Sources: Farrell not interested in Indians

John Farrell, the pitching coach for the Boston Red Sox, has removed himself from consideration for Cleveland's managerial opening, according to sources.

The Indians are in the early stages of their search, which they are expected to resolve by the end of October. Torey Lovullo is among the internal candidates that might be considered, and the Indians also are expected to interview ESPN analyst Bobby Valentine.

Brick, resist the urge to make a pun regarding the types of women Farrell is interested in.

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Anthony Castrovince only said the same thing a couple days ago, and Tony Lastroria….Way to stay on top of things Buster!

Bobby Valentine? I guess Bruce Drennan gets to say he was right about something.

by GoTribe028 on Oct 3, 2009 9:07 PM EDT reply actions

This piece felt more definite than any of the other ones did.

Captain of the SS [DO NOT TRADE] CHOO

by westbrook on Oct 3, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions

I suppose so, Kenny Rosenthal posted the same thing before anyone else before John Heyman (both of SI.com BTW) talked about Farrell being possibly the “only” real candidate.

I guess the moral of the story is nobody really knows whats gonna happen?

by GoTribe028 on Oct 3, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions

and Tony is now saying that there still might be a chance Farrell takes the job.

we’ll see I guess.

by JP_Frost on Oct 3, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Buster is now reporting that Bobby V is talking with the Marlins, per his sources.

by GoTribe028 on Oct 3, 2009 9:49 PM EDT reply actions

Don’t they have a manager? If they’re firing him, shouldn’t we give him a look?

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by westbrook on Oct 3, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Not sure really, but the story mentions that Gonzalez just signed a new deal through 2011.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t Freddy Gonzalez once up for the Tribe’s Manager spot?

by GoTribe028 on Oct 3, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Seems to me that he’s doing a pretty decent job down there.

by gte619n on Oct 5, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions

All along it’s been said that the Indians want an outsider. From my perspective, Farrell is not an outsider. This news doesn’t bother me.

by xrickx on Oct 3, 2009 10:54 PM EDT reply actions

If they’re going for an outsider, Valentine’s the ultimate outsider. He’s been in Japan for what? six or seven years?

by Ryan on Oct 3, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions

You want the ultimate outsider, my friend Jeff, he doesn’t understand why you don’t get credit for a hit every time you hit the ball.

by Jay on Oct 4, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

Fidel Castro is more of an outsider than that. Unless your friend Jeff lives in Helsinki or something.

by odradek on Oct 4, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions

He briefly lived in Munich, as it happens, but Fidel is a huge baseball fan, so I would have to disagree regardless.

by Jay on Oct 4, 2009 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Fidel is just what is needed:

(1) He’s old.
(2) He’s autocratic.
(3) He speaks Spanish.
(4) He’s a former pitcher.
(5) He comes from a winning tradition.
(6) He is not unfamiliar with the game of beisbol.

by odradek on Oct 4, 2009 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions

(5) Communism?

by Jay on Oct 4, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Just try to tell him he’s wrong.

Chugga-chugga chugga-chugga, Choo Choo!

by USSChoo on Oct 4, 2009 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions

He’s won like 50 elections in a row. Undefeated.

by odradek on Oct 4, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

Got a good laugh out of this.

by Jay on Oct 5, 2009 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions

me too.

Captain of the SS [DO NOT TRADE] CHOO

by westbrook on Oct 5, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s all about the winnz

by Ryan on Oct 5, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions

More fan-friendly moves. He’s all about the People.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Oct 4, 2009 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions

That means more bunting. And an unbelievably quick hook with pitchers.

by odradek on Oct 4, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions

They’d sign Omar for sure, and probably Thome and CC too!

Resident LGT results-oriented boob.

by mauichuck on Oct 4, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions

And we all could be taxed per post. Of course, it may not be very fun to be a mod.

by kennesawmountainwahoo on Oct 5, 2009 7:54 AM EDT up reply actions

Extreme wealth concentration. Think of all the Teixera’s we’d sign!

by joeee on Oct 5, 2009 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions

we wouldn’t need a farm system!

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by westbrook on Oct 5, 2009 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe its just because I want Farrell really bad, but I think Olney is full of crap.

Farrell told Castro he is focused only on the Red Sox season, and nothing else can be expected or assumed except for that. Also, the Valentine line seems especially full of crap.

by Ryan Kelsey on Oct 3, 2009 10:58 PM EDT reply actions

It may or may not be crap, but right now with the playoffs about to begin I would expect to hear nothing other than this from Farrell.

by APV on Oct 3, 2009 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m not sure why this is even a story for that very reason. What sense would there be in his saying right now that he is already considering next year’s employment options.

by Brad D on Oct 3, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Mr. Farrell, how would you like to take the Hindenburg across the Atlantic and dock it in Lakehurst, New Jersey?

Farrell: What, you think I’m crazy?

Resident LGT results-oriented boob.

by mauichuck on Oct 3, 2009 11:30 PM EDT reply actions

So I was reading Castrovince’s story about this yesterday, “Farrell shoots down manager talk”, in particular this part:

“I’m committed to the Red Sox, and my whole focus right now is to prepare for the postseason,” Farrell said. “We’ve got three games left, and from [a] pitching standpoint, we have to get some things in order, to make sure that guys come out of those games healthy. The whole focus right now is on our pitchers and getting prepared for the playoffs.”

This was similar to other quotes he’d given, and my thought was, Castro’s got this headlined all wrong. The quote Farrell just gave him is EXACTLY what you’d say if you were expecting to interview and very possibly get the job. Emphasizes his 100% focus on the task in front of him with his current employer, but rules nothing out. Textbook. So textbook, he almost HAS be the guy.

But then I got to this part:

“Out of respect for the entire Indians organization — which is a tremendous amount of respect for them — and a lot of friends on that [current] staff, that’s all I have to say,” Farrell said. “I’m committed here, and the focus is where it is.”

And that turned me around completely. I don’t know why Farrell says this if he expects to interview. He’s saying, I’d say more, but I respect the Indians too much to be more explicit than this. In other words, I’m not going to come right out and rule it out now, because that would seem dismissive and disrespectful.

I honestly cannot imagine why Farrell wouldn’t want the job, unless he just doesn’t feel like reporting to Shapiro and Antonetti for the next X number of years.

by Jay on Oct 4, 2009 12:25 AM EDT reply actions

I honestly cannot imagine why Farrell wouldn’t want the job, unless he just doesn’t feel like reporting to Shapiro and Antonetti for the next X number of years.

That’s my impression is well. All these stories seem like cover from the Boston camp so that Farrell’s job prospects won’t become a clubhouse distraction.

by Ryan on Oct 4, 2009 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions

If the Indians want a manager, Joe Inglett is going to … nah.

by fleerdon on Oct 4, 2009 10:11 AM EDT reply actions

Bring back Omar and make him a player/manager.

by lenred on Oct 4, 2009 3:41 PM EDT reply actions

Has anyone in the game said that Omar would make a good manager, other than Omar?

by Jay on Oct 4, 2009 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m sure Buster Onley is in contact with his sources to confirm this.

by GoTribe028 on Oct 4, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Me, I want Albert Belle – if Ozzie won’t jump ship.

Resident LGT results-oriented boob.

by mauichuck on Oct 4, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Belle called Hoynes again. Good article:

“Tell Larry Dolan I won’t be interviewing for the manager’s job,” said one of the most feared and ill-tempered hitters in Indians history. “How can you manage when you’ve got no players?”

by odradek on Oct 5, 2009 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions

Did anyone actually think that Albert Belle was a candidate for this job? Someone tell Larry Dolan I’m not interviewing either.

by Brad D on Oct 5, 2009 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Someone ask Larry Dolan why everyone thinks he’s the one interviewing managers.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Oct 5, 2009 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions

He and Cheapiro are inexorably linked in the minds of the unintelligent.

by Brad D on Oct 5, 2009 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Just a personal preference, I really don’t like seeing “Cheapiro” here. It is one of many things posted here for which I think the casual reader cannot possibly spot the irony or sarcasm intended.

by Jay on Oct 5, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Fair enough. I really wanted to do something similar with Dolan’s name to make that more obvious but nothing was coming to mind.

by Brad D on Oct 5, 2009 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Dolar?

by Brick. on Oct 5, 2009 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Is that supposed to be the amount of our FA allowance?

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by westbrook on Oct 5, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions

One “L” short of a buck, I think.

by kennesawmountainwahoo on Oct 5, 2009 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Dolor = Pain.

Wait 'til next millennium!

by emd2k3 on Oct 6, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions

Dolan’s Discounts if you’re a radio talk-show caller.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Oct 5, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe because he appeared to be the one who fired the last one?

by Jay on Oct 5, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions

He also had a pretty good coaching staff. Jay will like this lineup:

“I might have to put a coaching staff of Kenny Lofton, Eddie Murray and Wayne Kirby together,” Belle said. “Charles Nagy could be our pitching coach. Then I’d go to Dolan and apply for the job as manager. I could bring back all those guys. Maybe that would help.”

by odradek on Oct 6, 2009 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions

Trying to picture Charles Nagy getting the recruiting call from Belle .. “Oh, yeah, um, sure, Albert … oh, wait, you know what? I’m rearranging my sock drawer for the next eight months.”

by Jay on Oct 6, 2009 8:04 AM EDT up reply actions

hold on one second here. Nagy wears socks?

by Brick. on Oct 6, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions

Albert Belle only knows ex-Indians.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Oct 6, 2009 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions

They’re the only ones who could ever see his value.

Chugga-chugga chugga-chugga, Choo Choo!

by USSChoo on Oct 6, 2009 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions

so the players can’t let the ’90s go either…

by Brick. on Oct 6, 2009 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions

It’s that sick Cynthia thing.

by Jay on Oct 6, 2009 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions

Wayne Kirby?

by The Grimace on Oct 6, 2009 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions

I think he meant Wayne Brady.

Wait 'til next millennium!

by emd2k3 on Oct 6, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions

He’d make Ozzie Guillen seem like Bill Belichek.

by Ryan on Oct 5, 2009 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions

see, misspelling Gimwhatever is no big deal because he’s a nobody… but this…

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by westbrook on Oct 5, 2009 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m entitled to a reckless misspelling once a while. Besides, he’s not a baseball figure.

by Ryan on Oct 5, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions

as well as a blatant omission of grammar.

by Ryan on Oct 5, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Could you imagine the fear of the umpires as Belle came out to argue a call?

by Roger Dorn on Oct 5, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions

WOW. There is something to this.

by joeee on Oct 5, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions

There’s a restraining order and/or tracking device joke lurking in here somewhere….

by Seattle Tribe Fan on Oct 5, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions

sorry for not replying sooner. I was actually saying it mostly in jest. I really don’t think that would work out so well.

by lenred on Oct 8, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Is it possible that they rehire Eric Wedge to be manager next season?

by hans on Oct 5, 2009 10:07 PM EDT reply actions

On a scale of 1 to no, I’d say maybe.

Chugga-chugga chugga-chugga, Choo Choo!

by USSChoo on Oct 5, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Please don’t ever say that again.

Everybody should get ice cream every day.

by Joel D on Oct 6, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions

That would be kind of cool. Make him grow a mustache and tell everybody they’ve hired his brother, Derrick.

by odradek on Oct 6, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions

Balls, I’d support that for the comedy.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Oct 6, 2009 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

FLAG

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Force quit and move to trash.

by vbc3 on Oct 6, 2009 3:38 AM EDT up reply actions

The one thing I was looking forward to this off-season was getting excited by a new manager. Now that we’re talking about Lovullo and Bobby-Freaking-Valentine, I don’t even have that. sob.

by FredOx on Oct 6, 2009 9:36 AM EDT reply actions