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J.P. Ricciardi Fired as Blue Jays GM

J.P. Ricciardi, fired Saturday morning as general manager of the Blue Jays, will be remembered for spending plenty and not winning enough. Hired in 2001, Ricciardi was charged with trying to compete with the Yankees and Red Sox in the AL East. To do it, he splurged on free-agent signings such as A.J. Burnett and B.J. Ryan...

J.P. Ricciardi Overplayed His Hand

OAKLAND -- The Blue Jays have the best pitcher in baseball on their roster, yet they still came up as losers at the trading deadline.The players in the clubhouse didn't feel that way. The manager didn't feel that way. The general manager didn't.We don't know how Roy Halladay feels about it, because he chose not to talk to...

JP Ricciardi Kind of Apologizes to Adam Dunn

Perhaps with three managers and a GM getting the axe in one week, JP Ricciardi feels a little bit of heat. He probably should because barring a miraculous second half, he's probably going to be looking for a new job come October. Whatever the reason, he's rethought his stance on Adam Dunn just a bit and decided to...

J.P. Ricciardi: Jays Cut Big Hurt to Save Chemistry, Not Dollars

There's no love lost between the Blue Jays and Frank Thomas, who was released last week after struggling in his first 60 at-bats. Not surprisingly, it didn't take long for Thomas to find work, signing with the A's earlier today. So went wrong in Toronto? Hearing J.P. Ricciardi tell it, they were worried he wasn't a team...

All of LA Is Dying to Get Their Hands on Troy Glaus

One team already had him, another desperately needs him, the team that has him probably doesn't want to get rid of him, and all three could use him. Such is the triangle of love for Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Troy Glaus. But like most trade rumors, this has no real-life foundations -- that we know of. It is just a...

JP Ricciardi News From the Web

05/05/12 Western New England Rocks RWU for CCC Title Source: Lacrosse Magazine Senior attacker Patrick White (Milton, MA) gave through with the best performance of his career by scoring seven goals with two assists to lead top-seeded Western New England to a 15-6 victory over second-seeded Roger Williams in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Men's Lacrosse Championship title game Saturday (May 5).

Background on JP Ricciardi

John Paul (J. P.) Ricciardi (born September 26, 1959 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is a Major League Baseball executive who currently is a special assistant to New York Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson.

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