Richard Griffin, Vindicated

As many of you have doubtless noticed, our old chum and Bauxite Emertus Craig Burley posted a piece on the Jays over at The Hardball Times that might be described - well, that can only be described - as a venomous screed: It was Beeston who installed the recent office gofer in the GM's chair, in a move which reminds one of nothing so much as The Hudsucker Proxy. Beeston (long a courtier of power and a close friend of Bud Selig) seems to be doing nothing more complex than driving the market value of the club down, and the way he dominates the conversation with a lickspittle local sports press (with his general manager nodding furiously in confused assent beside him) is depressingly familiar to this erstwhile Montreal Expos fan. Now, Craig. Don't be coy. Tell us what you really think.Anyway, as you can imagine, a lively discussion ensued. And one wag (not me, but one of us nonetheless!) mischievously suggested that Craig had assumed the role of Richard Griffin to Anthopolous&...