Tater Talk (2047.01): A New Potato Farmer in Town

GM: Ben Teague

Moderator: cheekimonk

woods
Ex-GM
Posts: 395
Joined: Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:04 pm
Location: Berlin, Germany
Has thanked: 177 times
Been thanked: 235 times
Contact:

Tater Talk (2047.01): A New Potato Farmer in Town

Post by woods » Sat May 29, 2021 11:27 am

Image It was a question that perplexed him the entire flight over from Egypt. “Why me?”

Granted, Woody Donahue was not going to argue. He had just been handed his dream job: general manager of a real BBA team. And he didn’t even have to apply for it. He had been in the middle of a meeting when a call came through from Francis Nephi Grigg IV, owner of the Boise Spuds. Grigg didn’t mince words; he said simply that he wanted to offer Donahue the Spuds’ GM job, and that more questions would be answered when he got to Boise.

So here he was, frantically doing his homework on the team, so he wouldn’t look like a complete idiot when he arrived. He looked over the team’s roster and saw the Spuds had the Sawyer Silk Silver Slugger winner of the last two seasons, Félix Román. This was too good to be true. Was he being scammed? He was reminded of that time he bought a “stud reliever” off Imhotep’s List, a popular underground source of talent in Egypt, only to be greeted with Berto Gámez and much lighter bank account.

Donahue wondered how the 109-loss season to which he had just led Cairo could’ve possibly earned him this type of opportunity. He wasn’t particularly good at managing finances. Nor was he good at assessing talent. But he was German, so he knew a thing or two about potatoes. Maybe that was why the Spuds wanted him.

The secret to good potatoes, much like baseball players, is to buy the right type for the end result. If you’re mashing or baking, you want a high-starch potato like a russet. If you’re roasting, you want a potato with a lot of moisture like a Yukon Gold. If you try to transform a potato into a dish it’s not suited for, you won’t have much success.

These words were second nature to Donahue, instilled in him by his German parents from a very young age. Maybe that was what Boise wanted him to do — manage these Spuds like, well, spuds.

So, leaning on his knowledge of potatoes, he went through Boise’s entire 220-man organization, and threw out twenty whom he deemed the worst of the group. One bad spud, he knew, could ruin the whole bunch.

He then targeted a few select free agents for specific roles on the team — free agent catcher Randy Bader, he noticed, was rated the highest in “catcher ability” out of all catchers in the free agent pool. And if Donahue’s potato knowledge had taught him anything, it was to buy the most suitable type for the role you needed it to fill. What attributes could be more relevant for a catcher than “catcher ability”?

By the time his 13-hour flight to Boise landed, he had submitted an offer to Bader’s agents, and had assigned each of Boise’s 200 remaining players to a team within the organization. It was amazing how much you could get done while flying over the midwest, watching miles and miles of farmland pass by below.

He could’ve been a farmer in another life, he thought. He’d be pretty good at it, too. But that dream would have to wait — for now, he was in charge of the Spuds.
Woody Donahue
BBA GM
Boise Spuds (2047-2054)
Cairo Pharaohs - UMEBA (2046)

Vic Caleca UMEBA TN of the Year 2046

User avatar
RonCo
GB: JL Frontier Division Director
Posts: 19815
Joined: Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:48 pm
Has thanked: 1982 times
Been thanked: 2902 times

Re: Tater Talk (2047.01): A New Potato Farmer in Town

Post by RonCo » Sat May 29, 2021 12:48 pm

First time "knowledge of potato cultures" was on a job description?
GM: Bikini Krill
Nothing Matters But the Pacific Pennant
Roster

scottsdale_joe
Ex-GM
Posts: 3407
Joined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 12:55 pm
Location: scottsdale, az
Has thanked: 68 times
Been thanked: 121 times

Re: Tater Talk (2047.01): A New Potato Farmer in Town

Post by scottsdale_joe » Sat May 29, 2021 12:51 pm

:homer:

:cool:
Hurra für Kartoffeln

PS: change your signature
Joe - GM UMEBA CAIRO PHARAOHS (2047-xxxx); Vancouver Mounties (1996-2009; 2035-2036); Halifax Hawks (2023-2026)Image LINKS:ImageImageImageImageImage

User avatar
Jwalk100
GB: FL Pacific Division Director
Posts: 3042
Joined: Sat Jan 11, 2020 9:42 pm
Has thanked: 1818 times
Been thanked: 771 times

Re: Tater Talk (2047.01): A New Potato Farmer in Town

Post by Jwalk100 » Sat May 29, 2021 1:48 pm

Great start!

Don't become a dic-tater.
Image
ImageImageImageImageImage

HerbD
Ex-GM
Posts: 761
Joined: Mon May 25, 2020 2:27 pm
Has thanked: 411 times
Been thanked: 194 times

Re: Tater Talk (2047.01): A New Potato Farmer in Town

Post by HerbD » Sat May 29, 2021 10:52 pm

Good luck to you
Montreal Blazers(BBA) 2044~2047(353-295, .545 W%)
2045 Wildcard(lost in one round)
2046 Atlantic Champs(lost in one round)

User avatar
CTBrewCrew
GB: FL Heartland Division Director
Posts: 5111
Joined: Wed Sep 04, 2019 11:20 am
Location: Milford, CT
Has thanked: 923 times
Been thanked: 1317 times

Re: Tater Talk (2047.01): A New Potato Farmer in Town

Post by CTBrewCrew » Fri Jun 11, 2021 9:36 pm

….your thoughts on Maine potatoes ?
Image

Fat Nige
Ex-GM
Posts: 3982
Joined: Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:50 pm
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, ENGLAND
Has thanked: 586 times
Been thanked: 456 times

Re: Tater Talk (2047.01): A New Potato Farmer in Town

Post by Fat Nige » Sat Jun 12, 2021 8:36 am

scottsdale_joe wrote:
Sat May 29, 2021 12:51 pm
:homer:

:cool:
Hurra für Kartoffeln
Ist die Kartoffeln schmeckt oder gut? A good start though by you lol
Nigel Laverick
(former GM of El Paso Chilis #WeWereShitty) ,
Now GM Riyadh Red Crescents #WeBeNotSoNewNow #WeAreJustAsShitty


Riyadh GM since May 2046

JL Manager of the Year 2000 (Baltimore Monarchs)
Nothing since


An MBBA GM since 1995 (off & on)

Post Reply Previous topicNext topic

Return to “Boise Spuds”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 8 guests