ussmariner.com - 10/22/2008
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The M’s have chosen Jack Zduriencik as their new GM. Despite the fact that he’s the oldest of the candidates interviewed and comes with a scouting background, do not assume that this is just more of the same. Zduriencik has been the best regarded scouting director in baseball for ...
bizofbaseball.com - 10/22/2008
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Seattle Mariners CEO Howard Lincoln and President Chuck
Armstrong announced today that Jack Zduriencik has been named
the Mariners new Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations. "Today is a very exciting day for the Mariners," Armstrong said. "We have spent the past ...
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Mariners Hire Jack Zduriencik as Exec VP and GM of ...
seattle.mariners.mlb.com - 10/22/2008
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SEATTLE -- Seattle Mariners CEO Howard Lincoln and
President Chuck Armstrong announced today that Jack Zduriencik has
been named the Mariners new Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations. "Today is a very exciting day for ...
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Jack Zduriencik named Executive Vice President & ...
sports.espn.go.com - 10/22/2008
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Mariners Tap Brewers AGM Jack Zduriencik As GM
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog —
The Seattle Mariners picked Jack Zduriencik to be their new general manager. Reaction at U.S.S. Mariner is somewhat muted:
If they want to be a great team, they should not stop with Z, but hire a strong analytical department to supplement the scouting strength at the top of the front office. The two can work together, but there has to be a real effort on the M’s part here. If they stop with Zduriencik, it’s not enough - if they let him build a good organization with strong analysts surrounding the Big Three scouting types, this could be a player ...
The change we need? Marinerz Hire Brewerz’ Zduriencik az GM
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
The American League with the most room for improvement, THe Seattle Mariners, announced the hiring of a replacement GM today, Jerry Zduriencik (above, ruined image swiped from The Newcastle News, the former Milwaukee Brewers’ vice president-special assistant to the general manager for player personnel.
Per the USSMariner’s always-reliable Dave Cameron:
Now, Jack Z isn’t exactly the new school analytical type we were all hoping for. His strengths are all scouting based, and he won’t be the kind of guy to come in ...
World Series Thread, 22 October 2008
Bucs Dugout —
... Also from the rest of the world: In a blow to the Milwaukee organization, the Mariners hired Brewers assistant Jack Zduriencik to be their new GM. Although it didn't hurt that he had a number of top draft picks to work with, Zduriencik helped load the Brewers up with top-flight talent. We'll see what kind of GM he'll be in Seattle--the ownership group he'll work with isn't exactly known for being hands-off. ...
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So I learned to spell Zduriencik just in time to write about his departure. Some bullet points from around the web this morning:
Tom H.'s initial announcement.
Between the Green Pillars says thank you.
The Brew Town Beat expects Zduriencik's replacement to come from within the organization.
Fire Ned Coletti Now is excited that the Mariners chose Zduriencik and left Kim Ng with the Dodgers.
U.S.S. Mariner has the opening post for the Zduriencik Era in Seattle.
Lookout ...
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blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com 10/22/2008 — As you may have heard, Jack Zduriencik has been given the job as new Mariners GM, beating out Kim Ng, Tony LaCava and Jerry DiPoto. What does this signify? That the Mariners are putting a premium on the ability to identify and develop young talent. ...
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blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com 10/24/2008 — New Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik just wrapped up his news conference at Safeco Field. He was short on specifics, saying he wants to get to know the team and its personnel first. But he did give some hints about where he's leaning.
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Zduriencik hire can be good and still depressing
ussmariner.com 10/31/2008 — I’ve been really pretty nasty about the whole hiring process lately, as I’m sure you’ve all noticed, in particular calling out the people doing the hiring as bumbling fools unfit to decide what to order for lunch, much less pick who ...
And the mystery candidate is Jack Zduriencik
blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com 10/16/2008 — By the way, glad to see no lectures from the blogosphere today on the use of anonymous sources. Feel free to continue discussing our stories. If we wait for official team confirmation, it will make for quite the boring weekend, don't you think?
We ...
Mariners hire Zduriencik as GM (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 10/22/2008
The Seattle Mariners hired Milwaukee Brewers special assistant Jack Zduriencik as their new general manager of Wednesday. The 57-year-old Zduriencik replaces Bill Bavasi, who was fired in June, and takes over for interim Lee Pelekoudas. Known for his ...
