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James "Jim" Duquette was the general manager of the New York Mets for the 2004 season, before the team replaced him with Omar Minaya.^[1] Duquette subsequently stayed with the Mets in a front office job for a full season before moving on to the Baltimore Orioles. With the Orioles former vice president of baseball operations, where he worked under Mike Flanagan, the team's general manager.

Jim Duquette's tenure as the Mets' GM is largely remembered for the trade of top pitching prospect Scott Kazmir to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for the injury-prone and unproductive Victor Zambrano.

Duquette was a standout baseball player himself at Williams College, in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Duquette's cousin, Dan Duquette also was a major league general manager with the Montreal Expos and the Boston Red Sox and is currently the Executive Vice-President of Baseball Operations for the Baltimore Orioles. His brother, Pat Duquette is the head men's basketball coach at UMass Lowell.

He is currently the co-host of "Power Alley" with Mike Ferrin on Sirius XM's MLB Network Radio on Sirius 209 and XM 89.

For the 2012 season Duquette joined WFAN as a fill in commentator for their NY Mets radio broadcasts.

References

^ Finley, Bill (2004-10-01). "Minaya Named Power Source For the Mets". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-13.

Preceded by Steve Phillips	New York Mets General Manager 2004	Succeeded by Omar Minaya

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[1] Finley, Bill (2004-10-01). "Minaya Named Power Source For the Mets". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-13.

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 '''James "Jim" Duquette''' was the general manager of the [[New York Mets]] for the 2004 season, before the team replaced him with [[Omar Minaya]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02EFDD1338F932A35753C1A9629C8B63&pagewanted=print|title=Minaya Named Power Source For the Mets|last=Finley|first=Bill|date=2004-10-01|newspaper=New York Times|accessdate=2009-01-13}}</ref>  Duquette subsequently stayed with the Mets in a front office job for a full season before moving on to the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. With the Orioles former vice president of baseball operations, where he worked under [[Mike Flanagan (baseball player)|Mike Flanagan]], the team's general manager.
-Jim Duquette's tenure as the Mets' GM is largely remembered for the trade of top pitching prospect [[Scott Kazmir]] to the [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays]] for the injury-prone and unproductive [[Victor Zambrano]]. However, Duquette is often unfairly blamed for the trade; Mets owner [[Jeff Wilpon]] was largely responsible for the
+Jim Duquette's tenure as the Mets' GM is largely remembered for the trade of top pitching prospect [[Scott Kazmir]] to the [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays]] for the injury-prone and unproductive [[Victor Zambrano]].
-trade.
 Duquette was a standout baseball player himself at Williams College, in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Duquette's cousin, [[Dan Duquette]] also was a major league general manager with the [[Montreal Expos]] and the [[Boston Red Sox]] and is currently the Executive Vice-President of Baseball Operations for the [[Baltimore Orioles]]. His brother, [[Pat Duquette]] is the head men's basketball coach at [[UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball|UMass Lowell]].