1.09.2009
Hall of Shame
I am thinking about starting a Hall of Shame to solve that eternal fantasy baseball problem of "how can we make fun of losing teams even more." I propose that we post suitable pictures of the last place team manager on this blog in a Hall of Shame, surrounded by the appropriate contextual figures. These contextual figures would be thematic counterpoints to the Pantheon of Champions figures of Billy Beane and Jek Porkins (I would nominate Giant's GM Sabean as one of those figures, if he still is their GM). These losers would have hopes to be removed from this Hall of Shame by finishing in the top half of the league at some point in the future. I would like the losers' cooperation in supplying an appropriate picture of themselves for this project. However, since Mike and Jimmy are the only managers who fit the bill currently, I could probably dig up something myself if they do not supply a picture. Comments?
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Do it! Get to the choppah!
Steve Phillips must be a permanent member of the Hall of Shame. He is the anti-Beane.
I would say that including Steve Phillips is a great idea over Sabean as a Met's fan (traded Kazmir for Zambrano among other bonehead moves).
Let's not forget that Steve Phillips was drafted one year after Billy Beane by the New York Mets. Each of them pretty much sucked as a player and became a front office guy. That's where their paths diverged. Beane became a publicity shy family guy who focused on acquiring young, inexpensive talent while Phillips became a publicity hound home-wrecker who bought brand name stars by the pound. Truly, the anti-Beane.
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