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Regarding Baker - no doubt that he is head hunting and I doubt that Fusco is big enough game for his wall. I mean, read his post on the Fusco firing. He mentions Fusco's name a couple of times....and Lueke a half dozen times.
Sad thing is, he and the other Times columnists (minus Stone) have the average fan ready to march on Safeco with pitchforks and torches. LincStrong's target market is fired up. That, more than anything, is what they are worried about.
The M's PR on this has been terrible. If anyone deserves to be fired, it's whoever heads the PR/Marketing department. Americans are suckers, absolute suckers, for redemption stories. If they would have handled this correctly, this entire thing would have blown over quickly.