MLB 2011!!

[Imran Siddiqui]

I don't see the problem??? If you buy the team why shouldn't you be allowed to mismanage it?

Because when you sign on to own an MLB franchise, you sign onto MLB's rules. It isn't a compltely free ownership interest.

[EPW]

Then why haven't the Mets and Pirates owners been treated in a similar way?

[Imran Siddiqui]

The Mets may be close to it.

The Pirates haven't been the financial basketcases the Dodgers are about to.

[EPW]

Probably because the Pirates owners use the revenue-sharing mechanism for their own personal gain.

[-Jrabbit]

Do they? I'm serious.

I know a couple years ago they had insanely low payroll.

[ColdWizard]

Oops.

Thousands of current season ticket holders for the New York Yankees got a surprise in their inbox on Monday, giving them an unexpected glimpse into the lives of their fellow fans.

Yes, someone in the Yankees front office unwittingly unleashed a spreadsheet containing the names, account numbers, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of every single current non-premium season ticket holder — 21, 466 names in all — to a select list of recipients. The spreadsheet was an attachment to an email and has since spread all over the web.

That means if you subscribe to any sort of ticket plan with the Yankees and you don't sit inside the premium moat, your personal information has now been divulged to the world.

More at the link.

[-Jrabbit]

Francisco Liriano has just thrown a no-hitter -- at the White Sox, of course. He walked six.

Edwin Jackson gave up just a solo shot to Kubel in the 1-0 loss.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Then why haven't the Mets and Pirates owners been treated in a similar way?

This may be a good reason:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-0504-dodgers-mlb-payroll-20110504,0,6806500.story

The Dodgers currently do not have enough cash to meet payroll through this month

Have the Mets or Pirates ever been in that state?

[-Jrabbit]

Another brain trust checks in with the media...

Luke Scott: 'Obama's Birth Certificate Has Yet To Be Validated'

First Posted: 05/ 4/11 03:22 PM ET
Updated: 05/ 4/11 03:22 PM ET

Even though the White House released President Obama's birth certificate last week, Baltimore Orioles outfielder Luke Scott still isn't sure he was born in America.

Scott, who said in December that he does not believe the president was born in America, questioned the validity of Obama's birth certificate to Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star on Tuesday.

"(President Obama's) birth certificate has yet to be validated," Scott said. "If they can counterfeit $100 bills, I think it's a million times easier to counterfeit a birth certificate, if you ask me. So, all it is, let's just see if it's real. Anybody can produce a document, so let's check it out."

According to the report, an Orioles employee witnessed Mellinger talking to Scott and said that the organization doesn't support his views.

I must admit, I'm very curious as to what sort of "validation" he's talking about.

[ColdWizard]

Written attestation of the founding fathers, signed in blood, and notarized by God.

[EPW]

This may be a good reason:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-0504-dodgers-mlb-payroll-20110504,0,6806500.story



Have the Mets or Pirates ever been in that state?

I'll grant that's reasonable grounds to take the team back. We didn't know it was that bad when the MLB took control.

Do they? I'm serious.

I know a couple years ago they had insanely low payroll.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&page=rumblings091119

[OzzyKP]

JV

[ColdWizard]

That's it? Just "JV "?

[Guynemer]

Another brain trust checks in with the media...



I must admit, I'm very curious as to what sort of "validation" he's talking about.

The kind that magically transforms Obama into a white guy.

[Guynemer]

JV

That's it? Just "JV "?

JV



There. One for each no-hitter.