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Buster Olney: Orioles Hire Andy McPhail as COO! Girardi Appears Next!

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OrioleMagic Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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Supposedly Radio Station 1090 out of San Diego is reporting that Girardi has been hired. I would take this with a grain of salt. They probably just went out on a limb... Does anyone know where Girardi is from? I always assumed he was a NY Italiano... but if he has family in SD, maybe they have an inside source.

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Supposedly Radio Station 1090 out of San Diego is reporting that Girardi has been hired. I would take this with a grain of salt. They probably just went out on a limb... Does anyone know where Girardi is from? I always assumed he was a NY Italiano... but if he has family in SD, maybe they have an inside source.

Where'd you hear that?

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Supposedly Radio Station 1090 out of San Diego is reporting that Girardi has been hired. I would take this with a grain of salt. They probably just went out on a limb... Does anyone know where Girardi is from? I always assumed he was a NY Italiano... but if he has family in SD, maybe they have an inside source.

San Diego is where the O's are playing next. So maybe Girardi is on a passenger list?

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Good friend in San Diego just called me as well saying their radio is reporting that Girardi has been hired. I think he said 1090 but I thought that was an ESPN affiliate and I haven't heard anything on our KC ESPN affiliate other than a meeting with MacPhail and Girardi is set possibly for taoday.

Could just be trying to get my goat too; he is an Angels fan!

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Unfortunately after leaving the Twins he wasn't very successful in his next gig. I just hope they get Giardi considering who was the manager of the last team whose FO he was the president of.

Girardi is too smart to walk in to an organization that is not commited to winning. I sure do not see Angelos holding a press conference to announce that the new GM_Manager will have more revenue to work with. pure garbage

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Roch stating that "people in the warehouse were stunned" when the ESPN report came up about hiring MacPhail. This is definitely an Angelos move...not the Flaniquette move

You're kidding? This sounds like "Albert Belle" all over again (although if our COO develops a degenerative hip condition, we're not nearly as screwed as we were with Belle).

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Girardi is too smart to walk in to an organization that is not commited to winning. I sure do not see Angelos holding a press conference to announce that the new GM_Manager will have more revenue to work with. pure garbage

Giving a 90+millon dollar payroll is enough commitment by the Organization.

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Duquette: Mike, every week you say you're going to lose your job and you're still here.

Flanagan: Not this time. I'll bet I'm the first one laid off! Just the thought of having to go to the state unemployment office and stand in line with those scumbags!

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