Normally I'm not big on intangibles, but you have to like to read about Halladay's leadership on the team. The Star had a piece on Halladay leading workouts with several of the Jays top pitching prospects which Doc has dubbed 'The Breakfast Club'.
While the Doc article is a nice feel good story, Rich Griffin questions whether the Jays middle three starters can keep up with the rest of the AL.
If you haven't had enough Moneyball stories yet, here's another one from Jeff Blair about the Dodgers hiring of Paul DePodesta which contains some comparisons between DePodesta and Ricciardi.
"Paul is an intellectual, and J.P. has a lot of street savvy and a little more in the mix with baseball people," Lewis said. "J.P. has a real, natural ability to manage people and is comfortable communicating with people in confrontational situations. I'm not sure that's going to come as naturally to Paul."
And in a surprise move it looks to me like our resident GM may be moving on after I saw this headline: Furlong Named 2010 Games CEO. I'm going to miss those minor league reports.
Furlong went through nine interviews to get the position, which will pay him $300,000 annually, with incentives for bonuses of 25 per cent of his base salary, plus a few other perks.
It's too bad leaving Da Box is going to force him to take a paycut. Good luck Jordan!
https://www.battersbox.ca/article.php?story=20040221102130999