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"How long is Jim Hendry going to be there? What if Jim Hendry goes and they bring in some 26-year-old guy with a computer who says, 'We don't need a manager. I can run the club and see what happens.'"

-Bruce Bochy's agent Mark Attanasio

Look at the product the Cubs have put on the field. Now look at their $94.5 million payroll. My money says that Bochy would be just as frustrated with Hendry as he would with any "26-year-old guy with a computer." Could computers have told Hendry that Juan Pierre was not worth the money, or that Dusty Baker was destroying Mark Prior's arm?

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"They need guys like Paul O'Neill, like Joe Girardi, like me."

-Jim Leyritz

Paul O'Neill, career: .288/.363/.470
Joe Girardi, career: .267/.315/.350
Jim Leyritz, career: .264/.362/.415
2006 New York Yankees: .285/.363/.461

So, what you meant was, the Yankees could probably use Paul O'Neill. Also, if they had Joe Girardi, there would be absolutely no use for you.

Your postseason OBP was .319, but you slugged .607. So if Torre could figure out which one or two at bats every three games you'd be useful for then yeah, you might have been something less than dead weight.

Jim Leyritz, shut the hell up.

posted by Carnival @ 10/17/2006