Posted September 5, 201410 yr comment_1467785 Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 5, 201410 yr comment_1467787 And........ Insightful as always!!!! Rest assuredly Gibson will be gone soon too! Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1467787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 5, 201410 yr Author comment_1467789 LaRussa going to name himself manager? Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1467789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 5, 201410 yr comment_1467792 Did they fire him out of a cannon? They should have. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1467792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 5, 201410 yr comment_1467807 Probably the worst GM in baseball for many years. DBacks fans must be ecstatic. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1467807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 6, 201410 yr comment_1468141 Towers was so damn bad in San Diego. You can pick the worst GM in baseball today and then go down a few spots and find Kevin Towers, thats how bad he has been with them. (and he was damn good in San Diego!) Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1468141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 6, 201410 yr comment_1468222 I will never understand why he traded his only star player so he could go spend all the money he could have used to sign him on guys like Cody Ross and Martin Prado. Fucking ridiculous. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1468222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 6, 201410 yr comment_1468284 Loria as owner with Towers as GM seems like quite a combo. Greg Dobbs would probably be the team captain. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1468284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 7, 201410 yr comment_1468321 Loria as owner with Towers as GM seems like quite a combo. Greg Dobbs would probably be the team captain. I feel like the lineup would be something like: 1. Hech SS 2. Punto 2B 3. Dobbs RF 4. Eckstein 1B 5. Scutaro 3B 6. Victorino CF 7. Aoki LF 8. Carroll C 9. Penny P MIAMI MARLGRIT Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1468321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 7, 201410 yr comment_1468324 I feel like the lineup would be something like: 1. Hech SS 2. Punto 2B 3. Dobbs RF 4. Eckstein 1B 5. Scutaro 3B 6. Victorino CF 7. Aoki LF 8. Carroll C 9. Penny P MIAMI MARLGRIT Hory sheit Eckstein at first base :lol Overthrow city! Is Aaron Miles on the bench? Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1468324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 7, 201410 yr comment_1468464 Hory sheit Eckstein at first base :lol Overthrow city! Is Aaron Miles on the bench? Yes, but he has a Cardinals shirsey on. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1468464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 7, 201410 yr Author comment_1468578 Beinfest in the running Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1468578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 8, 201410 yr comment_1468596 Beinfest in the running I totally see that happening Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1468596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 11, 201410 yr comment_1469466 I don't know if he gets the Arizona job, although anything is possible in that strangely run organization, but I want Beinfest to get a GM job somewhere just so I can compare what he does to what he did here out of curiousity more than anything else. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1469466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 11, 201410 yr comment_1469471 I don't know if he gets the Arizona job, although anything is possible in that strangely run organization, but I want Beinfest to get a GM job somewhere just so I can compare what he does to what he did here out of curiousity more than anything else. I never disliked Beinfest. In fact, I always thought he was pretty damn good considering his restraints. If it were up to him he would have never traded Cabrera, which was his only big fuck up. Other than that, he was able to show a strong talent for being resourceful by acquiring a number of contributing players over the years by any means necessary. He strung together some winning teams with glue and paper clips. He also managed to lock down some great players to smart deals and the only one he didn't (Uggla) not only returned good value but later imploded. Unfortunately for him, one failed free agent acquisition in Heath Bell likely cost him his job. If he didn't blow all those games early in 2012, that entire season might have turned out very different. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1469471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 12, 201410 yr comment_1469927 I never disliked Beinfest. In fact, I always thought he was pretty damn good considering his restraints. If it were up to him he would have never traded Cabrera, which was his only big fuck up. Other than that, he was able to show a strong talent for being resourceful by acquiring a number of contributing players over the years by any means necessary. He strung together some winning teams with glue and paper clips. He also managed to lock down some great players to smart deals and the only one he didn't (Uggla) not only returned good value but later imploded. Unfortunately for him, one failed free agent acquisition in Heath Bell likely cost him his job. If he didn't blow all those games early in 2012, that entire season might have turned out very different. Beinfest fucked up the Cabs deal. We had a chance to rape the Dodgers and Angels, but he passed. We literally could have a Cy young and a MVP canidate ALREADY on this team. Never trade with Dombrowski http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2007/11/angels-and-dodg.html Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1469927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 12, 201410 yr comment_1469945 Beinfest fucked up the Cabs deal. We had a chance to rape the Dodgers and Angels, but he passed. We literally could have a Cy young and a MVP canidate ALREADY on this team. Never trade with Dombrowski http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2007/11/angels-and-dodg.html He should have never had to trade Cabrera. But when you're forced to do something like that, it's a crapshoot. I don't blame him for that, I blame Loria. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1469945 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 12, 201410 yr comment_1469985 He should have never had to trade Cabrera. But when you're forced to do something like that, it's a crapshoot. I don't blame him for that, I blame Loria. I blame Beinfest. If a players as fat, bloated and out of shape like Cabs was and eating himself out of a defensive position in the NL you don't sign a guy like that. He needed to get a better return and more can't miss prospects, not just top guys. Who in the right mind makes a long term commitment to a guy who won't stay in shape to get a 100MM contract. What did anyone think would hAppen once he got paid? The best thing for Miggys career was being traded, and being traded to a baseball hungry market who demands the best from their guys. The trade hurt his ego and made him take better care of himself to show the trade was a bad idea, and detroit a constant pressure makes him atleast want to stay relevant. In Miami, a 10 game slump would be something we despise, but the pressure wouldn't have been the same. In Detroit, a 10 game slump means Ford, Chevy and Dodge all went out of business, and now there's a 95% unemployment rate. Chaos and riots ensue. Miggy doesn't want a riot, so he stops at 6 empanadas, not 10. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1469985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 12, 201410 yr comment_1470013 Just can't agree with you with any of that. Too much speculation for me. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1470013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 13, 201410 yr comment_1470117 Just can't agree with you with any of that. Too much speculation for me. What the fuck are you talking about? It's widely know the marlins were concerned about his weight, he kept eating, they told him lose weight and you'll get a contract, he didn't, so they traded his lard ass. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1470117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 13, 201410 yr comment_1470118 What the fuck are you talking about? It's widely know the marlins were concerned about his weight, he kept eating, they told him lose weight and you'll get a contract, he didn't, so they traded his lard ass. This is true. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1470118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 13, 201410 yr comment_1470125 1. Beinfest was a lazy GM. He would get tunnel vision and then only focus on that in trade talks. 2. Yes he fucked up the Cabrera deal. Blame his scouting department more. The prospects he got were supposed to be legit (though I think they fucked up Maybin more by rushing him). 3. Wasnt Heath Bell more a Loria deal? Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1470125 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 13, 201410 yr comment_1470132 What the fuck are you talking about? It's widely know the marlins were concerned about his weight, he kept eating, they told him lose weight and you'll get a contract, he didn't, so they traded his lard ass. No, I agree that they were concerned about his weight. I don't agree that was or should have been a legitimate concern for one of the greatest hitters of a generation to be traded at 24-years-old. And it's not one of those "in retrospect..." situations, either, because we knew even then that he was a once in a lifetime hitter. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1470132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 13, 201410 yr comment_1470135 The Marlins traded Cabrera because Loria is a cheap bastard. Fat or not, he was still one of the best young hitters in baseball at the time of the trade. This isn't a beauty contest. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1470135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
September 13, 201410 yr comment_1470136 The Marlins traded Cabrera because Loria is a cheap bastard. Fat or not, he was still one of the best young hitters in baseball at the time of the trade. This isn't a beauty contest. We play in the NL. While Loria is cheap- what cheap person wants to invest in something that isn't going to last long? Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/70986-d-backs-fire-kevin-towers/?&do=findComment&comment=1470136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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