[新聞] MacPhail: Angelos didn't veto Bedard deal
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MacPhail: Angelos didn't veto Bedard deal
O's president says owner not obstacle to proposed trade with Seattle
不是老闆的問題
Orioles owner Peter Angelos didn't veto a proposed trade that would have sent
ace pitcher Erik Bedard to the Seattle Mariners for a package headed by young
outfielder Adam Jones, team president Andy MacPhail said today.
Asked if Angelos was responsible for nixing a deal, MacPhail responded, "No."
He wouldn't elaborate further or provide details on why the talks appear to
have hit a snag.
It's believed that the two sides agreed to the framework of a trade that
would have sent Bedard to the Mariners for Jones, left-handed reliever George
Sherrill and 19-year-old starter Chris Tillman, along with at least one other
player. Jones told a reporter in Venezuela on Sunday that the deal was
complete and he was headed to Baltimore for a physical.
However, Jones' physical, set for Tuesday, was postponed and not rescheduled.
MacPhail confirmed today that Jones wasn't in Baltimore this week. The change
in events led to an industry-wide perception -- and several Internet and
newspaper reports -- that Angelos is holding up the deal. But the reports
have been based more on the Orioles owner's reputation than any concrete
evidence.
"This is vintage Angelos," said one baseball executive who requested
anonymity. "It is probably the first time that Andy has had to deal with
something like this. I don't want to say it is a bad philosophy, but
[Angelos] is one of those guys who doesn't like to make a deal unless he
absolutely knows it is the right one. That's a fine way to practice in the
real world, but that doesn't work in our world. We don't play in the real
world."
In December 2006, Angelos quashed a potential deal that would have sent
All-Star second baseman Brian Roberts, a longtime favorite of the owner, and
pitching prospect Hayden Penn to the Atlanta Braves for second baseman Marcus
Giles and first baseman Adam LaRoche. Executive vice president Mike Flanagan
and former vice president Jim Duquette tried to persuade Angelos to make the
deal, but the owner refused to sign off, citing Roberts' impact on and off
the field.
"I just thought that Brian should stay an Oriole, not that the front office
didn't think so, [but] they were looking at it from a standpoint of improving
the ballclub," Angelos said in March of the vetoed trade. "... There's an
area where one might say that I have interfered, but I felt impelled to do
that from the standpoint of keeping a player that I thought was critical to
be part of the Orioles team."
In July 1996, then-Orioles general manager Pat Gillick, his team buried in
the American League East behind the New York Yankees at the time, wanted to
trade David Wells and Bobby Bonilla for a group of prospects, highlighted by
young catcher Chris Widger.
But Angelos didn't want to give up on the season and denied any of Gillick's
attempts to make the team younger. It worked out as the Orioles made a huge
second-half run and reached the postseason, but the decision led to a rift
between Gillick and Angelos.
MacPhail said he wouldn't have taken the Orioles' job without assurances from
Angelos that he had full autonomy. He said earlier this week that he and
Angelos are still on the same page.
MacPhail說他有自主權，他和老闆仍在同一條船上。
Meanwhile, MacPhail said he continues to engage in trade talks with various
clubs, though no deals are expected to be announced tomorrow.
MacPhail also has been speaking with representatives for a number of free
agents, knowing that if the trades don't go through, he'll have limited time
to plug the holes in the lineup and pitching staff before spring training.
"It's pretty much ongoing," MacPhail said of his discussions with team
executives and player agents. "You're basically running on a parallel course
and you're in contact with both simultaneously. I think they understand. They
read the papers. They have a pretty good sense of what's going on."
After indicating earlier in the winter that he'd likely break off trade talks
by the last week in January, MacPhail has created a more flexible deadline in
securing an everyday center fielder, late-inning relief help and possibly a
middle infielder and starting pitcher.
"There's really been no change in our circumstance," he said, "and we'll
always keep an open mind regardless of what time of year it is."
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