I have been watching major league baseball for 40 years.  I have rooted for my favorite team, watched great players, and pleaded for my team to make moves at the trade deadline.  I have heard the general managers from various teams talk about moving players due to salary, expectations, or lack of production.  I see teams sign players via free agency that left me both perplexed and elated.  With that in mind if I were a GM for a day here is a list of ten people I would call.

1. I would call Ed Wade and find out what players he likes that have no use to me and trade them for players that will be good in the future.  This guy is stealing money from not one but two owners.
2. Ned Coletti would get a call from me and I would ask him for free agency advice.  After he gave it to me I would then do the exact opposite.  He has over 80 million tied up in Juan Pierre and Andruw Jones!
3. My next stop would be Brian Cashman.  After I asked him how to best spend 200 million dollars, and  again I would do the opposite.  He has no number one or two starter on the team and he has an everyday lineup with seven players over 34 years old.   I would ask him for the best way to do all that and blame the team owner, he is a master at that.
4. Bill Bavasi….he’s fired and really it is just too easy.
5. I would call Billy Beane and pick his brain.  If he would talk to me I would be there with a tape recorder and notes…he is awesome.
6. I would then spend some of my owners’ money on a private jet to have a sit down with John Schuerholz in Atlanta and Terry Ryan in Minnesota.  Both teams have great farm systems, know how to get it done and most importantly, hire good people and leave them alone!
7. I would call Tony LaRussa and offer him large coin to come manage my team.  I would tell him he is the best manager in baseball.  TLR would then agree with me and then waste 3 hours of my day on why the pitcher should hit 8th.
8. Now feeling like I am pretty big stuff, I would call Brian Sabean and work on some good fleecing.  I would inquire about the correlation between naked pictures of your boss and job security but I digress.  In my mind he is one of the worst GMs of all time.  He traded Boof Bonser, Francisco Liriano, and Joe Nathan for AJ Pierzynski and cash.  He signed Zito to a gazillion dollar contract when nobody was bidding against him.  When he had Barry Bonds, I know he looked the other way, but come on get him a real deal hitter to bat behind him!  Aaron Rowand naturally gets a fat contract after a career year.  They are rebuilding in 2008 but still start octogenarians Ray Durham and Omar Vizquel.  I really went on a rant there but let’s just say I would be feeling good in this negotiation.
9. I would call Dave Dombrowski and have him tell me how he set up the Marlins to make those World Series runs and beef up the farm system up to keep it going today.  He is very underrated.
10. Before the end of the day I would call Bud Selig and let him know that I need a more challenging position and ask him to step down!

Seriously, how some of these guys not only get hired but REHIRED is a mystery.  I know that I could not finish at the bottom of my fantasy league year in and year out and get paid to do it. Many of these guys will likely never get close to the ring.  On the other hand some of these GMs would be tough as nails and great to go up against.  If only I could be GM for a day.