Cajun Yankee
06-18-2007, 09:01 AM
Perlozzo on way out as Orioles manager?
June 18, 2007
Buster Olney - ESPN
The Baltimore Orioles were busy at work Monday trying to stay above the fray of Major League Baseball's worst teams.
High-ranking sources have told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney that Andy MacPhail has reached an agreement to be the club's chief operating officer, and the Orioles also were arranging a meeting with Joe Girardi -- furthering speculation that manager Sam Perlozzo is on his way out after two-plus seasons.
MacPhail and Girardi overlapped in Chicago during MacPhail's tenure as Cubs president and CEO of the Chicago Cubs, which began in 1994 and ended in 2006. Girardi, who managed the Florida Marlins in 2006, was the Cubs' catcher for two stints totaling six seasons, the last from 2000-02.
MacPhail won two World Series championships as general manager of the Minnesota Twins in 1987 and 1991.
The Orioles are a season-worst 11 games below .500 after suffering their eighth straight loss, 6-4 to the Arizona Diamondbacks to wrap up a 1-8 homestand. Baltimore is 29-40 and last in the AL East, two games behind the fourth-place Devil Rays.
The Orioles were to fly to the West Coast later Monday for a six-game swing against San Diego and Arizona. Whether Perlozzo, who has been Orioles manager since replacing Lee Mazzilli on an interim basis in 2005, will be on the bench in San Diego remains to be seen. His status ultimately will be determined by owner Peter Angelos.
"It doesn't matter how good I think I did or how many of the right guys I bring in when everything you do that's right turns wrong," Perlozzo told reporters following Sunday's loss to Arizona. "There will come a point and time when it just won't matter. I understand that.
"Hopefully, it's not real close, but it could get close."
Baltimore is 122-164 under Perlozzo and finished fourth in the AL East last season. Perlozzo was the Orioles' bench coach from 2001 until replacing Mazzilli as manager.
Girardi is currently a baseball analyst for Fox and for Yankees broadcasts on the YES network. He began his playing career with the Cubs in 1989 and won World Series rings with the Yankees in 1996, 1998 and 1999.
Last offseason, Girardi indicated he was in no rush to return to managing when he turned down an offer to be the Washington Nationals' new manager, a job that went to Mets coach Manny Acta.
With one of baseball's skimpiest payrolls (approximately $14 million), Girardi managed the Marlins into wild-card contention for most of 2006 -- Florida missed the playoffs with a 78-84 record -- and was named NL Manager of the Year. He was unceremoniously fired days at the conclusion of the season by owner Jeffrey Loria. The two had been at odds since having a vocal argument that August.
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If Girardi takes this, so much for rumors about replacing Torre.
June 18, 2007
Buster Olney - ESPN
The Baltimore Orioles were busy at work Monday trying to stay above the fray of Major League Baseball's worst teams.
High-ranking sources have told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney that Andy MacPhail has reached an agreement to be the club's chief operating officer, and the Orioles also were arranging a meeting with Joe Girardi -- furthering speculation that manager Sam Perlozzo is on his way out after two-plus seasons.
MacPhail and Girardi overlapped in Chicago during MacPhail's tenure as Cubs president and CEO of the Chicago Cubs, which began in 1994 and ended in 2006. Girardi, who managed the Florida Marlins in 2006, was the Cubs' catcher for two stints totaling six seasons, the last from 2000-02.
MacPhail won two World Series championships as general manager of the Minnesota Twins in 1987 and 1991.
The Orioles are a season-worst 11 games below .500 after suffering their eighth straight loss, 6-4 to the Arizona Diamondbacks to wrap up a 1-8 homestand. Baltimore is 29-40 and last in the AL East, two games behind the fourth-place Devil Rays.
The Orioles were to fly to the West Coast later Monday for a six-game swing against San Diego and Arizona. Whether Perlozzo, who has been Orioles manager since replacing Lee Mazzilli on an interim basis in 2005, will be on the bench in San Diego remains to be seen. His status ultimately will be determined by owner Peter Angelos.
"It doesn't matter how good I think I did or how many of the right guys I bring in when everything you do that's right turns wrong," Perlozzo told reporters following Sunday's loss to Arizona. "There will come a point and time when it just won't matter. I understand that.
"Hopefully, it's not real close, but it could get close."
Baltimore is 122-164 under Perlozzo and finished fourth in the AL East last season. Perlozzo was the Orioles' bench coach from 2001 until replacing Mazzilli as manager.
Girardi is currently a baseball analyst for Fox and for Yankees broadcasts on the YES network. He began his playing career with the Cubs in 1989 and won World Series rings with the Yankees in 1996, 1998 and 1999.
Last offseason, Girardi indicated he was in no rush to return to managing when he turned down an offer to be the Washington Nationals' new manager, a job that went to Mets coach Manny Acta.
With one of baseball's skimpiest payrolls (approximately $14 million), Girardi managed the Marlins into wild-card contention for most of 2006 -- Florida missed the playoffs with a 78-84 record -- and was named NL Manager of the Year. He was unceremoniously fired days at the conclusion of the season by owner Jeffrey Loria. The two had been at odds since having a vocal argument that August.
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If Girardi takes this, so much for rumors about replacing Torre.