KRIVSKY SHOCKED

WAYNE KRIVSKY SAID HE WAS SHOCKED THAT HE GOT FIRED ON WEDNESDAY. AND REALLY I WAS TOO. KINDA.
NOT THAT EVERYONE DIDN'T SEE IT COMING. WHEN WALT JOCKETTY WAS HIRED IN JANUARY THE CLOCK STARTED TICKING ON KRIVSKY. BUT KRIVSKY'S STAMP ON THE REDS IS NOT THIS YEAR'S 9 AND 12 START.
I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE MAIN THING THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE REDS NEEDS TO DO IS FIND A WAY TO GET GOOD PLAYERS IN UNCONVENTIONAL WAYS. SMALL MARKET TEAM? NOT MUCH REVENUE? FINE. BE CREATIVE. I DON'T KNOW... LIKE FINDING BRANDON PHILLIPS ON THE SCRAP HEAP. GAMBLE AND WIN ON JOSH HAMILTON... AND THEN BE SMART ENOUGH TO SELL HIGH AND INSIST ON EDINSON VOLQUEZ FROM THE RANGERS. GET JARED BURTON FOR NOTHING. HITTING MACHINE JEFF KEPPINGER COST THE REDS A SINGLE-A PITCHER. MIKE LINCOLN LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD PICKUP AND I DON'T THINK TEAMS WERE LINED UP FOR A GUY WHO HADN'T PITCHED IN FOUR YEARS.
46 MILLION DOLLARS OF BOB CASTELLINI'S MONEY LURED FRANCISCO CORDERO TO CINCINNATI... BUT INSIDER'S SAY KRIVSKY HAD THE DEAL DONE BEFORE MILWAUKEE EVEN KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
KRIVSKY DIDN'T MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION EVERYTIME... AND THE REDS OBVIOUSLY AREN'T WINNING. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. BUT DUSTY BAKER IS THE FIRST MANAGER KRIVSKY HIRED. HE HASN'T EVEN BEEN ON THE JOB A MONTH. HERE'S HOPING BAKER GETS MORE THAN TWO SEASONS TO TURN AROUND A TEAM THAT'S BEEN LOSING FOR THE BETTER PART OF THIS DECADE.

BG