Yahoo: Mike Rizzo is to be fired in Washington. AP says, *hired*, silly Yahoo!
And the man who once ran the Diamondbacks scouting division will be be replaced by Arizona vice president Jerry DiPoto, the guy who currently runs the Diamondbacks pro scouting?
Really, Nationals, you can feel free to look other places for new executives...
[Update] But the Associated Press now says he will actually be given the permanent GM job. "Rizzo might have been Washington's acting general manager, but he was still technically an assistant GM. Now he will be moved up to GM, the Associated Press reported Wednesday night, citing two people familiar with the negotiations."
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Argh....
freaking Nationals. First they hire Rizzo away, then Rizzo takes half the Dbacks scouting department, and now it looks like it’s gonna happen again??
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by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2009 1:06 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And
It’s obviously worked so well for them the first time.
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by kishi on Aug 19, 2009 2:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wasn't there a No Poaching Agreement
when Rizzo went to DC?
by older fart on Aug 19, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup,
and it was completely ignored. At this point, if DiPoto gets hired and tries to pull the same shit, I feel like we should file a complaint w/ MLB.
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-Pygalgia
by DbacksSkins on Aug 19, 2009 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would view hiring DiPoto as
More Poaching
by older fart on Aug 19, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Although technically the ‘no poaching’ refers to the GM hiring staff, not the organization hiring another GM, I believe.
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-- Bruce Catton
by njjohn on Aug 19, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
I was exaggerating for effect
But seriously, I don’t see anyway Rizzo comes back.
And, more seriously, I don’t see anyone but Washington drafting number one overall for the next several years.
by older fart on Aug 19, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
San Diego?
They’re very legitimate contenders for Bryce Harper. Especially since Strasburg will be pitching every five days for the Natinals next season, and Donovan Tate certainly will not be in the majors at that point. And the Pads will have probably dealt Adrian Gonzalez and/or Heath Bell by that point.
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Me: Isn't it Alternative?
My brother: No, it was funeral. Most depressing thing ever. I s*** you not. Go look it up.
Me: ::checks iTunes:: That's the album title.
by IHateSouthBend on Aug 19, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
As of right now
The Nats will have next year’s first pick and therefore the rights to Harper (assuming he gets everything together and gets through the GED and one year of JC).
by older fart on Aug 20, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
no joke. very frustrating.
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-- Bruce Catton
by njjohn on Aug 19, 2009 11:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the one positive is that it is an external vote of approval for the job of our scouting dept and by connection, our recent drafts.
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by njjohn on Aug 19, 2009 11:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
you're "crapping" me
wow, well that kinda sucks, wait, without kinda, that sucks
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by sergey606 on Aug 19, 2009 11:53 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Rizzo
to be hired as Nats’ GM, not fired
If the FO is the focus of anything, something is seriously wrong with the picture ! - unnamedDBacksfan 2/20/09
by Diamondhacks on Aug 19, 2009 10:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The Natinals
Just can’t get themselves straight, can they?
My brother: Did you see the genre of this song [Wake Up by Arcade Fire]?
Me: Isn't it Alternative?
My brother: No, it was funeral. Most depressing thing ever. I s*** you not. Go look it up.
Me: ::checks iTunes:: That's the album title.
by IHateSouthBend on Aug 19, 2009 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now THAT
makes a whole lot more sense. I sorta figured that was inevitable after Bowden was fired.
"In the future, I want to be a fossil. Or, at least have my feces be fossilized"
-Pygalgia
by DbacksSkins on Aug 20, 2009 2:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bowden
Was truly horrendous. Demitri Young for 2 yrs, $10M anybody?
My brother: Did you see the genre of this song [Wake Up by Arcade Fire]?
Me: Isn't it Alternative?
My brother: No, it was funeral. Most depressing thing ever. I s*** you not. Go look it up.
Me: ::checks iTunes:: That's the album title.
by IHateSouthBend on Aug 20, 2009 2:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
That makes more sense.
"The conflict is representative of the Darwinian struggle between avians and mammals for dominance."
"Based on Bugs giving Daffy Duck a cigar made out of dynamite?"
by kishi on Aug 20, 2009 4:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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