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LONG
BEACH (AP) - "Was that really you at the conference?"
"How
could you sign with the Surfriders,
when you are coaching the Lobsters?"
"Are
you jumping ship because you just lost your 7th in 10 games?"
"Is
Ken
trying to squeeze you out?"
Chaos
broke out after the Jamaica-Long
Beach game. As reported earlier,
Sean was announcing his new manager, future Hall of Famer
Mike Castro. That was a great move by the Surfriders, but
there seemed to be a little problem, as he was managing that
very moment in The Lobster Tank.
Lobster's
owner Ken Paplanus was seen laughing when questioned about
the status of his manager. "We're in a pennant race.
I spoke to Mikey before the game and was puzzled when I saw
him on TV at the Surfrider's press conference. Clearly that
must be some sort of impostor."
When
questioned himself, Mike Castro said, "I don't know what
the [expletive removed] is going on here. Unless there is
some crazy cloning B.S. going down, I'm the manager of the
Lobsters and the Lobsters only. As interesting of a job managing
for Sean's [Uezu] team would be, I'm very happy to be where
I am. If you have any questions about our team, ask away...
but as far as my job I'm done discussing this [expletive removed]."
Calls
to Surfriders went unanswered, but a press release that was
submitted earlier mentioned that the Mike Castro apparently
hired by the Surfriders was indeed an impostor and that G.M.
Ryu Nobeoka and managing partner Sean Uezu were currently
looking for a manager. No timetable has been set and that
former Nuku'alofa Unga'bungas manager and current Surfrider
pitching coach Sandy Koufax will take over the managing duties
till a manager can be found.
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