Allard Baird

Allard Baird

Allard Baird (pronEng|ˈælɚd bɛɹd; born November 8, 1961) is the former general manager of the Kansas City Royals. He now works for the Boston Red Sox as assistant to the general manager (working under Theo Epstein) and heads the team's professional scouting department.

Baird, who grew up in Rochester, New Hampshire, and attended Camp Winadu as a child, spent 18 years in the Royals organization, starting as the hitting coach for Class A Appleton of the Midwest League. He worked his way up the executive ladder, including serving as an Assistant to the GM (1998) and Assistant GM (1999-2000). [http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/execdb/showperson.php?idx=BairdAl01&fname=Allard&lname=Baird]

Royals GM (2000-2006)

Baird replaced Herk Robinson as General Manager on June 17, by|2000. Baird's job was a difficult one: taking a small-market team and trying to compete against teams like the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, and Minnesota Twins.

During his years as General Manager, Baird traded away popular players Johnny Damon, Carlos Beltran, and Jermaine Dye with many Royal fans feeling that the team didn't get equal value. Another misstep was the signing of free agent Juan González, who played only 33 games due to injury. [http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060531&content_id=1481101&vkey=news_kc&fext=.jsp&c_id=kc]

After a terrible start to the season, he was fired on May 31, 2006 and replaced by Dayton Moore. During his tenure, the team amassed a Win-Loss record of 381-576, including three 100-Loss seasons and only one winning season. [http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/14707979.htm]


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