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David Einhorn, Mets "Minority" Partner
Earlier today, it was revealed that the Mets had officially picked a suitor to be a minority partner, and his name is David Einhorn. The 43-year-old hedge fund manager was already in the news on Wednesday when he made waves at an investor's conference in New York by calling for the ouster of...
Baseball's Greatest Scandals, #9: Pete Rose
BETTING ON BALL GAMES. Any player, umpire, or club official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has no duty to perform shall be declared ineligible for one year. Any player, umpire, or club or league official or employee, who...
MLB Ownership and the Mets: It Can't Happen Here
In the wake of the news that MLB has taken over day-to-day operations of the Dodgers, the immediate local concern was that this was a harbinger of things to come for the Mets. This is totally understandable, given the team's shaky financial status. I broached the subject of MLB ownership of the...
MLB Ownership Intervention: Some Examples and Lessons
The revelations about Mets ownership have trickled down like water torture, a little bit each day, slow, constant, and painful. If the latest reports are to be believed, The Wilpons have maxed out their credit with MLB and can borrow no more from Bud Selig's war chest, and unnamed team executives...
Unfortunately, It Still Counts: 2010 All-Star Game Preview, Tuesday 7/13, 7:00 CT
The All-Star Game, which will turn 80 in three years, may have outlived its usefulness. Created in 1933 during the Depression to boost interest in baseball during tough economic times, the game has become a caricature of itself. Forced to mean something by the "this time it counts" edict from Bud...
The Morning After: Was It Worth It?
The All-Star Game is over now. Everyone has gone home. The seats are empty, the Yankee trash has all been cleared out, and the East Coast media's stealth jets quickly returned to their secret underground bunker deep beneath Cobra Island. So the morning after the party, the team, the fans, and the...
Off Topic: In defense of Jim Joyce and the fallibility of on-field officials
About a year ago, I wrote a piece expressing disdain at NHL referees and linesmen, as well as their boss at the time. I labeled them Club Two-Minutes and slammed the pomposity, arrogance, and the lack of accountability among them. Yesterday in Major League Baseball, there was a little event in...
Selig didn't like that McNabb trade stole MLB's thunder
I love baseball. I've played the sport my whole life, I frankly enjoying going to a baseball game more than a football game, but let's be honest... In this country and in this town the NFL is f-ing king and even though Sunday & Monday was baseball's opening day the Donovan McNabb trade story...
Tuesday's Frosty Mug
Some things to read while running out to the store. The statues of Hank Aaron, Robin Yount and the Miller Park workers will be joined by one more this season: The Brewers announced yesterday that a bronze statue of former Brewers owner Bud Selig will be unveiled in August (FanShot). Here's some...
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