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Hargrove's disdain for Bavasi became plainly visible toward the end, with Hargrove jerking Shin-Soo Shoo out of the lineup after one (1) OF error, giving Petagine 2 plate appearances in the first 20 games and stuff like that.
The M's spiral down into 100 losses came because the powers-that-be allowed Hargrove to play brinksmanship with Bavasi via the lineup card, and stuff like that.
Behind-the-scenes relationships between MGR and GM can make or break a club, no doubts there. We just watched it in Seattle.
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Oh for a Cox-Scheurholz duo here.