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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 (5/27/2008 08:24:00 PM) - Al Doug, he's usually one or two steps ahead, so I talk to him almost every day. With Ned, I just try to give him support, let him know we're behind him. We have plenty of fans that are good at second guessing, so I don't do any of that.--Mark A, on TV Paraphrasing, as Mark let that nugget of honesty go after being his politically correct self for most of the interview. He does not sound like a guy ready to panic or make any changes. I do not recall ever hearing an owner give a "vote of support" (vote of confidence?) in such a back door manner before, but I think that's exactly what he did. If anyone can Tivo that and send me the exact quote, I'd appreciate it. UPDATE/BUMP: Ryan comes through with the goods. And thanks for the hits. Al, Love the blog. My friends and I check it on a near hourly basis, and usually can't help but agree with your level-headed opinions, although I'm in the minority of saying that you don't fire a manager for doing nothing wrong. Rewinding my MLB.tv archive, I dug up the quote from Mark A about staying out of Ned's way…. "With Ned I try to pretty much just provide encouragement and support and not get in his way. We have a lot of fans that can enjoy second guessing the manager, but I'm not going to do that." -Ryan I did pretty good, actually, for barely paying attention before he spilled his first "scoop" quote in years. Doesn't sound like a guy getting ready to make a change, that's for sure. I have thought for a while if it were me, I would probably fire Ned if I decided I was not going to renew his 2009 option. That might well be exactly what Mark A is thinking. 5/27/2008 08:24:00 PM |
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