Who is Perry Minasian?

[wildcard]

Without Googling,  how many know?     I'll give the answer soon.

[Can_of_corn]

I used Yahoo.

I also already knew.  The Yahooing was just to skirt your arbitrary condition.

I am wondering why you think a post about him should be in Orioles talk.

[wildcard]

4 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I used Yahoo.

I also already knew.  The Yahooing was just to skirt your arbitrary condition.

I am wondering why you think a post about him should be in Orioles talk.

If you know who he is you would know the connection.  There are actually two connections.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, wildcard said:

If you know who he is you would know the connection.  There are actually two connections.

Carly Rae Japsen threw out a first pitch at an O's game.  I'm not going to start a post about her in Orioles talk.

[wildcard]

Before I Googled him I had never heard of him before.   But he has been quite important to the O's over the last few months.

[Can_of_corn]

6 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Before I Googled him I had never heard of him before.   But he has been quite important to the O's over the last few months.

How can you google someone before ever hearing about him? 

Did you just randomly type in characters?

[wildcard]

I Googled his position.  

Apparently other posters didn't know him either without doing a search.   You are the only one that broke the rules.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, wildcard said:

I Googled his position.  

Apparently other posters didn't know him either without doing a search.   You are the only one that broke the rules.

What rule did I break?

[Moose Milligan]

3 minutes ago, wildcard said:

I Googled his position.  

Apparently other posters didn't know him either without doing a search.   You are the only one that broke the rules.

He used Yahoo.  You said Google.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

He used Yahoo.  You said Google.

I don't think Alta Vista is still up and running.

[sevastras]

3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I don't think Alta Vista is still up and running.

Googling is the modern version of q-tip, kleenex, bubble-wrap, popsicle, scotch tape, frisbee, chapstick, band-aid, xerox, yo-yo....need I go on?  Wite-out(are we allowed to say that any more?), post-it, sharpie....

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, sevastras said:

Googling is the modern version of q-tip, kleenex, bubble-wrap, popsicle, scotch tape, frisbee, chapstick, band-aid, xerox, yo-yo....need I go on?  Wite-out(are we allowed to say that any more?), post-it, sharpie....

As I also said, I already knew who he was.  Being a baseball fan and all.

 

[sevastras]

4 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

As I also said, I already knew who he was.  Being a baseball fan and all.

 

My point was you were being obtuse, but you like to split hairs on technicalities.  Im guessing the point @wildcardwas making is the relationship with the current front office has benefitted this team in the form of trades. 

[wildcard]

So Perry Minasian became the Angels GM in November 2020.   He has been Mike Elias favor trading partner ever since.   First with the Iglesias trade, now with the Cobb trade.  I was wondering with 29 other clubs why the Angels?   It takes a level of trust to make some trades.   What do these two have in common and how do they know each other.

They are peers.  Elias 38, Minasian 40.    They both were scouting directors.  Elias for the Astros and Minasian for 6 years for the Blue Jays.   They both became Assistant GMs.   Minasian with the Braves two years before he became GM for the Angels.

I just wanted to understand the interaction between the two.

A side point is the Minasian was staff assistant for Rangers Manager Buck Showalter. 

One thing I can't find is what degree Minasian graduated with from the U of Texas.   Anyone have that answer?

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, sevastras said:

My point was you were being obtuse, but you like to split hairs on technicalities.  Im guessing the point @wildcardwas making is the relationship with the current front office has benefitted this team in the form of trades. 

I like to give Wildcard a hard time because he posts threads like these.  Who is he without googling?  Yea, I don't see how that adds value instead of just leading off with the post directly under yours.

I don't think trading Iglesias and Cobb to the Angels in separate transactions means much of anything.  Wildcard on the other hand has a tendency to take a small piece of data and run with it.