Basically, I believe in peace, and bashing two bricks together.
"[Selig has] turned his back on the Dodgers, treated us differently, and forced us to the point we find ourselves in today. I simply cannot allow the commissioner to knowingly and intentionally be in a position to expose the Dodgers to financial risk any longer."
You’re an asshole, Frank. (via LA Times)
"Pursuant to my authority as Commissioner, I informed Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt today that I will appoint a representative to oversee all aspects of the business and the day-to-day operations of the Club. I have taken this action because of my deep concerns regarding the finances and operations of the Dodgers and to protect the best interests of the Club, its great fans and all of Major League Baseball. My office will continue its thorough investigation into the operations and finances of the Dodgers and related entities during the period of Mr. McCourt’s ownership. I will announce the name of my representative in the next several days. The Dodgers have been one of the most prestigious franchises in all of sports, and we owe it to their legion of loyal fans to ensure that this club is being operated properly now and will be guided appropriately in the future."
Bud Selig, as his office assumes control of Dodgers operations (via the LA Times)
(Source: dodgers)
Dodgers President Dennis Mannion said General Manager Ned Colletti has not been ordered to trade one of the team’s eight arbitration-eligible players to save money.
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If Colletti were to trade one of the arbitration-eligible players, Mannion said, it would not be for cost-saving reasons.
“I think Ned’s intention is to retain those players,” Mannion said. “We have not had any discussions with Ned about moving arbitration-eligible players for payroll reasons.”
The former Dodgers general manager says trading the pitcher, who is starting for the Phillies in Game 6 of the World Series, to Montreal for Delino DeShields was his worst trade.
Uh. I know I shouldn’t complain, because I’m a Red Sox fan and everything, but: no fucking shit.
Jim Thome never had visited the Hall of Fame, and he and his father spent several hours in the exhibit halls. Craig Muder, the Hall of Fame official that escorted Thome and his father, said very few fans recognized the star slugger in their midst.
“He didn’t have an entourage with him,” Muder said. “He just had his dad.”
Muder also opened a folder to reveal two pictures from the archives, one of Chuck Thome’s father and brother playing in an Illinois semipro league, the other of Jim Thome’s aunt, from her induction into the American Softball Assn. Hall of Fame.
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Jim Thome squirms just a bit when the conversation turns to his Hall of Fame chances. He is too honest to say he does not think about it, too respectful to toot his own horn, too concerned about a new team that needs him for two months to speak at length about something that might happen in five or six years.
