It’s November. That means, for Goldeyes manager Rick Forney at least, it’s officially Telephone Season.
“I’m excited to be back to work,” said Forney, who signed a new deal with the Goldeyes earlier this week. “I’m ready to get back to working the phones.”
Goldeyes president and CEO Sam Katz announced on Wednesday that Forney will be back at the helm of the Fish for the 2010 season. Forney said his deal was “two-years-plus-an-option” and it means he’ll start talking to his players as well as the managers of other independent pro teams this week.
“Yeah, I’ll be calling guys and wishing them Happy Holidays and asking ‘Hey, what you gonna do with that guy?’” Forney said with a laugh. “This is the time of year when you call all your players and really get a good gauge of their interest in coming back and you also call the other managers to see what they might be doing with the guys on their lists.
“It’s just the usual November stuff. This is phone call season.”
The 38-year-old Forney, who was once one of the Goldeyes finest starting pitchers, will return to the team with a career record of 210-173 in four years as manager. He has led his team to the playoffs in each of his four years on the job. In total, 15 of his players have been signed by big league organizations.
The former pitching coach said this week that he’s extremely happy about returning to an organization he’s been with since 1997.
“I love it in Winnipeg and I’m excited about coming back,” he said. “I really thought we had the team last year that should have won the championship, but for whatever reason, it just didn’t work out. This year, I think we’ll have another really competitive team that will take another run at a championship. There is still a lot of work to be done but we’re starting with a good nucleus and we’ll just spend the rest of the off-season building on it.”
Season tickets for the 2010 Goldeyes campaign are available now. Just call the box office at 982-2273. Rick Forney would love to see you at the ballpark next summer.
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