Woody Paige: Former Denver GMs Lacroix, Scheer worthy of fame, love
loved Pierre Lacroix and Carl Scheer. Strange, strong word for a cold, callous columnist to type in bold face about a couple of general managers. GMs and sportswriters coalesce and coexist like Burr and Hamilton, Kennedy and Khrushchev, Dr. Peter Venkman and Slimer. General managers believe that sports scribes are incompetent ne’er-do-wells who don’t know if a ball is stuffed or inflated, and they should be banished to Par Naogaon, Bangladesh. Columnists opine that GM stands for “Godawful Maniac” who draft emus and ostriches in the first two rounds and trade future Hall of Famers for ...
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