[sylar]

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I pretty much disagree with your whole "end of empire" talk.

Most of what I've seen from "the elephants" have been surprisingly good and it even seems like they have a somewhat SABR view of baseball.

Keep in mind these are the guys who insisted on the Joba Rules along with insisting he will be a SP next year. Also, since they have had their quasi control we have seen absolutely no desperation moves at all, nor any trading of good prospects.

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yes, apparently the view from arizona is very gloomy.

i personally don't think girardi is a bad manager. in fact, i think he is quite good, though we are yet to see if he is really old-school or new-SABR-school. yes, he clashed with one ownership, which is notorious for playing baseball like the stock market, win-and-dump. he was hard on a couple of his rookie players, (btw, he was right in that instance). but you can't know that he'll ruin anyone's arm at this point.