Armstrong to retire

[seattle]

just heard mariners announced Armstrong to retire Jan 31st. One down one more to go

 

[seattle]

whoops I meant Armstrong lol

 

[unlvmariners]

Sweet

 

[cezero]

Please let Howie follow in short order.

Even better would be the ridiculous majority owner just going away forever.

 

[Cloud]

Thank god. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Time for Howie to follow suit.

 

[seahawksfan234]

Happy to see him gone. Step in the direction of fixing this franchise.

Lol @ the tribute to him on the Seattle Times front page.

 

[Cloud]

Happy to see him gone. Step in the direction of fixing this franchise.

Lol @ the tribute to him on the Seattle Times front page.

3 decades of failure deserves a tribute.

Only in Seattle sports.

 

[Thisnamewasntaken]

Yes! Only 1 more to go!

 

[dude82]

He's been president since 1983 (minus a couple years in the 90's when he wasn't)... why did I think that he got here later than that?

 

[briwas101]

just heard mariners announced Armstrong to retire Jan 31st. One down one more to go

Was gonna say the same thing.

It will be nice to get some new blood in the front office. Who knows, if we're lucky Lincoln will be the 3rd wheel and will follow Armstrong into retirement soon.

 

[briwas101]

Please let Howie follow in short order.

Even better would be the ridiculous majority owner just going away forever.

Are you talking about the majority owner that died recently (and thus went away forever) ?

 

[NWinAZ]

Man, this is so scary that it makes me laugh. Lincoln actually said this about Armstrong?

"Replacing the business side will be easier than replacing the baseball side. He is very knowledgeable of baseball, of all of the arcane rules of baseball regarding trades, free agency," Lincoln said of Armstrong. "He's very well acquainted with virtually all of the key player agents across the country, including Scott Boras, and also a great knowledge of just the game itself. In Chuck's case he also has been very, very involved in the operation of MLB itself, on the International Committee, on the Commissioner's On-Field Committee."

So his strength was the baseball side? Oh God why did I have to be born a Mariners fan?

Here is a quote from Armstrong that drew a chuckle from me as well:

"This was a decision that I think he has been thinking about for some time," Lincoln told me in a phone interview Tuesday afternoon. "And it is a tough decision. No one wants to go out after a losing season. He feels that way just as much I do. It's just the way things go sometimes."


After 'A' losing season? Try after 'A' losing decade.

 

[NWinAZ]

As for his own future, I asked if he had any plans to retire.


"Well, I am not getting any younger," he said with a laugh and then a pause. "Let's put it this way: I don't have any plans."

"I'm going to miss Chuck's friendship," he said. "He's a great partner. We've had a great run. We've had some tough years but we have also had some great years. I just wish that we could get this baseball side of this business turned around, and that is what we are all focused on."



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[Podunkparte]

As for his own future, I asked if he had any plans to retire.


"Well, I am not getting any younger," he said with a laugh and then a pause. "Let's put it this way: I don't have any plans."

"I'm going to miss Chuck's friendship," he said. "He's a great partner. We've had a great run. We've had some tough years but we have also had some great years. I just wish that we could get this baseball side of this business turned around, and that is what we are all focused on."



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This is the best comedy since Seinfeld went off the air.

Howard Lincoln on the Mariners' search for a president - 710sports.com

No kidding Howard. We've noticed

 

[NWinAZ]

Off topic, but there is this about Cuban buying the Mariners;

The Chris Daniels Blog - Is Mark Cuban Interested in the Mariners?

 

[cezero]

Are you talking about the majority owner that died recently (and thus went away forever) ?

His progeny are just him V2.0

 

[cezero]

Off topic, but there is this about Cuban buying the Mariners;

The Chris Daniels Blog - Is Mark Cuban Interested in the Mariners?

this comes up quite a bit about a lot of clubs

cuban burned his bridges with MLB long ago. they won't let him get his hands on a team.

every time cuban gets a chance to diss MLB, he takes it. this is just one example.

 

[cezero]

The Seattle Times ran an article with the following title:

Mariners need new vision as Chuck Armstrong exits

I had to laugh because it implies that there has been a vision of any type at all under Armstrong for the past decade.

 

[wazzu31]

This is a thread were fan could've been praising god.

And Cuban did burn way too many bridges but I do believe the MLB does not get to vote on minority shares so if Cuban took over as the minority share holder, he could then still be elevated to CEO by a majority vote.