Rosenthal: Duquette to interview Friday

[mcgraw238]

I wonder if Dan intends to place a call to his cousin, Jim Duquette, prior to the sit down tomorrow. I imagine Jim has some interesting stories to tell.

[Mr Snuffleupagus]

Don't discount this.

Angelos may have Duquette sign Pedro, Manny, and Damon again. Because two times is a charm in Charm City!

Very true. Who cares if he's been out of the game 10 years when you want to sign the guys who were good 10 ten years ago anyway

[TonySoprano]

Duquette traded for Pedro just to clarify that.

twice.

[Bahama O's Fan]

Was he responsible for alot of that young Expos talent that they couldn't sign to long term deals?

[Birds of B'more]

Was he responsible for alot of that young Expos talent that they couldn't sign to long term deals?

From Wikipedia:

In 1987 he became Montreal's director of player development. In his three years in that role' date=' the Expos drafted Marquis Grissom, Cliff Floyd and Rondell White and signed Vladimir Guerrero, Javier Vasquez, Orlando Cabrera and many other major leaguers.[/quote']

And there is the aforementioned trade with the Dodgers for Pedro.

[mcgraw238]

Duquette's wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Duquette

Interesting that he is only 53 despite being away from MLB for quite some time. There is some interesting info on the wiki page in regards to scouting & development. He's also been quite involved in business ventures. I'm not sure he would be my first choice (and he's certainly not the O's) but this might not be a total disaster.

[Palmoripken]

twice.

That's right. He was the Expos GM when they traded for him.

[allstar1579]

Was he responsible for alot of that young Expos talent that they couldn't sign to long term deals?

That's why you pair a guy like him with Klentak who is great with the contract negotiations.

I've heard rumors before that Duq was being blackballed or something though. I have NO idea what for (as that stuff tends to stay pretty secret). I mean don't you think SOMEONE would have called by now?

[RavNMadMan]

Wow, that one came out of nowhere. What does Dan Duquette do these days? He hasn't been in major league baseball since 2002.

Right on.

Q: When was the last time Dan Duquette was part of winning organization?

A: More than a decade friend.

Retread is a gross understatement.....moving on.

[TonySoprano]

Jim Duquette must really dislike his cousin. Otherwise, he'd call him and advise him to stay the hell away.

[allstar1579]

May be even more reason for him to take the job if offered.

Yeah absolutely. Which after this debacle maybe it's the only way they get someone to take it, to take someone that has NO other options.

[Slappy]

After everything, Duquette would not be the worst thing in the world. That's about as optimistic as I can be.

[allstar1579]

Exactly. Never know, maybe the Duquette / Showalter duo can prove to be pretty effective.

I know, time to wake up.

I feel like we are trapped in that episode of the Simpsons where Bart keeps getting shocked when he reaches for the cupcake. One day we are going to find out that MLB is secretly running an experiment "Are Orioles Fans Smarter Than A Hamster?"

[clapdiddy]

I don't think I'd be too broken up if we hired Duquette. He seemed to make good moves...not sure why that would change while working with Buck.

[BrunoCherrytown]

Well currently the homepage of Dan Duquette's Sports Academy for teenage boys has this image up...

So, I'm guessing he won't be bringing any of his top talent evaluators along with him. So the idea of not losing the sacred cows probably appeals a great deal to Angelos.

Edit: Actually the two in the front of this other pic below from his academy's homepage may be those talent evaluators that replace the Stockstills. So that may be a sticking point.