For most of us, having our team be 5 games back and pulling off one of the biggest trades of the season to give our team the most dominant 1-2-3 starters in the league would be all we could hope for.  Certainly, Atlanta, who leads the Phillies by 5 games, must be concerned.  And, odds [...]

One more separate thought on the firing in the Diamondbacks land.  I am often writing about how General Managers contracts are too short to instill in them any need for true long-term decision making.  Most General Managers are given three years or less on their first contract, and they are expected to show results to [...]

Dejan Kovacevic reports that the Pirates granted one-year extensions to their GM Neil Huntington and Manager John Russel- they just didn’t tell anyone.  I am not sure why they would do that since not knowing they were extended a year has led to a number of stories about Russels firing.  Sure, as CEO Frank Coonelly [...]

OK, this is just a joke, but very clever- and since I am interested in organizational behavior I thought I would have to send you to Amazin’ Avenue’s version of how decision making occurs in Flushing.  It should give you a chuckle, even if you are a Mets fan.

As I have written about time and time again, one of the big keys in any business deal is figuring out what types of decisions should be short-term and which should be long-term.  Too often in baseball circles, long-term is thought to be 2-3 years.  That is not long-term.
Yesterday, Tony Regins’s contract was extended, and [...]