sports.yahoo.com — The former big league manager talks about everything, from the Olympics to whether Barry Bonds or Rogers Clemens were considered for the U.S. team, to how Willie Randolph's firing mirrored his own.
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Big League Stew: A conversation with USA Olympic team manager Davey Johnson
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Big League Stew: A conversation with USA Olympic team manager Davey Johnson Jim, Pisoni When You Have To , sends over this Davey-view. Q: Were Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens ever considered for this year’s Olympic team? DJ: Not really. I had several requirements that I wanted to see in players. Number one, I wanted them competing in a league. Sure, I’d like to have Clemens, he’s very professional, he could probably handle it, but he hasn’t been competing. He’s not stretched out. (Let’s say) I gotta start him, and maybe get three innings the first game, I mean we only play nine ...
Davey Johnson Interview
ShysterBall —
It's mostly about the Olympics, but Johnson holds court on other stuff too: Q: What was your reaction to the way the Mets handled the Wilie Randolph situation? DJ: Well, (chuckles a little bit), A lot of times I think big organizations in New York, that's part of the way they like to do business. I remember when I was fired, and I was very successful. We won a World Series (in 1986). We were on the road, I'm not even sure where it was, Philadelphia I think, and Frank Cashen came in, he wasn't on the road ...
Baseball Today: Wednesday, July 2
Projo Sox Blog —
... Q AND A WITH . . . Ex-Mets, Reds and Orioles manager Davey Johnson, who's currently managing the U.S. Olympic baseball team. (Big League Stew) ...
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Kiss it goodbye: Hall won't accept Bonds 756 ball
sports.espn.go.com 7/1/2008 — The ball that Barry Bonds launched for his record-breaking 756th home run won't land in the Hall of Fame.
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Top 10 Reasons Bonds Ball isn't Going to Hall of Fame
www.wcbias.com 7/1/2008 — That Hall says that talks with Marc Ecko over Barry Bonds' 756th HR ball have broken down.
Here are the top 10 reasons the ball won't be going to N.Y.:
10. Because of steroid use, the ball has since shriveled up into the size of a raisin and is now useless.
9. The Hall is holding out for the real Bonds’ souvenir – the syringe.
8. Ecko got flaxseed oil on his hand and dropped it in McCovey Cove
That Hall says that talks with Marc Ecko over Barry Bonds' 756th HR ball have broken down.
Here are the top 10 reasons the ball won't be going to N.Y.:
10. Because of steroid use, the ball has since shriveled up into the size of a raisin and is now useless.
9. The Hall is holding out for the real Bonds’ souvenir – the syringe.
8. Ecko got flaxseed oil on his hand and dropped it in McCovey Cove
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posted 7/1/2008
