Antonetti turns down Cards, named future Indians GM
I live in St. Louis and heard it on the radio while getting lunch.
You can read it on the post dispatch here.
UPDATE: The Indians reportedly convinced Assistant GM Chris Antonetti to stay in Cleveland, declining the Cardinals GM job, by essentially promising him that he would succeed Mark Shapiro, apparently on a somewhat specific timetable. Per ESPN.com:
It appeared Antonetti was leaning toward moving to St. Louis until Indians owner Paul Dolan stepped up, defined the succession process under which Mark Shapiro will eventually be the club president and Antonetti the GM and made other promises.
Antonetti said he was "very fortunate to have a choice of two of the best jobs there are with two of the best owners to work with," Antonetti said. "The Cardinals may be one of the top five GM jobs in the business, but we are very happy where we are and Paul Dolan made it impossible to leave."
Full story here. It's unclear how much the lack of free reign under St. Louis ownership affected Antonetti's decision, and it's probably never going to be clear. The Cardinals expected Antonetti to stick with an incument rising star as head of their farm system as well as La Russa as manager. Shapiro has often raved about the Dolan family's willingness to give him free reign to run the team's baseball operations within the budget available. We also don't know if a significant raise to GM-ish levels was part of the Indians' offer, but it does seem likely. [Jay]
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Re: Cards Hire Mozeliak NOT Antonetti
by nickjs21 on Oct 31, 2007 1:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Re: Cards Hire Mozeliak NOT Antonetti
by jeremy on Oct 31, 2007 1:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Re: Cards Hire Mozeliak NOT Antonetti
by Kos on Oct 31, 2007 1:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Re: Cards Hire Mozeliak NOT Antonetti
Perhaps a timeline was given for his ascent in our front office?
by Pronktastic on Oct 31, 2007 2:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Re: Cards Hire Mozeliak NOT Antonetti
by Jay on Oct 31, 2007 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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by Roger Dorn on Oct 31, 2007 2:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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by Turkmenbashi on Oct 31, 2007 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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by Ryan on Oct 31, 2007 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Cards Hire Mozeliak NOT Antonetti
by painaxl on Oct 31, 2007 2:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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by Ryan on Oct 31, 2007 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Cards Hire Mozeliak NOT Antonetti
by Gradyforpresident on Oct 31, 2007 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Cards Hire Mozeliak NOT Antonetti
by Jay on Oct 31, 2007 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Antonetti turns down Cards
Does anyone still think this guy (and family) isn't a great owner?
by Brick. on Oct 31, 2007 3:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Re: Antonetti turns down Cards, named future India
by rog on Oct 31, 2007 3:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Re: Antonetti turns down Cards, named future India
by APV on Oct 31, 2007 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Antonetti turns down Cards,
by APV on Oct 31, 2007 3:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Re: Antonetti turns down Cards,
by Toxicadam on Oct 31, 2007 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Antonetti turns down Cards,
by Brick. on Oct 31, 2007 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Antonetti turns down Cards,
Also!
I demand an exciting management prospects list detailing who we have in the farm system!
by VA tribe fan on Oct 31, 2007 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Antonetti turns down Cards,
And I know a lot of you would too.
by nickjs21 on Oct 31, 2007 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Antonetti turns down Cards,
by rog on Oct 31, 2007 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Antonetti turns down Cards,
In the case of the Tigers, Dombrowski has the title of President/CEO/General Manager.
If Shapiro becomes president, Larry Dolan can transfer the CEO title to his son.
by palcal on Oct 31, 2007 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Antonetti turns down Cards,
Paul Dolan is President
Shapiro is Executive VP & GM
Dennis Lehman is EVP for Business Operations
For more see here
by dave on Oct 31, 2007 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Antonetti turns down Cards,
Also, anybody think that that Dan Smith, VP of Food and Beverage, is really there to run the 'operation' for the 'family interests' like Robert DiNiro's character did in Casino?
(Ok, too much time at work.)
by Harry Doyle on Oct 31, 2007 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Antonetti turns down Cards,
by palcal on Oct 31, 2007 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: hmmm
by Turkmenbashi on Oct 31, 2007 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Antonetti turns down Cards
Shiner Bocks and Christmas Ales for everyone!
by nickjs21 on Oct 31, 2007 4:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Re: Antonetti turns down Cards
by Brick. on Oct 31, 2007 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Antonetti turns down Cards
Now, if we can only convince the players to stay in Cleveland like we can the management.
This might have been discussed elsewhere, but I think the front office job in Cleveland ranks as one of the better ones in the league. The owner is supportive (if not with deep pockets) and stays out of the player decisions. The division is competitive and the teams have comparable salary limits (not like the AL East). And, the media does not shine a bright light on all of the activities.
by Spidey on Nov 2, 2007 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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by woodsmeister on Nov 2, 2007 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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by Spidey on Nov 3, 2007 8:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Antonetti turns down Cards, named future India
by Thommy on Oct 31, 2007 9:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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