March 15th – Dunedin Convention Center
“Ok, here is the deal. We got
Detroit here with Dave Dombrowski, Kenny Williams from the
White Sox, Mike Rizzo from the
Washington Nationals, Walt Jocketty from the
Cincinnati Reds and Andrew Friedman from the
Tampa Bay Rays who already showed big time interest in players, and then there is both New York teams,
San Francisco,
Boston and the
Dodgers who sent representatives to talk with us today, and others that are willing to opt in depending what happens today. So, your call boss. What’s the plan?” Michelle told me on the morning of the meeting.
“The plan is, we work through the GM’s one by one and they either leave with a done deal, or no deal. They all got the physicals done for the whole roster, they now the players, they got told to come prepared. By the time this is over tomorrow, the trade window is shut. And we start with someone pissed. Dave Dombrowski.”
March 15th – 08:22
“Look Dave, I am as pissed as you are on him, but you can either watch another playoff bound team have
V-Mart hit bombs against you, or we do a little magic here, it is all on you.”
March 15th – 12:10
“The
Red Sox and
Yankees WILL come next if you don’t make this deal. They will realize what we are doing here. C’mon Andrew, you did your homework. You know that your team is good enough for a pennant. If I load up those division rivals, you have done all the work for nothing. All you need is to give up some prospects, and I guarantee you not to do business with the other teams in the division. You did your homework, you know the value of those players. ”
March 15th - 16:48
“Walt, you and I know that the
Cardinals are a bit deeper set up than you are and with the
Dodgers’ new ownership group, there is even more trouble on the horizon in the NL. I have the guys you need to fill your holes this season before you get into money troubles next year, trying to hold your core together. I don’t know why I’m giving you that good of an offer.”