In a 619 Sports exclusive, outgoing Padres’ vice president of scouting and player development Grady Fuson talks for the first time publicly about his firing. Who forced him out, Jed Hoyer or Jeff Moorad? Was Fuson fired for his failed first-rounders? And how proud is he of the system he leaves behind? A wide-ranging interview with a good baseball man who’s on the outside looking in:
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KT: “A Gunslinger Shoots First, And He Wins The Battle”
by Craig on October 4, 2009
Kevin Towers was alternately emotional, thankful, and proud during his press conference today, after it was announced that he would be leaving the San Diego Padres. KT ends a 14-year tenure as GM, the longest of any current GM. Towers joked to start his prepared comments that after 47 years on Earth, he was fired for the first time:
He was at his most emotional toward the end of his opening comments, when he responded for the first time to the comments of CEO Jeff Moorad. In the U-T on Saturday morning, Moorad called Towers a “gunslinger”, and in his press conference earlier in the afternoon, he talked about wanting more “focus” and “discipline” in the front office. Towers, who once famously wore a sherriff’s outfit, complete with badge and stirrups, on the cover of the Padres’ media guide, was more than happy to wear the title of “gunslinger”:
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