Is the window closing for Atkins and Shapiro?

[mphenhef]

He strikes me as a guy who would make an excellent commissioner; although I suppose it wouldn't be too difficult to be better than Selig or Manfred. You know if Shapiro took over the Rays and A's stadium situations would have been sorted far sooner.

 

Also, the all star game I believe is his next project/goal with the Jays.

[Terminator]

 

Rosenthal is discussing this very issue in his latest

[Omar]

 

Rosenthal is discussing this very issue in his latest

 

Rosenthal gets his insights on the comings and goings of the Blue Jays from this message board.

 

I wonder what his profile name is?

[Laika]

kennorp

[tazsub3]

LOL - good point. You guys hate Shatkins? Wait until Kenny Williams is running this team.

 

Why dont we wait till AA , a local boy that built a powerhouse in the braves and already won a ws is running the team.... oh wait he was and the genius of shapiro and dhis ego let him go

[mikepelfrey]

one of the most brilliant things Larry Dolan ever did was covincing Blue Jays Ownership to hire Shapiro. the fans in cleveland were clamoring to get rid of him and his Right Hand man Atkins. Dolan not only found a way to get the fans off his back but also to Keep the Jays from hiring one of the bright young minds of the sport Alex Anthopoulos, who was already in the building. Dolan Also Knew that Chris Antonetti one of the indians own bright minds was negotiating With the Cardinals to become their new GM.One can only imagine where the Jays would be If Gillick wasnt going to Retire and Rogers ownership group wasnt Played for Suckers.

 

dolan not only Kept his guy from going, he kept his fans happy and saddled one of his rivals with a guy was going to fire

Edited May 5, 2024 by mikepelfrey

[Stangstag]

Why dont we wait till AA , a local boy that built a powerhouse in the braves and already won a ws is running the team.... oh wait he was and the genius of shapiro and dhis ego let him go

 

Does AA have a time machine or something? What?

[jaysblue]

Also, the all star game I believe is his next project/goal with the Jays.

 

Yeah I could see him pushing hard to have an All-Star game here with the new renovations and everything.

 

I think Shapiro definitely has his sites on being a commissioner down the road.

[mikepelfrey]

Yeah I could see him pushing hard to have an All-Star game here with the new renovations and everything.

 

I think Shapiro definitely has his sites on being a commissioner down the road.

Please no, not that I think youre wrong or anything because it sounde like thats a very Shapiro like thought process, but its also the one guy who would without a doubt be worse than Manfred. Manfred is horrible and I dont think anyone would disagree with that, but if anyone could be worse, Shapiro would find a way..... like his first move would be to contract the league back to 12 teams in each league......bye bye Jays

 

Shapiro is the Donald Trump of Baseball

[Dick_Pole]

We need a gif of a Simpson-animated version of Atkins with Nelson Muntz using his hands to repeatedly slam a window down on his head while he's saying "stop slamming a window on yourself".

[burlingtonbandit]

Yeah I could see him pushing hard to have an All-Star game here with the new renovations and everything.

 

I think Shapiro definitely has his sites on being a commissioner down the road.

 

Trying to get an ASG isn't that much of a big project in reality. I definitely don't see it being the difference of him wanting to stay here or not. IIRC Shapiro interviewed with an NFL team even when he was employed by the Blue Jays in his first couple of years here. People around here like to think the Blue Jays is one of the best jobs blah blah when in reality there are much bigger jobs out there.

 

And if the people in the city don't like you and complain about you, why would you really want to stay?