They still don’t have a clue how to build a baseball team, however.

A competent GM could right this ship pretty quickly.

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/1/15/19719/0989

When a person turns to wrong, is it a want to be, belong?
Part of things at any cost, at what price a life is lost

At what point do we begin, fighter spirit a will to win
But what makes a man decide, take the wrong or righteous road

There’s a thin line between love and hate
Wider divide that you can see between good and bad
There’s a grey place between black and white
But everyone does have the right to choose the path that he takes

My only adoration is for Ichiro, Hernandez and Morrow.

Seems like the M’s have always been this way, and I’ve watched other organizations fortunes rise and fall. So for me that’s part of the game, it’s not limited to what’s taking place between the lines. So Chuck A. and Howie are players also, and they suck. I have absolutely no confidence they’ll make a good pick for GM, Chuck said he likes Lee P. because “we’re like minded”. At the same time it just makes it that much more interesting for me, since you have no idea what’s going to happen. Reason and common sense don’t apply, so it’s a total crapshoot. Make all the rational arguments for this guy or that woman, Chuck & Howie decisions are probably made by examining tea leaves, entrails, or the color and consistency of their own poo or something. I make despairing remarks about the team/FO all the time, still love the game, still have hope for the future. The future is a long time.

you despise his activities, because they end up being completely self-destructive and counterproductive, but you can’t help but love him because he’s your brother; when he asks for that $100 “to cover the rent”, you know he’s going to buy a couple dozen boxes of wine with it but you don’t care. He’s your brother. You try to stop him, for a while, then you realize he is who he is and it’s on you to accept or reject him.

So you accept him, and you move on with your life.