Mo's Diary III

by Hinkster on Dec 6, 2007 10:50 AM EST

6am - woke up from a nightmare that I had only signed Larue, Brazelton, Wasdin and Itzuris

6:01 - got out of bed, very nervous for some reason

6:30 - get to office early, gotta show some leadership and get on top of this TLR, Rolen thing

6:35 - Mom calls, says she's never heard of any of these guys I've signed.....wants to know if I saw Dolly Parton at the Opryland Hotel....I tell her no but that Cashman and Epstein were making fun of me in Nashville by seeing who could make me the most ridiculous offer....then they nicknamed me and Luhnow "rock and a hard place"

7am - Read the papers and see Strauss quote on how I attempted to broker a deal between TLR and Rolen - sounds good but the truth is I drove all the way to Scott's home in Jasper IN only to be shot at - fly out to SF, TLR shows me a letter where Scotty threatens to buy all the shelter animals and use them as target practice on farm in Jasper

7:15am - call WJ for advice but can't understand him because he's laughing so hard

7:30am - FOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUS...I have an MBA, I'm a GM, I was interviewed on ESPN, I have a private bathroom and sometimes I get to ride for free on Bill's private plane......surely I can brainstorm my way out of this mess

set up a Jupiter spring training pay-per-view cage match fight to the death between TLR and Rolen....buy pitching with the profits

bring back Mitchell Page...if I can get them drinking.....

draw a big circle around third base area where TLR is not allowed to enter....have Time Out chair in far end of dugout for Rolen

Trade them both to the Nats...hee hee

Change their uniform numbers to confuse and distract everyone

Get Duncans to beat the hell out of both of them

Broker a deal where silence is required but every time Rolen pops up, TLR gets one free na-nana-boo-boo

Let Paletta operate on both of them

Ban double switches and LOOGYs until TLR apologizes

Maybe the folks at VEB will have some ideas

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In order to stay with the team

Make Brian Barton teach both of them how big the solar system is and explain how they can co-exist in this universe.

Let's build for '09...

by Born in 82 on Dec 6, 2007 11:08 AM EST reply actions

OR

tell rolen to go to hell. there are millions of people everyday who get up and go work for somebody they don't like. Perhaps he needs to get his spoiled little pussy cry baby ass a real job and come back to earth. then if I were mo I'd give larussa a raise. For telling it the way it is and actually trying to do his job.

by ahahs on Dec 6, 2007 11:38 AM EST reply actions

Thats one way to put it...

Yes, Rolen should go out there and do his job, but has he actually said he won't?

LaRussa might be right, but it's DUMB for him to make these recent public comments.

It just makes Mo's job that much harder.

Let's build for '09...

by Born in 82 on Dec 6, 2007 12:30 PM EST up reply actions

rolen

I would like to polietly disagree. Rolens job is not just to play but to be part of the team. TLR'S job is to be the manager of that team.

by ahahs on Dec 6, 2007 12:56 PM EST up reply actions

I just read

on MLB homepage these comments from La Russa:
"He's got a contract to play, and we need him to play. And he's going to be treated very honestly. If he plays hard and plays as well as he can, he plays. If he doesn't, he'll sit. If he doesn't like it, he can quit." I think this is crossing the line. I can see these comments being made privately to Rolen. But to the press and at the winter meeting no less, with the world watching. Tacky, tacky, tacky. Rolen meanwhile for two years has kept his mouth completely shut. Rolen has kept completely silent to the fan base what he is even upset about. Never have I seen Rolen look like he was giving anything less than a 100% on the field. (yet La Russa seemed to want to tag him with "dogging it" publicly I like a lot of other people got tired of the prolonged slump he seemed to be in last year and had decided that he was loosing it as a hitter. He never hinted that anything was wrong and then came the cortizone shots and the bat came back but didn't last and he, from what I understand had to take himself out of the lineup and submit to more sergery. Rolen seems to be a man of few words and seems to have enough character to perform to his best capabilities even under adverse conditions. I can see nothing productive in La Russa's comments and I think it proves what I have suspected for a long time and that is that Tony La Russa is a man with too big of an ego.

PS and too big a mouth

by ridgesee on Dec 6, 2007 2:03 PM EST up reply actions

"Get Duncans to beat the"...

has my vote.

It's easier not to make the mistake than to make the mistake and try to fix it. -Mo

by SleepyCA on Dec 6, 2007 12:56 PM EST reply actions

Being from Indiana

I can see where Scott is coming from. That's why he has kept his mouth shut. How much has he said in public to run Tony in the ground or through fuel on the fire? I met him when we were in high school playing ball and you couldn't have asked for a better team mate or opponent. Always trying to help and very gracious. This was still 14 years ago but I understand Indiana farm kids considering I'm was one of em. You don't call us out on our work ethic and you don't mess with our livelyhood unless you want a pissed off Hoosier in your ass. If Tony wants to stay on his self righteous horse and call people out in public then he needs knocked off and it should have been done this winter. I'm not saying he's not one of the greatest managers of all time because I truly believe he is. I'm all for helping animals to a point and I hate to see them suffer needlessly but can you really trust a lawyer who doesn't eat meat?

by DJ4508 on Dec 6, 2007 1:13 PM EST reply actions

Yes.

Case in point: Mohandas K. Ghandi.

by Valatan on Dec 6, 2007 1:27 PM EST up reply actions

Hoosiers

Being from Indiana doesn't guarantee a closed mouth - at least that's what I learned from Bobby Knight. And speaking of The General, what's the deal with he and TLR being friends? What an odd couple! Maybe that's the problem........TLR has been taking grace classes from Bobby

ps - despite my disdain for RMK, I do understand and appreciate the rural IN humility and work ethic

by Hinkster on Dec 6, 2007 1:39 PM EST up reply actions

Knight is not from Indiana

he is from Ohio. He got transplanted here and is still one of the best college basketball coaches on the face of the earth. It's just too bad he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

by DJ4508 on Dec 6, 2007 2:07 PM EST up reply actions

Okay

I'll give you the Ohio thing - and the great basketball coach but with poor behavior - but I'm still curious about the Odd Couple and would love to hear what TLR and RMK talk about when no one's around

by Hinkster on Dec 6, 2007 2:43 PM EST reply actions