Comments on: Quote of the Day: Buster Olney on the MLB’s approval of owners

By: koufaxmitzvah

koufaxmitzvah — Wed, 11 May 2011 23:11:36 +0000

Running a club on a shoestring budget doesn’t necessarily mean the owner is cash poor. I would have taken the Glazers easily, simply because they live in SoCal and are in tune with the community. They had also just won the Super Bowl, meaning an influx of money.

Frankie baby came in, and with his first year, said No to Vladimir Guerrero, fired the GM, scouts, and whole lot of other people, didn’t even come up with an offer for Beltre after his MVP season until he coming in too little-too late, and gave us the Paul DePodesta version of Moneyball which put Hee Seop Choi and Jose Valentin at the corners.

That’s some cheap stuff.

By: mondzy805

mondzy805 — Wed, 11 May 2011 21:59:29 +0000

That’s like having Donald Sterling as a Owner, as Clippers fans. The guy has fat pockets, but is Hella cheap.

By: Walk

Walk — Wed, 11 May 2011 21:15:07 +0000

Out of curiosity and a lack of knowledge on my part, how do they handle approval in the case of a divorce?Take the dodgers for instance i know that Frank Mccourt was the approved owner but now his ex wife has control of half the team on paper from the divorce proceedings. If they are legally bound to accept her ownership i dont see how they can turn down anyone who has the money to make an offer.

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:12:27 +0000

Liberty Media owns the Braves.

By: aleskel

aleskel — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:02:59 +0000

I don’t think it was a matter of Murdoch being in trouble that led to the sale, but more of just the slim profit margins MLB teams produce, which makes them weak investments for big multi-nationals like News Corp. Small profit margins aren’t a problem when you’re the vanity project of a rich bloke, but it’s harder to justify to stockholders. That’s the reason why CBS (Yankees), the Tribune Co. (Cubs) and Disney (Angels) have all gotten out of the game. At the moment, I think Nintendo (Mariners) is the only joint stock corporation that owns a team.

By: BC

BC — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:16:34 +0000

Was Murdoch in that much trouble that he had to unload the franchise to this cretin? Why didn’t MLB say no, and have Murdoch hold onto them. Then maybe even facilitate the process of getting some competitive bidding started?

By: BC

BC — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:14:23 +0000

They will if he greases the right palms.

By: craigbhill

craigbhill — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:11:03 +0000

BINGO! AT LONG LAST, BINGO!

By: craigbhill

craigbhill — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:09:46 +0000

THE OWNERS DO NOT WANT, NOR WILL THEY ALLOW, ANY BILLIONAIRE THEY CANNOT CONTROL. THEY DO NOT WANT, NOR WILL THEY ALLOW, ANOTHER STEINBRENNER FAMILY RUNNING UP THE COST OF BALLPLAYERS.

CAPICE?

By: paperlions

paperlions — Wed, 11 May 2011 18:53:20 +0000

According to NFL sources, the Glazers have been running the Bucs on a shoe-string budget the last several years (but they swear they will start spending money now that the Bucs had a competitive season). When it comes to team ownership, having money you aren’t willing to spend isn’t much different than not having money at all.

By: koufaxmitzvah

koufaxmitzvah — Wed, 11 May 2011 18:43:27 +0000

I remember Malcolm Glazer, owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and his family (who live in Southern California) were given a resounding NO when they inquired to bid on the team. That was a sure sign to me that MLB was going to ramrod some shmuck down our throats.

Sorry, Bud, but we all know the true motivation towards green lighting the McJerkoffs. It was to cut-off those $100 million contracts that people like Kevin Brown were given. Y’know, on teams not located on the East Coast.

Bud Selig = B.S.

By: bigxrob

bigxrob — Wed, 11 May 2011 18:37:07 +0000

“quote of the day” twice, in one day? Is this even possible? Is the space-time continuum in jeopardy?

By: b7p19

b7p19 — Wed, 11 May 2011 18:35:38 +0000

Mark? Are you out there Mark? Any way you can confirm or deny the obsurdity of the MLB selection process. Paging Mark Cuban…