Creative Financing
From Peter Gammons' blog:
Padres GM Kevin Towers went to Sunday's Chargers game with Brad Ausmus and hopes to bring him back to the Padres as a mentor to Nick Hundley
Towers is smarter than buying into the "veteran catcher" non-sense, at least to the point of Ausmus. With the Padres being a little cap strapped he likely has a different motive in mind. Like so:
Ausmus: Wooo, Go Bolts!
Towers: Go Bolts indeed! Oh, hey beer man! Two more Buds for my friend here.
Ausmus: Sweet! *drinks beer* So, Kevin, why did you invite me here anyways? I mean, it's not like Brian Giles isn't a bigger fan than myself.
Towers: Well, you see, we have this young catcher, Nick Hundley, who we're probably rolling with next year, and we want a mentor for him.
Ausmus: Oh, okay. So you want me to mentor him? Work with him in spring and such, right?
Towers: Exactly.
Ausmus: So bench coach, or bullpen, or what?
Towers: Huh?
Ausmus: Oh, just spring training instructor? I can dig, I guess.
Towers: No, no. I want you as our back-up catcher. We think you're the most valuable 39 year old replacement level catcher in the business!
Ausmus: Oh, huh. *drinks beer*
Towers: As you recall, I traded you in '96, and well, I never felt good about that.
Ausmus: It's a business.
Towers: Hey remember when the Tigers dealt you to the Astros.
Ausmus: Yep. *drinks beer*
Towers: And then the Astros dealt you to the TIgers.
Ausmus: Heh, yeah... *drinks beer*
Ausmus: *drinks beer*
Towers: And then the Tigers sent you right back to Houston.
Ausmus: ....
Towers: So, are we at an agreement?
Ausmus: Totally man, totally. Thanks for the suds by the way.
Towers: Hey, what are friends for? One more thing, how about we match last year's 2 million?
Ausmus: Dude. You're my best friend.
Towers: Okay, so you pay us and we'll play you on Sundays.
Ausmus: Sweet.
Ausmus: *drinks beer*
Ausmus: Wait.
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Is towers smarter than that?
Space.
It's a problem we face.
So we never go anywhere.
We just stay in one place.
If he's not, I imagine Alderson and DePodesta are.
Ausmus is better than Carlin, but if you’re not planning on competing, is there really a difference?
by R.J. Anderson on Nov 29, 2008 11:43 PM EST up reply actions
hahaha
I had to go back once I had read Ausmus’s “Wait.” And I’m not even drunk.
Other kids may be sayin' hi-ho, but The Gooch just says yo.
The lack of research is killing this blog
"It never is, because I'm the Shogun. And before you get to the Shogun, you gotta go through a lot of ninjas."
by Ozzie Montana on Dec 1, 2008 7:57 PM EST up reply actions
so they have to go get their own beer
or only beer women?
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
Towers has a friend who goes up to the concession stands and gets beer for them.
I know that's a pisser, baby.

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