Who is dan duquette

Dan Duquette: Any left-handed pitcher with his size that can stay healthy has a shot. I think John Means had distinguished himself by having a couple good years at West Virginia, by doing pretty well in the Cape, where of course the best amateurs go every summer, then showing that he could do the job at West Virginia. Danny Haas really advocated for John Means in the draft room that year.

You have the quota of money you can spend for the first 10 rounds. You look for value after the 10th round. John Means was the first value for the club that year.

I think that says it all. John Means deserves all the credit for that. If you can be reliable, you can be healthy, you can post, and John Means was all of those things at every single point of his career.

PB: It seems like the types of players who play their best baseball at the major-league level are often the ones who are toolsiest and they just need development in order to get there. Is that as surprising as it seems? I think it helped him get a little bit more velocity on his fastball. The team won the American League East division in He is also known for letting Roger Clemens leave in free agency in Many of the players that Duquette drafted or signed were on the Red Sox World Series championship team.

In , Duquette was dismissed from his general manager post less than 24 hours after the Red Sox had officially been sold to a new ownership group.

Duquette largely stayed out of Major League Baseball for 9 years. In , he opened the Dan Duquette Sports Academy, a sports training center in Hinsdale, Massachusetts designed for children aged 8 to He relinquished ownership of both clubs in and In , the team made the playoffs for the first time since During this time, he also had a part in a production of the musical, Damn Yankees, in Western Massachusetts. Duquette is a native of Dalton, Massachusetts.

He attended a Catholic grammar school in Dalton during which time he was a batboy for the Wahconah Regional High School baseball team. In high school, he was the captain of both the baseball and football teams. After high school, he attended Amherst College where he was a catcher on the varsity baseball team and a linebacker on the football team. In the summer of at the age of 19, Duquette helped organize the Dalton Collegians, a semi-pro baseball team that operated out of his hometown.

Duquette was also known to talk to professional scouts who attended Amherst baseball games. He graduated from college in Many of the players that Duquette drafted or signed were on the Red Sox World Series championship team. In , Duquette was dismissed from his general manager post less than 24 hours after the Red Sox had officially been sold to a new ownership group that included John W.

Henry and Tom Werner. In , the team made the playoffs for the first time since On October 3, the Orioles fired Duquette after two straight losing seasons, in the Orioles went , the worst record in franchise history. Both Duquette and Showalter had contracts that expired at the end of the season. Baseball Wiki Explore. Top Content. Recent blog posts. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Dan Duquette. History Talk 0. Universal Conquest Wiki.

Preceded by: Dave Dombrowski. Montreal Expos General Manager - Succeeded by: Kevin Malone.