Jim Duquette

The problems of a 10-year-old sound something like this. "Can I pleeeaaase have an email account?" pleads Lindsey Duquette, jumping up and down in front of her mom, Pam Duquette, in the family kitchen in Sparks. "All my friends have email. " It's enough to make any parents roll their eyes. But for the Duquette family - dad is former Orioles vice president turned baseball analyst Jim Duquette - childhood dramas like this secretly make them smile. A year ago the now rambunctious Lindsey was bedridden and lethargic.

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After working in the New York Mets' front office for 14 years, Jim Duquette, 40, was named the Orioles' vice president for baseball operations on Oct. 20, 2005. On June 12, 2003, he was named the Mets' interim general manager; the interim tag was removed a little more than four months later. Duquette oversaw the development of current Mets stars Jose Reyes and David Wright, but also drew criticism for trading prospect Scott Kazmir, now one of the best young pitchers in the game. What is the most misunderstood part of being a baseball executive?

NHL Capitals to open at home against Devils The Washington Capitals unveiled their regular-season schedule for 2012-13 on Thursday. It begins Oct. 12 at home against the New Jersey Devils at 7 p.m. Washington faces the other teams in the Southeast Division six times each and the remaining Eastern Conference opponents four times each. The Capitals play each team in the Western Conference at least once, with two games each against the Nashville Predators, Los Angeles Kings and Dallas Stars.

Dan Duquette had been out of a major league front office since 2002, the year he was fired by the Boston Red Sox after eight seasons as the team's general manager. The Orioles had been rejected by one candidate — and possibly more — in the team's month-long search to replace Andy MacPhail as the club's top baseball executive. On Sunday, Duquette found his way back to the big leagues and the Orioles found what they hoped was the man who would lead the team out of its 14-season abyss.

Jim Duquette and his daughter Lindsey are recovering after the former Orioles executive donated his kidney to the 10-year-old earlier this month. Lindsey suffers from a rare kidney disorder with no known cure, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis , that destroyed her kidneys, creating the need for the transplant. The transplant won't necessarily cure Lindsey and there is a 50 percent chance the disease will attack the new organs. But the family is hoping it could put her in a form of remission.

Jim Duquette was hired yesterday as Orioles vice president for baseball operations to assist executive vice president Mike Flanagan. He will help Flanagan and the rest of the front office with contract negotiations, salary arbitration and personnel decisions. That's something the Orioles want to make clear. "It's not a co-GM situation," Flanagan said. Still, the addition of Duquette, a well-respected executive with general manager's experience, prompted the obvious questions about the structure of the Orioles' new-look front office.

It's a staple of sports talk radio - a club official comes on the air, and fans get to call in and ask questions. But, as WBAL (1090 AM) host Steve Davis has learned this week, it's not working that way with the Orioles since spring training has begun. As Davis posted at the station's Web site yesterday, the club has instituted a policy prohibiting members of team management - such as vice president Jim Duquette or manager Sam Perlozzo - from taking callers' questions when they appear on his nightly talk show.

Poll results Last week we asked which former Oriole from the past five years would you like to see back with the team? More than 2,400 people responded, and New York Mets pitcher John Maine, traded two offseasons ago with Jorge Julio for Kris Benson, won in a landslide with nearly 65 percent of the vote. Former slugger Sammy Sosa, now with the Texas Rangers, received just 3 percent. The results: John Maine, 64.2 percent (1,566 votes) Gary Matthews Jr., 12 (292 votes) Eric Byrnes, 11.5 (281 votes)

The Orioles' parade of general manager candidates started again Thursday with former club executive Scott Proefrock and will continue Friday with former Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos general manager Dan Duquette. It also is expected to include New York Yankees scouting director Damon Oppenheimer — perhaps as early as Saturday — Minnesota Twins vice president Mike Radcliff and Boston Red Sox vice president and former Kansas City Royals GM Allard Baird, according to an industry source.

Jim Duquette and his daughter Lindsey are recovering after the former Orioles executive donated his kidney to the 10-year-old earlier this month. Lindsey suffers from a rare kidney disorder with no known cure, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis , that destroyed her kidneys, creating the need for the transplant. The transplant won't necessarily cure Lindsey and there is a 50 percent chance the disease will attack the new organs. But the family is hoping it could put her in a form of remission.

The problems of a 10-year-old sound something like this. "Can I pleeeaaase have an email account?" pleads Lindsey Duquette, jumping up and down in front of her mom, Pam Duquette, in the family kitchen in Sparks. "All my friends have email. " It's enough to make any parents roll their eyes. But for the Duquette family - dad is former Orioles vice president turned baseball analyst Jim Duquette - childhood dramas like this secretly make them smile. A year ago the now rambunctious Lindsey was bedridden and lethargic.

When the Orioles agreed to a three-year contract Sunday with Dan Duquette to be the club's executive vice president, they hired a candidate with more than a decade of experience as a general manager and a track of record of getting teams on the right path. The reality, however, is that the floundering Orioles also targeted a guy who hasn't been part of Major League Baseball since he was fired by the Red Sox in March 2002 — a veritable lifetime in the ever-rotating circles of baseball.

Dan Duquette had been out of a major league front office since 2002, the year he was fired by the Boston Red Sox after eight seasons as the team's general manager. The Orioles had been rejected by one candidate — and possibly more — in the team's month-long search to replace Andy MacPhail as the club's top baseball executive. On Sunday, Duquette found his way back to the big leagues and the Orioles found what they hoped was the man who would lead the team out of its 14-season abyss.

The Orioles' parade of general manager candidates started again Thursday with former club executive Scott Proefrock and will continue Friday with former Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos general manager Dan Duquette. It also is expected to include New York Yankees scouting director Damon Oppenheimer — perhaps as early as Saturday — Minnesota Twins vice president Mike Radcliff and Boston Red Sox vice president and former Kansas City Royals GM Allard Baird, according to an industry source.

Here's the first sign that the Orioles might be turning some kind of organizational corner under new president Andy MacPhail and manager Dave Trembley: They actually signed a guy who had other opportunities. New pitching coach Rick Kranitz was Baseball America's Major League Coach of the Year after getting great results from a youthful Florida Marlins pitching staff in 2006. He interviewed with the Seattle Mariners over the past couple of weeks and was offered a place on Dusty Baker's new coaching staff with the Cincinnati Reds.

SAN FRANCISCO -- While attending All-Star Game proceedings with several of his top clients yesterday, superagent Scott Boras said he hasn't had any discussions with Orioles owner Peter Angelos about Matt Wieters, the club's 2007 top draft pick. But negotiating with Angelos isn't a problem now and won't be in the future, according to Boras. "With Peter, whenever he has called me I've returned his calls and whenever I've called him he's returned mine," Boras said. "He's a hard-working guy. We're both Greek.

NHL Capitals to open at home against Devils The Washington Capitals unveiled their regular-season schedule for 2012-13 on Thursday. It begins Oct. 12 at home against the New Jersey Devils at 7 p.m. Washington faces the other teams in the Southeast Division six times each and the remaining Eastern Conference opponents four times each. The Capitals play each team in the Western Conference at least once, with two games each against the Nashville Predators, Los Angeles Kings and Dallas Stars.

SAN FRANCISCO -- While attending All-Star Game proceedings with several of his top clients yesterday, superagent Scott Boras said he hasn't had any discussions with Orioles owner Peter Angelos about Matt Wieters, the club's 2007 top draft pick. But negotiating with Angelos isn't a problem now and won't be in the future, according to Boras. "With Peter, whenever he has called me I've returned his calls and whenever I've called him he's returned mine," Boras said. "He's a hard-working guy. We're both Greek.

Andy MacPhail's love of baseball bloomed in Baltimore, and now he is apparently heading back. The Orioles have agreed in principle with former Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins executive MacPhail - whose father once was Baltimore's general manager - to be the club's next chief operating officer, a baseball official confirmed yesterday. Reached by phone yesterday morning, MacPhail, 54, a consultant for Major League Baseball and commissioner Bud Selig, would not comment. "I am just not really at liberty to discuss the situation at present," MacPhail said.