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06-16-2008, 04:52 PM
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/mariners/2008000489_webmari16.html
By Geoff Baker
Seattle Times staff reporter
The Mariners fired general manager Bill Bavasi today.
Lee Pelekoudas, the team's vice president/associate general manager, will take over as the interim GM.
"Change is in order," Mariners CEO Howard Lincoln said in a written statement. "We have determined new leadership is needed in the GM position. With a new leader will come a new plan and a new approach. A search will begin immediately for a permanent GM, and Lee will be a candidate for the position."
The Mariners are 24-45 after being swept in three games by the Washington Nationals at Safeco Field.
Before the season, Bavasi traded five players for pitcher Erik Bedard, with an eye toward contending this season and next.
The likely scenario now is that a new GM will be brought in with his own three- to five-year plan to make things work. Lincoln describes "a new plan and a new approach" that would seem to negate sticking with the current plan.
Five seasons into the Bavasi plan, it's on to the next one.
As for manager John McLaren, he is staying in place. For now, at least.
**SCHNIPP**
I guess that puts Seattle officially in the "rebuilding" category for the next few years. This will take a while to shake itself out...
So it goes...
By Geoff Baker
Seattle Times staff reporter
The Mariners fired general manager Bill Bavasi today.
Lee Pelekoudas, the team's vice president/associate general manager, will take over as the interim GM.
"Change is in order," Mariners CEO Howard Lincoln said in a written statement. "We have determined new leadership is needed in the GM position. With a new leader will come a new plan and a new approach. A search will begin immediately for a permanent GM, and Lee will be a candidate for the position."
The Mariners are 24-45 after being swept in three games by the Washington Nationals at Safeco Field.
Before the season, Bavasi traded five players for pitcher Erik Bedard, with an eye toward contending this season and next.
The likely scenario now is that a new GM will be brought in with his own three- to five-year plan to make things work. Lincoln describes "a new plan and a new approach" that would seem to negate sticking with the current plan.
Five seasons into the Bavasi plan, it's on to the next one.
As for manager John McLaren, he is staying in place. For now, at least.
**SCHNIPP**
I guess that puts Seattle officially in the "rebuilding" category for the next few years. This will take a while to shake itself out...
So it goes...