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John McLaren Exposes Mariner Infighting
sports.aol.com - 6/21/2008
John McLaren Exposes Mariner Infighting
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It wasn't exactly a "Ball Four" type expose of a major league clubhouse, but the recently deposed John McLaren had some interesting things to say regarding the problems in the Mariners clubhouse which may have resulted in their bad record (and perhaps his own firing along the way). "There is tension, friction and a little jealousy," McLaren said in the course of a 30-minute interview via ...

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Fired John McLaren on Mariners Mess
Larry Brown Sports — The second of the managers to be whacked this week — Willie Randolph and John Gibbons being the others — spoke out today, one day after being fired. Not unlike Willie who was critical after his firing, McLaren took a small hammer to his former team. Via Mullet’s perm at FanHouse: ”There is tension, friction and a little jealousy. We (the staff) tried to deal with it, but they got to do it on their own.” … ”The tension and jealousy has been there, ...

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