This weekend I was planning to write a long-ish piece making the argument that however effective his work had been over the last twelve months—and it was legitimately good—there was no earthly way the Phillies should keep GM Ruben Amaro Jr. in place beyond the end of his contract next month. Of course, the team blew that idea out of the water by giving the longtime executive his walking papers on Thursday. And there was much rejoicing.
We’ve chewed over Amaro’s legacy for a long time at TGP, and I don’t want to re-litigate the whole thing today.