July 12, 200323 yr Class-A teams to swap general managers Associated Press July 11, 2003 _ FISHKILL, N.Y. -- Two minor-league teams, the Hudson Valley Renegades and Fort Myers Miracle, will trade general managers after the season. Steve Gliner, GM of the Renegades in the Class-A New York-Penn League, will take over the Miracle, the Minnesota Twins' Class-A affiliate in the Florida State League. Fort Myers general manager Dave Burke will take over in Hudson Valley, a Tampa Bay Devil Rays affiliate. The deal will be official Oct. 1. "This is for real. It's not April 1," Gliner told the Poughkeepsie Journal. "It's unique." The decision was based more on family than baseball, the two GMs said Thursday. Gliner said the move lets his sons, ages 6 and 2, be closer to grandparents who live in Florida and Charleston, S.C. Burke said the move takes him 60 miles from his hometown of Wayne, N.J., where his siblings live. never thought id see this happen
July 12, 200323 yr Hudson Valley Renegades and Fort Myers Miracle trade general managers By Associated Press, 7/10/2003 19:54 FISHKILL, N.Y. (AP) The Hudson Valley Renegades and Fort Myers Miracle will trade general managers Oct. 1, the minor league baseball teams announced Thursday. Steve Gliner, head of the New York-Penn League team, will take the reins of the Miracle, the Minnesota Twin's Class A affiliate in the Florida State League. And Miracle general manager Dave Burke will take over the Class A Renegades, a Tampa Bay Devil Rays affiliate. ''This is for real. It's not April 1,'' Gliner told the Poughkeepsie Journal. ''It's unique. You usually don't see people swapping clubs like this.'' The decision was based more on family than baseball, the two said. Gliner said the move allows his two sons, ages 6 and 2, to be closer to their grandparents, who live in Florida and Charleston, S.C. Burke said the move takes him just 60 miles from his hometown of Wayne, N.J., where his siblings still live. Officials at Goldklang Group, which owns those and several other minor-league teams, presented the idea about two months ago, Burke said. ''I had a chuckle at first, but then I knew the opportunity it presented,'' Burke told the newspaper. ''I jumped on the offer.'' Gliner began as the Renegades' director of sales and marketing in December 1993. He became the team's president and general manager in September 2001. ''It was a very easy decision and a very difficult decision,'' he said. ''I've been here since day one. It's hard to walk away from that.'' On the Net: http://www.hvrenegades.com http://www.miraclebaseball.com
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