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John Hart the next O's GM?

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Why are the Angels pursuing Friedman but the Orioles aren't?

Have to give the Angels credit, they are leaving no stone unturned. The Orioles, well, they have interviewed the couple of guys they thought they had a shot at. Not bad guys, but I bet contacting Friedman never even crossed their mind, probably because it's unrealistic. You'd have to be a mad man to leave Tampa in favor of the Orioles. It's the question we all ask every time someone joins the organization "Well, he can't be that great... I mean, he came to us afterall. What self respecting individual does something like that? If this guy's so great, he'd be with another organization."

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That's what one source just told me. Caught me by surprise as well. Treat it as RUMINT (Rumor Intelligence) until I know more.

By the way, I still don't know what to make of this RUMINT. At the end of the day, we'll just have to see how things fall into place. I still don't see the Orioles hiring a young GM unless it's a Hart/Levine President/GM combo which makes some sense.

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Have to give the Angels credit, they are leaving no stone unturned. The Orioles, well, they have interviewed the couple of guys they thought they had a shot at. Not bad guys, but I bet contacting Friedman never even crossed their mind, probably because it's unrealistic. You'd have to be a mad man to leave Tampa in favor of the Orioles. It's the question we all ask every time someone joins the organization "Well, he can't be that great... I mean, he came to us afterall. What self respecting individual does something like that? If this guy's so great, he'd be with another organization."

I don't think the issue is quality. But I think you'd be hard pressed to find any GM that would make a lateral move to Baltimore, barring some strong ties to the organization or other reason for wanting to be there. I think you could find some very talented GM candidates that would come to Baltimore for a promotion and their first shot running an organization.

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By the way, I still don't know what to make of this RUMINT. At the end of the day, we'll just have to see how things fall into place. I still don't see the Orioles hiring a young GM unless it's a Hart/Levine President/GM combo which makes some sense.

I like the idea of a Hart/Levine combination. These are two guys that have ties to the organization and, one would assume, share a similar philosophy with Buck.

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I think it just means he extended in 2005 and has re-extended since. I'm just guessing tho...

His contract was though 2010 and Texas negotiated that he not interview for GM jobs in exchange for three additional years. I assume that since the ownership change, that they would be fine with him leaving at this point.

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