MrRant 0 Report post Posted October 20, 2003 NEW YORK -- Montreal Expos general manager Omar Minaya will interview for the vacant GM job in Seattle and still is talking with the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Mets, a source said. Minaya is among several candidates for the Seattle job, a group that includes former Angels GM Mike Port. Minaya is expected to interview with the Mariners within a few days, a baseball official told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity Saturday. Minaya already has had one interview with the Reds and probably will have another, according to the source. It is unclear how much interest the Mets have in Minaya, who was their senior assistant general manager before becoming GM of the Expos in February 2002. New York was interested in Houston GM Gerry Hunsicker, also a former Mets official, but he agreed Thursday to a one-year contract extension with the Astros through 2005. Seattle's interest in Minaya was first reported Saturday by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Pat Gillick, who had been Seattle's general manager for the past four seasons, said after the Mariners' final game of the year that he would resign. Jim Duquette also is a candidate for the job with the Mets. He has been the team's interim GM since Steve Phillips was fired in June. Seattle (93-69) finished three games back in the AL West and two behind Boston in the wild-card race. The Mets, who expected to contend, were last in the NL East at 66-95, while Cincinnati was fifth in the NL Central at 69-93. Montreal has been owned by the other 29 teams since February 2002. It is operated by the commissioner's office, which hopes to sell the team before the 2005 season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted October 20, 2003 Once Omar Minaya's gone, the Expos are fucked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted October 20, 2003 I just hope the next GM will be able to make a few deals instead of staying with the same team at the deadline. Even though the M's won 93 games they were struggling and a trade or two may have righted the ship a bit... perhaps enough to beat the A's for the West. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfaJack 0 Report post Posted October 20, 2003 What does it matter if the M's get into the playoffs? They'd just end up being the Yankees' bitches, as always. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted October 20, 2003 I just hope the next GM will be able to make a few deals instead of staying with the same team at the deadline. Even though the M's won 93 games they were struggling and a trade or two may have righted the ship a bit... perhaps enough to beat the A's for the West. It wasn't Gillik's fault, the owner just refused to add payroll of any kind. If he was you guys would have gotten Arron Boone in a 3 way deal that involved the Red Sox. Remembering how the deal went it was something like Mariners get Arron Boone Red Sox get Freddy Garcia(with Mariners paying a little of his remaining salary) Red gets Casey Fossum from Boston and Cash from Seattle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JangoFett4Hire 0 Report post Posted October 20, 2003 OH MAN! If the M's got Boone, he never would have hit that fuckin homer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfaJack 0 Report post Posted October 20, 2003 OH MAN! If the M's got Boone, he never would have hit that fuckin homer. And oh man, if Grady Little had taken Pedro out, Boone never would have hit that homer either. (Yes I know Red Sox Nation has beaten Little's carcass into the ground over it...I just couldn't help saying it.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted October 20, 2003 Who knows? Maybe Boone leads the Mariners into the playoffs, and Boone hits a HR to beat the Sox anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
