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Buyer beware: Minaya could leave.(Baseball)(Montreal Expos general manager Omar Minaya)
A prospective buyer of the Expos might get an even bonier version of the skeletal wild-card contender. Not only does the team face the possibility of losing potential free-agent outfielder Vladimir Guerrero. It also could lose general manager Omar Minaya.
Commissioner Bud Selig says he would not force Minaya to remain G.M. of the Major League Baseball-owned Expos by denying Minaya permission to interview with the Mets or Reds at the end of the season.
"I would never stand in Omar's way," Selig says.
Some in the industry had speculated that Selig would prevent Minaya from departing because prospective buyers want to keep him as the team's G.M. Selig, however, says he has yet to hear of such interest, and that the choice would be Minaya's.
"I don't wont to comment on the future," Minaya says. "We're in a pennant race."
The Mets' job almost certainly would appeal to Minaya, who grew up in New York and spent nearly ...
- Omar Minaya will make best of the worst GM job.
- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) February 15, 2002 700+ words
Byline: Ken Daley DALLAS _ Omar Minaya, long a deserving candidate, finally...bad it wasn't a job he deserves. Minaya deserved a better first opportunity...dangled the keys to the Expos before Minaya, he felt compelled to accept. Minaya...
- Omar Minaya will make best of the worst GM job.(The Dallas Morning News)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Daley, Ken February 15, 2002 700+ words
DALLAS _ Omar Minaya, long a deserving candidate, finally...Too bad it wasn't a job he deserves. Minaya deserved a better first opportunity than...Selig dangled the keys to the Expos before Minaya, he felt compelled to accept. Minaya...
- A dream job for Omar Minaya, but it's in Montreal.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) February 17, 2002 700+ words
...right with last week's hiring of Omar Minaya in Montreal. The Expos, aka the...march to contraction, it won't be Minaya's fault. The first Hispanic general...office positions, and frankly, Minaya should have been rewarded with this...
- New Expos GM likes challenge; Omar Minaya is determined to succeed in Montreal...
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Souhan, Jim March 5, 2002 700+ words
...Souhan; Staff Writer Jupiter, Fla. -- Omar Minaya will never forget the first time he met Sammy Sosa. Minaya was working for the Texas Rangers as a...skinny kid nobody knew anything about," Minaya said. "But he had these hands - these...
- New York, New York.(Briefs)(Algonquin hotel)(Omar Minaya baseball bigwig)
- Magazine article from: Crain's New York Business Fickenscher, Lisa June 27, 2005 700+ words
...and food. 3M scores with Met GM omar minaya figures if ballplayers can hawk...could talk about,'' says Mr. Minaya, who travels with an iPod, BlackBerry...ENDORSEMENT: Mets General Manager Omar Minaya is pitching a 3M product.
- Mets expected to bring back GM Omar Minaya
- News wire article from: AP Online HOWIE RUMBERG August 23, 2009 700+ words
Mets general manager Omar Minaya is expected back next season. The New...reported Sunday that owner Fred Wilpon said Minaya will return in 2010 despite the failings...team on and off the field this year. Minaya in turn told the newspaper that if he...
- Mets boss: GM Omar Minaya made a mistake
- News wire article from: AP Online July 28, 2009 700+ words
...acknowledged Tuesday that general manager Omar Minaya made a mistake by singling out a...before the game against Colorado. Minaya held a messy news conference Monday...player development Tony Bernazard. Minaya questioned the motives of a local...
- The Philadelphia Inquirer Jim Salisbury column: with lofty goals, Minaya not...
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Salisbury, Jim October 18, 2006 700+ words
...clear impression that general manager Omar Minaya imparted before Game 5 of the National...t think you ever get there," Minaya said. There. It's that abstract...know never comes. That's what Minaya means about never getting there...
