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Yes everyone as you can see, here is the
image cover of a fictional book Omar Minaya
is writing titled,
“HOW TO BE A GM IN MLB FOR DUMMIES”
At the top you can see one of the tips is
“Got a team that needs a power bat?
Don’t trade for one – wait for the cavalry!”
Can you think of other tips to help Minaya
finish his book?
Try and be creative use things from this
season as inspiration. I am excited to see
what you can come up with.
The winner will get their own 435×554
“.jpg” image cover with his/her tip replacing
the current one and their name
replacing Bernazard’s with the title of
“TRDMB Baseball Consultant” to
show their friends.
I don’t think I have to say to keep
it clean but in any event I just did.
Have fun.
23 comments
jaded1983
8/7/2009-2:48pm at 2:48 pm (UTC -4)
“Players on the DL? No problems! Just list them as Day to Day and then we’ll reevaluate”
jaded1983
8/7/2009-2:50pm at 2:50 pm (UTC -4)
Oops… hit the submit button too early. should be:
“Players injured? No DL No Problem! Just list them as day to day and give them a cortisone shot”
wannybackstra
8/7/2009-3:07pm at 3:07 pm (UTC -4)
“Three words to remember when in damage control mode: ‘shoot the messenger.’”
wannybackstra
8/7/2009-3:10pm at 3:10 pm (UTC -4)
“One thing every good GM knows is that he has to listen to all of the talent evaluators on the line at the bagel store. You know what I’m sayin’?”
wannybackstra
8/7/2009-3:11pm at 3:11 pm (UTC -4)
“When you’re wrong about something you should apologize. But not really. And then take it back. And then apologize again. But not really.”
There's Always '10
8/7/2009-3:21pm at 3:21 pm (UTC -4)
“Don’t add payroll in the offseason so you have the flexibility in the marketplace to make trades at the deadline and add payroll juknowwhatimsayin? Then, when the fans have already bought the tickets, you take it back and don’t make deadline deals juknowwhatimsaying? It’s baseball economics 101 juknowudimsayin? Rinse. Repeat. Ju. Kno. Whad. Eyem. Sayin?”
There's Always '10
8/7/2009-3:27pm at 3:27 pm (UTC -4)
“When in doubt, trust your gize”
since68
8/7/2009-3:31pm at 3:31 pm (UTC -4)
Before firing anybody, make sure everyone agrees. Once you hear everyone in the newspapers and on the radio saying that the person must go, then pull the trigger. Prefferably in the middle of the night, to avoid press conferences.
There's Always '10
8/7/2009-3:34pm at 3:34 pm (UTC -4)
Minaya say, “Redding and Livan in hand is better than one Pedro in Reading.”
There's Always '10
8/7/2009-3:36pm at 3:36 pm (UTC -4)
Omar say, “Two years of Redding is better than a lifetime of illiteracy.”
There's Always '10
8/7/2009-3:38pm at 3:38 pm (UTC -4)
Whenever you have questions about a gize ability to withstand injury, you have three options:
1) give him an extension;
2) excercise his option;
3) call up figgy and tell him to buy a new monthly metro-card.
There's Always '10
8/7/2009-3:40pm at 3:40 pm (UTC -4)
4) call Figgy back and tell him he better make it a 7-day.
saltygary
8/7/2009-4:05pm at 4:05 pm (UTC -4)
When the team starts performing poorly just say “I’m not worried” 30 times at the same press conference. By the 20th time, the media usually forgets that real question that they’ve been waiting to ask.
gipperpdx
8/7/2009-4:08pm at 4:08 pm (UTC -4)
Ignorance of the age of a player you just traded for entertains the media and fans alike. You know what I’m sayin’?
There's Always '10
8/7/2009-4:28pm at 4:28 pm (UTC -4)
“The value of Pedro Martinez — no other free agent in the marketplace has that value,†Minaya said. “What he means to us in five years, 10 years. There are kids out there who will want to be with the Mets because of this signing. Pedro, thank you for coming to New York.â€
“If you want to win, I’ll go to war with Pedro Martinez on my team,†the GM said.
My personal fav: “I was a millionaire at 24,†Martinez said. “When I got to Boston, I made millions. You didn’t pick up a bum from the street.â€
There's Always '10
8/7/2009-4:29pm at 4:29 pm (UTC -4)
FYI, this would be year 5
. Looks like Pedro has made all the difference in the world!
sabermetrician
8/7/2009-4:46pm at 4:46 pm (UTC -4)
“You don’t need to have the best and the brightest manager, he just needs to be able to handle the press. This is New York, you know what I’m sayin’?”
There's Always '10
8/7/2009-4:54pm at 4:54 pm (UTC -4)
As we saw from the last two seasons, the first 161 games of a baseball season are irrelevent. It’s game #162 that counts. We have Johan on schedule to throw that day. We hired Adam Rubin as VP of Player Development.
sabermetrician
8/7/2009-4:56pm at 4:56 pm (UTC -4)
“When you find yourself in a pinch and have nothing but junk in your farm system, have an intern leak to the media that another GM has called and offered you their ace for a package of your top three or four prospects, thereby inflating their value.”
steveo
8/7/2009-5:03pm at 5:03 pm (UTC -4)
How about a gm that that just can speak god english quotes from the bernazard press conference how the word lobbyy was used in place of the correct word lobbied you no what I’m sayin
asod75
8/7/2009-7:04pm at 7:04 pm (UTC -4)
“All you need to do is learn to overpay for broken-down vets that no one else really wants. You say that second baseman with bum wheels is only worth a one year, maybe a two year deal, gotta give him four. Always rely on injury-prone outfielders who pee on their hands, that’s a must. Or for 50-year-old pitchers from Cuba. And that 47-year-old pinch hitter, gotta sign him to a two-year contract. Those are sure-fire recipes for success, you know what I’m sayin’ I don’t know what the problem is, but if I say we’re investigating it 35 times in 2 minutes, maybe people will think I have a clue what I’m doing. Ok maybe not.”
whataputz
8/7/2009-7:38pm at 7:38 pm (UTC -4)
This is how I believe the Mets evaluate potential acquisitions. they ask 2 questions:
1. “Is this player talented?” if the answer is “NO” then the Mets can move onto step 2
2. “Does this acquisition actually help our team for some sustained period of time?”..if “YES”, no signing, if “NO” then congratulations you are now a New York Met.
GravediggerHebner
8/7/2009-8:30pm at 8:30 pm (UTC -4)
“Always keep a night vision photo of your team owner in a compromising position handy.”