Moises Alou has taken himself out of consideration for the Padres’ open managerial job, ESPN.com’s Enrique Rojas reports (Twitter links). Alou has been working for the Padres as a special assistant in the player development department since 2015, though he declined interest in the manager’s position for family reasons.
The former outfielder was reportedly one of several notable names already receiving consideration from the Padres as Andy Green’s replacement in the dugout. San Diego is looking both at managers with a lot of experience running a Major League team (i.e. Mike Scioscia, Ron Washington, and Bruce Bochy) and also former players without any managerial experience, such as Alou.
This isn’t the first time that Alou has been on the Padres’ radar, as he also decided not to interview for their last managerial opening back in 2015. He also turned down requests from other teams for managerial interviews last offseason. The 53-year-old simply seems content in his current role and, as he told Rojas, would prefer to spend time with his family rather than go through the travel and daily grind that comes with being a manager.
Best known for his outstanding playing career, Alou was a six-time All-Star and a .303/.369/.516 hitter over 17 MLB seasons. While he hasn’t managed himself, the job runs in the family, as his father Felipe managed the Expos and Giants over 14 seasons.
Oof!
I discovered a new Ron Washington with that link…
Eureka!!
This Washington seems a little young to manage but that rockstar Prellar is always pushing the boundaries
rockstar….that guy should have been fired also
^^ was a joke. He’s a clown that should have been fired long ago.
JimmyLegs!!!
If Wash is interested, I’d love it for him knowing how much of an impact he’s had on our IF (especially Albies). Tatis/Ortiz would reach that next level — scary to think with Tatis.
Not trying to be “that guy”, but who are you referring to in Ortiz? Do you mean Urias?
David Arias?
Yes, sorry, Urias. I became that guy. smh
I was like tatis will never be a brave
Alou was one of my favorites growing up. If you were dumb enough to throw him an inside fastball, it was going a long way.
If Moises changes his mind, gets the job, and Padres players stop wearing batting gloves …
Just sayin’ …
You would be the perfect person for me to ask this question too. Years ago my buddy told me that Moises used to urinate on the palms of his hands to make the skin harder so he didn’t have to use batting gloves. My buddy reinforced that statement by saying his teammates would never high five him but just pound his fists as a result of the grossness of him doing that. I kind of didn’t believe him but when I watched the games everything seemed to fit. He never wore gloves and his teammates would always pound instead of giving high fives. I watched further and they all gave high fives to other players but never him. Is that story true? How did people find out?
Yes, I believe that it is widely known that he urinated on his hands for that reason
I heard the same thing about Derek Lee
No need for any gloves, growing up working for my dad’s landscaping company. I did tons of digging without gloves and your hands toughen up pretty quick.
I was at game. In SF. 2006 bottom of ninth. Sept.26th I looked it up. . .
I was sitting in the bleachers. Inside fastball.
Walk off two run Homer. . . Alou was Great. !!!
Dude had the quickest wrists I’ve ever seen.
Then you never saw Henry Aaron hit.
So sad how much the Hammer gets forgotten/ignored these days. Everyone is always talking about Willy Mays in that time period because of his defense. Mays actually had a lower fielding percentage than Aaron and it is a well known fact that Mays would intentionally place himself out of position so he could make running diving catches for the sole purpose of media coverage. Aaron never cared about the flash and placed himself exactly where he should be. That’s why his fielding percentage is higher and it shows he cared more about his team than personal fame and attention. Not to mention that Aaron had way more RBI’s and 95 more home runs than Mays. 95 home runs is nothing to sneeze at. You also have to consider that even Barry Bonds had to use a ton of horse steroids just to beat Aaron by a whopping 7 career home runs. And Aaron hit his homers during the dead ball era with a raised pitchers mound. A host of one of the chats on this site was asked if Aaron’s 32 homer season would be considered as impressive as any player hitting 50 this year. The answer was hands down Aarons 32 homer season was far more impressive. Aaron didn’t have a juiced ball, he didn’t have PEDs and he had to hit against pitchers like Bob Gibson with a raised mound. With all of that he still managed to break the career home run record by over 40 bombs. If Aaron hit against a lower mound his whole career or hit against a juiced ball he would have hit well over 800 or 900 homers. God forbid if he was actually morally flexible enough to put steroids in his body like Bonds did. He would never be caught in the home run record then.
Horse steroids?
Mays played at Candlestick park.
Plus greenies. Amphetamines were rampant. The players were hoped up on speed. Plus Aaron played in Fulton county stadium. A known hitters paradise. . . All that stuff matters…
Plus Mayes went into military service for a few years. . .
Lot and lots of reasons. . . Why Mays is considered Better. !!!
Aaron’s no sluf. He was the home run king. . . Bonds was a steriod user in an era of steriod users and many other substances… Aaron’s best friend in the game Bud Selig, oversaw it All. And is in the HOF.
Ha. Politics. . . The game is what it is. Beautiful and deadly full of cr*p at the same time. . . Plus the juice ball era now. It’s always been controversial. . .
It was tossed around in the media before Bonds broke Aarons record. Apparently someone overheard Bonds in a conversation with Ken Griffey, Jr. where Bonds was bragging about all the steroids he was on and claimed “they” had him taking steroids made for horses now. Griffey was interviewed about it and did not outright deny the conversation took place but said he couldn’t “remember” if that’s what Bonds told him or not.
Aaron hit most of his career home runs before Fulton County Stadium was ever even built. People seem to forget that he is in the hall of fame as a Milwaukee Brave, not an Atlanta Brave. You might be right about Greenies existing back then but it was nowhere near as rampant or effective as steroids. Amphetamines dehydrated players and gave them long term periods of crash where they couldn’t perform at all immediately afterwords. They might enhance a players short term ability on a single game basis but they certainly had a negative effect on career numbers. They also aren’t is permanently impactful on the long term life of a human body unless someone is a full blown addict that uses them all day every day. I have met people like that. Nonw of them would be any good at sports mainly because of their addiction. That’s not comparing apples to apples. Not to mention I highly doubt Hank Aaron was even involved in that. In terms of baseball performance, greenies are like bubblegum compared to steroids. In reference to Mays, nobody would rather have a flashy player that repeatedly puts his own media attention over his teams ability to win. Especially when he has a lower fielding percentage, much fewer RBI’s and 95 fewer hone runs than someone else in his era.
Foolish. To reiterate what you already said about Aaron and his home runs RBIs.
Then you took a Jab at Willie’s personality.
There is a reason Mays has ranked as a top two player in the history of the game. For many years over Aaron. Best Center Fielder of alltime. The Prime Outfield Position.
As for Greenies another foolish assessment to assume Aaron never touched the stuff.
I have read that they would have leaded and unleaded coffee pots in clubhouses across baseball… To think it only helps one game and you are completely crashed after. That’s just nearsightedness. . .
And to end on another note. Fulton county stadium prolonged Aaron’s career. Hitting all those fly balls that jumped. Well into his 40s. Yeah he was the only guy who did nothing and played it clean as the nicest player ever. Sure. . .
Maybe hes heard Callaway might get the axe and alou wants to manage the mets.
Maybe Alou is waiting for the Tigers opening in 2021.
Smart he doesn’t want to align himself with a loser GM
You mean like working for the Padres as a special assistant in the player development department ?
Yea that’s same as managing lol
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Sure he’s not looking to be 4th manager fired by misfit GM
I wonder if Alou would pee on his hands before the home plate meeting.
Little known fact: Alou did indeed have pee on his hands, however it wasn’t his pee. Alou found that little Sammy Cranston had the urine with the most advantageous chemical composition so Alou insisted that the boy travel with him and always stay well hydrated. It is of course too bad what happened to little Sammy. Such a travesty. However is nice to know that Alou’s accomplishments will keep little Sammy’s legend alive for as long as we remember our baseball history.
I think the reason why Wash left the A’s for the Braves was to be closer to his family. He probably won’t consider travel to the west coast back and forth again…
Zane freaking Smith is what the Pirates got for Alou.
I was thinking of the same name.It was the Expos where they got him.But he was a great pitcher for the Pirates for about three or four years when they were winning the division.Back then they traded promising young players for veterans.Alou was a fine player although I was surprised to see that he played for seven or eight teams.
He probably did not get to spend much time with his dad when he was a little kid or even later.
Uh, Joe Maddon for this job?
it would be a heck of a pick-up game at the family picnic.
Steve Bartman endorses Alou for the job.
I think it’s time for the return of Ozzie guillen
I love Ozzie, but he would have a hard time communicating with this new generation of players. Players today are very sensitive, which doesn’t mesh with his style of leadership.
Not EVER going to happen.
Ozzie would make a great bench coach
Moises Alou and Carlos Beltran according to reports will be interviewing for the Mets managerial job. Both are very close to Omar Manaia and the Wilpon family
Must be to busy still fighting with Steve Bateman over a ball he would have never caught
Bartman *
Now Bruce Bochy can come out of retirement to manage the team right?
*eyeroll*
not going to happen, Padres fired him he was bitter for a long time.
Probably a smart decision. Go from a pretty secure job to one with high volatility and shorter shelf life than most.
Bingo