posted an article (http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-schmuck-orioles-1009-20111008,0,3333086.column) yesterday which stated that no matter what title Showalter has, that it will be Buck who is calling the shots for the...
12 Baseball Analysts On Who Should Be The O’s GM
Knowing that Andy MacPhail did not have a contract for the 2012 season, we have asked numerous Baseball Analysts during the year who they think would be a good fit in Baltimore - should MacPhail not return. Our typical question to these Analysts, was a variation of:...