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Dave Dombrowski Fired
| dgwphotography Aug 04 2015 02:49 PM |
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http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/t ... /31121309/
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| Edgy MD Aug 04 2015 02:52 PM Re: Dave Dombrowski Fired |
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Seems strange to let him go less than a week after allowing him to move three of your best players.
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| dgwphotography Aug 04 2015 02:55 PM Re: Dave Dombrowski Fired |
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I get the feeling that he was not coming back after the season any way. What I read at the Free Press seemed to give Dombrowski good marks for his trades, especially in light of his contract position at the time.
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| Ceetar Aug 04 2015 03:05 PM Re: Dave Dombrowski Fired |
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sorta the exact right point isn't it? Give a new guy time to get his feet wet in arguably the slowest part of the season?
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| Edgy MD Aug 04 2015 03:05 PM Re: Dave Dombrowski Fired |
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Not the way I see it, but sure.
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| Gwreck Aug 04 2015 05:46 PM Re: Dave Dombrowski Fired |
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It's not exactly a new guy. Al Avila is taking over; he's been Dombrowski's #2 for quite a while.
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| Zvon Aug 04 2015 06:26 PM Re: Dave Dombrowski Fired |
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He'll be fine. I hope his son can handle it.
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| MFS62 Aug 05 2015 07:20 AM Re: Dave Dombrowski Fired |
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It made sense that DD and the Tigers both needed to move on. Doing it now allows Avila to get established for a couple of months, but more importantly IMO, it allows DD to talk to other teams without any tampering issues.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 18 2015 09:23 PM Re: Dave Dombrowski Fired |
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Hired by Red Sox. Cherington stepping down as GM
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| Edgy MD Aug 18 2015 09:44 PM Re: Dave Dombrowski Fired |
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Wow, gosh, and golly. Who'd've guessed the model of the forward-thinking front office would become a model of instability?
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 18 2015 10:59 PM Re: Dave Dombrowski Fired |
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I know Henry and Dombrowski have a history together (with Florida). But doesn't this represent something of a return to clubby-old-skool-GM-fella-dom for these guys?
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| Mets – Willets Point Aug 19 2015 09:02 AM Re: Dave Dombrowski Fired Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 19 2015 09:36 AM |
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Hm... Cherrington got the Sox out of some bad long-term contracts, rebuilt the farm system, and won a World Series while doing it. Even though the Sox aren't doing well now, he seemed to have a long view plan to make them routine contenders again. I'm surprised he's gone, but I guess that's business.
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| Frayed Knot Aug 19 2015 09:14 AM Re: Dave Dombrowski Fired |
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From what I've heard Dombrowski offered to keep Cherrington around but he chose to leave, something that's probably not all that unusual a move.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 19 2015 09:29 AM Re: Dave Dombrowski Fired |
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I dunno. Full marks for that tear down he did, but seemed to me he only built himself another future tear down this winter. Not to pat Brian Cashman on the back, but while the Sox were emptying the bank on Sandoval he got Headley for about half the price. Anyway it's believed Dombrowski will hire Frank Wren as GM
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| Mets – Willets Point Aug 19 2015 09:39 AM Re: Dave Dombrowski Fired |
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The Sandoval/Ramirez thing struck me as more of a move to bring in some entertaining players who may help the team contend in the short term until all the young talent they've been stockpiling come of age. Of course they failed to do that, but I don't think they were ever part of the long-term plan.
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| Edgy MD Sep 25 2015 07:15 PM Re: Dave Dombrowski Fired |
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A month later, Wren becomes the VP of Baseball Ops. Good for him for falling upstairs. I don't get how the Braves tore down his castle so quickly.
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