Trey Hillman in contention for Royals job

by amr512 on Oct 19, 2007 12:27 AM CDT

apparently hes in serious talks with the royals and could very well become the manager. it will be interesting to see if he gets the job.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3069833

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A "sleeper" camdidate within the Yankees.

Boy the Rangers blew that one. But hey, who needs him, we have Ron Washington! One of the top 3 managers in baseball, according to some manager of the year ballots.

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by Sharky on Oct 19, 2007 7:04 AM CDT reply actions

sleeper candidate

there's no way he was in serious contention for the yankees job.

by ab03 on Oct 19, 2007 9:26 AM CDT up reply actions

Official

It's up on the Kansas City Star site right now. They will be making an announcement later today.

And I don't know that you can say it's out of the realm of possibility he was being considered by the Yankees. He has a long history in the organization.

by Jarrett on Oct 19, 2007 9:46 AM CDT reply actions

Mattingly / Girardi

are way ahead of everyone else.

It's not out of the realm of possibilities, but it was probably extremely unlikely.

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by inactive lsb user on Oct 19, 2007 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions

even la russa is ahead

i can't see mr. christianity heading up a new york team

by ab03 on Oct 19, 2007 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions

good grief.

please not KC.

and i bet NYY goes w/ joe geradi

by knockoutking24 on Oct 19, 2007 9:51 AM CDT reply actions

Uhhh

you mean Mattingly right? I think it's a lock for Donnie Baseball. I just threw-up in my mouth.

by Parman @ Lone Star Ball on Oct 19, 2007 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions

naw

im going with joe.

he should be offered the job imo. mattingly has zero managing experience if i recall

by knockoutking24 on Oct 19, 2007 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions

KC is the next Braves?

I think this is a really good fit for both folks. The reports about Hillman is that he emphasizes player development, delegates authority, and stays very level headed.

I think he didn't get the Rangers' job because there were echoes of Buck in his approach and mannerisms. Nevertheless, he knows what a top-notch organization looks like. I think he'll continue to bring credibility and professionalism to the KC org.

Besides, it's nothing for him to fly from KC to Austin via Southwest.

I can't wait to see Reeves article about this.

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by rooster on Oct 19, 2007 10:33 AM CDT reply actions

lol

it should be crotchety, at minimum.

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by inactive lsb user on Oct 19, 2007 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions

reeves article

except something scathing when after two weeks in 2008, The Royals are 6-2 and the rangers are 2-6.

by ab03 on Oct 19, 2007 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions

News from KC

It's official he's the new manager

by Captain Fubar on Oct 19, 2007 3:15 PM CDT reply actions

NYC

Bad timing on Hillman's part.

If he was a candidate for the Yanks, he could have made tons more of money, which, btw, seems to be important to him.

by LBrooks on Oct 19, 2007 5:12 PM CDT reply actions

It wasn't bad timing on Hillman

The stinking ass NYC team wasn't going to hire him anyway. And money is not the issue with Hillman. The issue is the Rangers tried to pull a fast one on him and not offer him the money he should have been paid.

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by LtDan on Oct 19, 2007 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions

Hillman and Money

Personally, when it comes to Hillman, I think money was the key factor.

Look at last year......he came off a winning season in Japan where he made a million bucks managing.

He interviewed with 3 teams - Texas, Oakland, San Diego. None of them hired him. I figure he didn't get hired here because he wanted more money than the GM is making (in Texas, anyways). Not saying that about Oakland or San Diego.

So, he goes back to Japan for 1.5 million.

Now, I guess he feels he's accumulated enough of an nest egg to join the MLB fray. I wonder what KC is paying him.....for a guy who has neither played, coached, or managed in the Big Leagues.

by LBrooks on Oct 20, 2007 9:47 AM CDT up reply actions

Congrats KC

Smart decision and good move by Dayton Moore and the Royals. Hillman is a proven leader with exceptional baseball experience and has proved he can manage a baseball team. The Royals signed a gem for a skipper.

To bad for the Rangers... not only to bad, but down right ignorant was Tom Hicks and JD in thinking Ron Washington was better.

They both screwed the Rangers up by not hiring Trey Hillman when they had a chance. I get so disgusted when I think that the Rangers could have signed Hillman to lead this team. But, Hicks and JD felt Hillman wasn't worth forking over more money than what it would have cost in getting Ron Washington.

Another horrible decision by Rangers management. Makes me want to puke.

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by LtDan on Oct 19, 2007 8:51 PM CDT reply actions

Futhermore

I have absolutely NO faith in Ron Washington as the skipper and leader of this team. I need another scotch (a double).

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by LtDan on Oct 19, 2007 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions

Hey, this just in

Wash doesn't need your "faith"...lucky for us, he has years of baseball knowledge and I hope he irons out some of the wrinkles and bad decisions he made and gets better as a manager.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Oct 19, 2007 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions