“My parents always taught me to have perspective, to recognize where parts of your life really fit in the overall picture,” Glavine said. “When you become a parent, you see things differently. The health and welfare of your family comes first. Maybe I wasn’t prepared to hear that word — devastated. As disappointed as I was, I didn’t think about devastation, not because of a baseball game.

“My son is 11, he has a friend who’s going to lose his leg to cancer. That is devastation. That was an awful game, a terrible outcome for us. But it wasn’t life and death. What I said — how I answered that question after the game — was a reflection of how I was raised, that the game is fun and important and sometimes disappointing. But there is a point where your disappointment e

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what ticked me off was his blase attitude in front of the camera after the game…

he said:

“I’m not devastated, but I am disappointed,” he said after allowing seven runs in just one-third of an inning. “Devastated is a word used for greater things in life than a game. I was disappointed in the way I pitched.”

You have to at least pretend like its the end of the world when you are eliminated like that…

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2003-05-04/sports/18230185_1_gm-jim-duquette-steve-phillips-gm-job

Wilpon also told the Daily News: “When I first elevated Steve to the GM job, we had a plan, the center of which was a support team for him in Dave Wallace, who was there for his expertise in pitching, and Omar Minaya, who was there for his expertise in Latin America. Along the way, we got away from that plan when Dave and Omar left the organization.”

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Al Goldis…one of the “superscouts” that influenced the kazmir/zambrano trade…was actually a local NY guy who was a St. John’s batting instructor ( 69-70) , limo driver…long-time friend of the Wilpons…and was Jeff Wilpon’s batting instructor back in the 70′s…..

Al Goldis had more influence over Jeff than Duquette….

Tony Bernazard had more influence over Jeff than Omar…

Sandy made sure to hire 2 of his guys that are loyal to him immediately…but Im actually scared to see what happens when Sandy leaves…Neither Depo and JP are GM material…and I see nothing that suggests the Wilpons have changed their stripes…

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Some fun articles on the Wilpons…

http://grandslamsingle.com/forum/printthread.php?t=2054

Jeff also said he goes on scouting trips to educate himself, not to foist his will on player personnel or to operate behind Duquette’s back.

“I think my job at the end of the day is to question,” Jeff said.

Former Met employees say Fred Wilpon is a yeller, but Jeff Wilpon actually could get physically imposing when he loses his temper. The result, these executives said, is a feeling that if you do not agree with the Wilpons, your job is in jeopardy and this breeds “yes” men. For example, one former executive says, ex-hitting coach Denny Walling did not agree that minor-league hitting coaches should also serve as the first-base coach and challenged Jeff’s counter view at a large, preseason meeting, and “he was essentially fired that day.”

Duquette and Jeff Wilpon say Walling was fired for job performance, nothing else, and Jeff says he pleads for honesty from his employees even if it contradicts his views. “No,” Jeff said when asked if he had an anger-management issue.
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I doubt it. Duquette was one of Philips’ guys with a an interim tag. A remnant of when Doubleday was still making decisions. Wilpon wanted to get rid of all that and wanted to bring in his guy, Minaya.

Unless the Mets actually made the playoffs with Kazmir’s help, Duquette was moving on.

That’s what I think is going to happen to Stausberg in Washington with that hard whip of his due to stretching his arm too much behind his shoulders. Perhaps that is why he was shutdown by the nationals as well.

there were a lot of people back then who could accept the logic behind the trade (taking a flyer at the playoffs, and worry that Kazmir might not hold up(, and the majority of the complaints werea bout who they got back.

I seem to recall being cautiously optimistic about Zambrano though, largely based on those inter league stats. But again, the price was wrong. He seemed like someone you get at the deadline for smaller chips.

Oh, and of course, picking up someone that was known to be damaged without seeming to do appropriate due diligence was not good (butt foreshadowed Putz!) either.

When you look back (in life, not just BB), it is amazing how one decision that seems small at the time can have such far reaching implications. Say they did trade him tot he Phils instead for Howard. The Delgado deal never goes down, and likely 2006-2010 look a lot different.