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Actually, I'm pretty sure he's only 23. The way he pitches sometime looks a lot like Home-Run-do Benitez *shudders* but he seems to have the emotional makeup to close; i.e. not let blown saves affect him.
And my point with mentioning '96-'97 was that he was a good owner then, because we were winning. It seems that after Davey Johnson and Pat Gillick he wanted a yes-man in the GM place, and hired Syd Thrift. Thrift is a great scout, but couldn't run an organization anywhere but into the ground. After a couple years of losing, falling attendence, and the worst-run organization not in Detroit, he finally realized his mistake, fired Thrift, and set out on a path towards rebuilding the team. So far, it looks good, and a big signing this offseason will only make it look even better.
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"Final thought: I just rented Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine. Frankly, it was the worst sports movie I've ever seen."
--Peter Schmuck, The (Baltimore) Sun
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