Chuck LaMar Gives Credit To Anyone Who Walked Within Ten Yards Of The Trop

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Walkoff Walk: Chuck LaMar Gives Credit To Anyone Who Walked Within Ten Yards Of The Trop
Published 7/7/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Walkoff Walk: Chuck LaMar Gives Credit To Anyone Who Walked Within Ten Yards Of The Trop Well, Dave Silvestri is safe...he never walked. Over the weekend, Jim Salisbury of the Philadelphia Enquirer let us all into the rainbow colored world of Chuck LaMar. Mr. LaMar, the former GM of the Rays and current executive with the Phillies, took a moment to carve out a role for himself in Tampa’s current success. “I’m proud of what we left behind, both players and staff,” he said. “In the last 10 or 15 years, you can’t think of a better scenario for a new owner and GM to take ...

Credit Where Due In Tampa — While We’re At It, Why Not Retire Lou Piniella and Greg Vaughn’s Numbers?
Published 7/7/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... Camp Tiger Claw of Walkoff Walk isn’t nearly so quick to congratulate Tampa’s former architect of misery, writing, “LaMar’s economic stimulus package would consist of burning down the stock exchange. He was the GM for 10 years. The majority of his “prospects” are out of baseball by now.” ...

Baseball Today: Tuesday, July 8
Published 7/8/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... AND HERE'S THE OTHER: The blog Walkoff Walk, in slightly NSFW language, describes LaMar's achievement as "crippling inadequacy and historic [ineptitude that] allowed the team to stockpile draft picks." ...