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M's movement: What about the suits?
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8:25 am
by John Sleeper
I've received a ton of e-mail about the week's proceedings with the Mariners. They've rightly decided on a course to clean house. First, it was hitting coach Jeff Pentland, then GM Bill Bavasi, then manager John McLaren.
We've speculated on what the next moves will be. Our Kirby Arnold broke the story this week that conversations are under way to release first baseman Richie Sexson within days. Jose Vidro is widely thought to make his exit soon as well. As for other player moves, you can probably deduce who's on their way out as well as we can: Bedard, likely. Suzuki, probably not. Johjima, who knows?
I still wonder why Johjima was given a three-year, $24 million extension at his age. It's going to come back to bite them sooner than later. He's regressing, and now that the organization is fully behind developing Jeff Clement, they're saddled with Johjima's salary, which makes him hard to trade.
But many of you have written me about the issue of the suits, the front office people who have overseen the good and the bad: the Chuck Armstrongs, the Lee Pelekoudases, the Howard Lincolns. Don't they bear some responsibility in what's going on?
Answer: Bloody well right they do.
They chart the direction. They hire and fire. Are they in trouble? Hard to say. Lincoln answers to silent owner Hiroshi Yamauchi and when we mean silent, we mean silent.
I'm looking for a complete housecleaning by the time all the movement is done in the next six to eight months. But I don't have a clue as to the fate of the highest of the higher-ups. Neither, I would wager, does anybody else.
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