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Originally Posted by jayswin
Fans mock AA and that time period as if he lucked into things and..
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Come now... AA completely lucked into a large part of it. you're not going to convince me that he legitimately knew that journeyman outfielder Jose Bautista and the guy derisively nicknamed "E5" would transform themselves into the premier sluggers in MLB. He was a decent GM who created a luck-assisted (but not wholly luck-created) WS worthy roster.
I really do wish that he had pushed prospect capital in on someone other then Dickey (who never replicated his last year withe the Mets) and Price (who wasn't great in the playoffs) but that's life.