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Brixton
No reason he can’t be a value piece to a baseball team. Just keep him away from the business side.
6blairpaul
Help me out. What made him so horrible. He unloaded Utley, Papelbum and Hamels. But I would love to know what brought about this obvious dislike for him in mgmt.
baseball597 2
The team got progressively worse every year, and he unloaded those people way too late.
start_wearing_purple
Well at least he’s not in the front office.
MeowMeow
Red Sox doing everyone a favor by keeping Amaro in arguably the least influential position on a baseball team.
6blairpaul
To make a rediculous statement like that would infer serious animus you have towards him. Did he not clean your litter box Karkat. What’s the deal. A great guy in a very important position. The O’s first base coach, Wayne Kirby, is not only the most popular coach on the team but keeps the defense aware on every play
hozie007
What? The first base coach is keeping the defense aware on every play…? then the O’s have a problem….
6blairpaul
I saw that coming. When the O’s are on D, Wayne Kirby is the man who controls the shifts, etc…
MeowMeow
That’s not typical first base coach responsibility though. For the Sox, for example, third-party coach Brian Butterfield is the infield defense guy.
A+ cat joke though :3
Dag Gummit
I’m not so sure on that. As far as I have known, the base coaches have almost always also been the defense coaches — one does the OF and the other IF. Even in the case of the Red Sox hiring Amaro as the 1B Coach, he’s also going to be the OF Defense Coach.
bobbleheadguru
The Tigers 1st base coach is Omar Vizquel… He is probably the MOST influential coach on the team (besides Ausmus).
6blairpaul
The way the Sox throw $ around he’ll probably make more cash than in Philly and he’ll likely be much happier away from mgmt. Good for him. One of the nicer guys in the game! Good move for the Red Sox.
willi
Miscasted as Gm at an early age , His career should develop nicely as a coach in Baseball , and someday has a manager.
Everyone even deserves a second chance, Even this arrogant , pompous, Fool !
6blairpaul
A little harsh but maybe you’re more familiar with him. I met him a handful of times and he seemed like a genuinely nice guy. I didn’t work for him but as a player, I know he was well liked.
utleysk
Amaro got blamed for all the ownership decisions that kept the 2008/2009 WS teams core together too long. It is the Giles/Montgomery ownership team that decided to keep the aging players not Amaro/Gillick-just look at the ownership history(1983-2014). When given the chance to rebuild this year Amaro/Gillick really did quite well. Bill, your second sentence should have been removed by the moderators.
johnsilver
Is what William wrote close to as bad as anything pouring out of Citizen’s bank bleacher’s during every game toward either the hometown team, or towards Amaro whenever his name would come up during conversation? Don’t think so.
Bill spoke the truth and also explains (probably) why Amaro took any job he could find to stay in the game.. That of a coach. I doubt any type of FO job was available, sad when one sees that even the Jim Hendry’s and frank Wren’s of the world are still able to get gigs, even Omar Minaya has a title at least as VP with the padres.
utleysk
Bill did not speak the truth as the history of the Giles/Montgomery ownership has a history of keeping core players too long in the case of the 1983, 1993 and 2008 Phillies teams. Yes Bill was out of line in his comments and everyone else in baseball knows their history also. Philadelphia fans outsmart themselves most of the time.
6blairpaul
Man, these guys are brutal. Thanks for your comment. I certainly would be honored to be the first base coach for the Red Sox. It’s not a demotion, it’s a great job. I’m an O’s fan but as a baseball fan, he’s getting a very unfair rap.
bruinsfan94 2
“Arrogant, pompous fool !” Thank you for describing what you look like every time you comment.
ilikebaseball 2
Good for him, he loves the game and it shows.
Eric D.
I feel like the Red Sox are building a front office the way the Yankees build baseball teams… get a bunch of big name guys past their glory days and see what sticks. Henry seems to be hiring people based on a who you know basis.
RichW 2
How do you think most people are hired in baseball.
jrwhite21
John Henry isn’t making these decisions. DD is pres of baseball operations
jrwhite21
This is DD making these decisions, not John Henry.
jd396
Amaro made some questionable moves over his tenure but I think he did a dang fine job starting the rebuild. I’ve always gotten the sense that it was a directive from over his head to double down on Howard and co.
mrmet
good for amaro.
joeflaccosunibrow 2
Is this an early or late April Fools joke?
6blairpaul
Are we talking about Reuben or Flacco?
untgaston
Best of luck Amaro!
As a Rangers fan I keep picturing JD coaching first with high socks and stirrups and it’s quite amusing lol
bobbleheadguru
Odd. Why?
I will say that it takes a lot of humbleness to downgrade from GM to 1st base coach. Good for him.