Allard Baird Fired

The Kansas City Royals fired their GM Allard Baird on Wednesday. Atlanta Braves assistant GM Dayton Moore will replace Baird. Sources told the Kansas City Star that Moore will receive a five-year contract and complete control over baseball operations. He'll officially take over the GM role after next week's draft.

Source

• http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/14707979.htm

Date

Wed 05/31/06, 10:47 am EST

Awrigh01All-Star

820 days ago

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best news to come out of Kansas City all season.

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DNLLegend

820 days ago

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Forty years too late.

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ChachiOSUDraft Pick

820 days ago

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If a GM falls in the stadium and there are no fans there to hear it, does it make a sound?

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Ben agm

820 days ago

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What happens now to the Royals 100 year plan?

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Bball3345Draft Pick

820 days ago

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It's a good thing they blamed this on the GM, not the manager(a.k.a, the Scapegoat).

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RoblefkoLegend

820 days ago

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they just took 1 out of 3 against the yanks, it looked like things were finally turning around

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Awrigh01All-Star

820 days ago

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Does anyone know anything about Moore? Is he a numbers guy? A makeup guy? Will he turn around the Royals and turn them into the Indians and/or the A's?

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Anonymous Fanatic #1

820 days ago

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im pretty sure he does not wear makeup

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EstebistecVarsity

820 days ago

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If this is the only move the owner is willing to make, it's quite possibly not all that earth-shattering. I have all the hope in the world for the new GM, but Glass has got to spend a little money on players.

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Davis21wylieAll-Star

820 days ago

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Coming from the Braves system, I'm guessing he's not a Billy Beane devotee... But, I could be wrong.

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ChachiOSUDraft Pick

820 days ago

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From what I found he is more of an anti-Moneyball guy. He began his career as a scout and has been involved with the Braves scouting or player development depatments for his entire career. During Theo's hiatus he was considered for the Boston GM job. He is also pretty young, I believe 39 or 40.

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ChachiOSUDraft Pick

820 days ago

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One other note, I saw one report that one of the other candidates the Royals were considering was Randy Smith who was in charge of the Tigers from '96-'03. That's just who you want, the man responsible for the '03 Tigers and their AL record for losses. Brilliant.

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Kj68daySoccer Kid

820 days ago

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Finally! He deserved to get canned, the only mainstay they've had is John Buck(Who???). Plus you know he just refused to write those checks... oh no nevermind they need a new owner.

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SteaksammichRed-Shirting

820 days ago

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What has he done now that he wasn't doing last October? Probably not the best of times to change GMs. I hope Moore has already done his homework for the draft coming up soon...

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