Comments on: Manny Ramirez is the Dodgers’ biggest creditor

By: nathanontheshore

nathanontheshore — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:39:06 +0000

I think if Scott Boras is still getting a bite on Manny’s deferred payments, he’ll have a pit bull of an attorney representing him. As an unsecured creditor Manny comes last in line. Wouldn’t it be nice if he comes out with nothing? Could he sue Bud Selig as Commissioner for negligence for failing to properly police Frank McCourt? That would be so cool.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:52:31 +0000

It appears that is precisely what you used to write that comment.

By: TomTom

TomTom — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:13:33 +0000

“I can’t wait to see Manny’s legal filings. I assume that they’ll be hand-written, in either crayon or with the burnt end of a pizza crust, on letterhead from hotel on the planet Mars. And he’ll send it via some sort of royal courier. Or by carrier pigeon.”

Bravo sir. Bravo.

By: hep3

hep3 — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:13:00 +0000

That $3.5 million owed to the White Sox may be for Juan Pierre to complete Ned Coletti’s dream outfield of Manny, Pierre and Andruw.

Nice work there, Ned.

By: foreverchipper10

foreverchipper10 — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:10:01 +0000

Thank you for putting Marquis Grissom’s name back in my life.

By: aceshigh11

aceshigh11 — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:19:41 +0000

Manny’s final F-YOU to baseball.

I’m getting a bigger kick out of this than I should.

By: Brian Murphy

Brian Murphy — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:00:22 +0000

Obviously, this is awesome. The cherry on top of the larger cherry on top of this sundae is the misspelling of Chad Billingsley’s name — a missing “e.”
And the mention of Casey Blake’s actual first name, William.
And I think the world would be a better place if Rod Barajas went by Rodrigo.

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:44:28 +0000

I’ll bet that it won’t be Boras, but that he has a good bankrupcty attorney on speed dial. This isn’t his first rodeo.

By: writtenbyross

writtenbyross — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:39:58 +0000

Their 40th largest creditor is owed more than 70k… Wow…

By: iranuke

iranuke — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:30:17 +0000

I’d like to point out that Manny’s agent is Scott Boras. I would guess that Mr. Boras will represent Manny in bankruptcy court.

By: francoisduvalle

francoisduvalle — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:24:10 +0000

Hey Calcutta..if you had 1/1000 the talent Manny had during his career you would be able to bang more than they keyboard and your dick!

By: thoran85

thoran85 — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:18:14 +0000

My guess would be that MLB has an agreement in the cba to guarantee the contracts of players in the event that a team should fail to make payroll or file for bankruptcy. Otherwise, teams would not be able to get credit and players contracts would become significantly more expensive for teams, as the teams would be seen as less sound investments and therefore the players would want greater insurances within the contract that they will actually be getting paid.

If teams were allowed to default on players contracts (or any debt obligations for that matter), it would be a significant determinant to the entire sport. That is most likely why MLB has to sign off on deals like the one Fox and the Dodgers have purposed.

By: mattjg

mattjg — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:14:16 +0000

Bankruptcy lawyers: is there a chance the creditors’ committee tries to recover from McCourt personally? It seems like the proposed Fox deal, for example, could be a fraudulent transfer on the part of the Dodgers since they would be giving up something of substantial value (their TV rights) but receiving less than full value in return since some of the money is going directly to McCourt personally. I know this deal never happened, but I suspect there are similar deals out there; deals in which McCourt transferred Dodgers’ assets and gave the proceeds directly to himself. I’d find it funny if McCourt ended up losing more by filing the bankruptcy than he would have if he had simply sold the team when it became apparent he could no longer run it successfully.

By: pestiesti

pestiesti — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:06:25 +0000

Biggest revelation in the filing? Kazuhisa Ishii’s email address.

By: hk62

hk62 — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:50:31 +0000

I’m not a lawywr, but wouldn’t defaulting on a player contract (I know bankruptcy protects the Dodgers) void the contract? I realize things are not going to go there, but signing a contract with deferred payments, accepting the services (such as they were) and then not having the money to pay the deferred payments just seems like fraud to me. Don’t know all the legal things behind it, but I thought that the MLB and MLBPA required certain moneys to be maintained against deferred payments. Failure to maintain these moneys has to be some kind of failure that would come into consideration in regard to their filing bankruptcy.

As a non-Dodger baseball fan, I just want McCourt to go away (with nothing!).

By: kiwicricket

kiwicricket — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:49:06 +0000

I hate owing a crappy cousin a few bucks, let alone a guy like Manny Ramirez. But $20Million??!! Karma Frankie……Karma.

By: lanflfan

lanflfan — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:48:57 +0000

Frank’s list of shame.

By: cur68

cur68 — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:36:05 +0000

Sick Boras on Frank? Cool. I love the idea. It’ll be like a paper mache volcano with baking soda (Boras) as the lava. Frank’s the vinegar.

By: headbeeguy

headbeeguy — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:33:16 +0000

Alex Rodriguez topped the list in the Rangers’ bankruptcy with $25 million in deferred compensation, and he was named to the unsecured creditors committee in the case.

Would be pretty surprised if Manny isn’t on the committee here (or, at least, wasn’t given the opportunity to join).

By: dodger88

dodger88 — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:31:57 +0000

At least only 3 former players, 2 of which are retired, made the top ten!

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:27:26 +0000

Let’s be serious, Scott Boras is going to represent the unsecured creditors. And Frank McCourt will wish that he was still in his Boston parking lots.

By: virusgvr

virusgvr — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:25:27 +0000

WOW!!! I didn’t know it was this much. They were just talking about this on The Dan Patrick show. 20 million??????? That’s insane! He was only there a year and a half.

By: mattjg

mattjg — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:24:43 +0000

I, for one, would love to see an unsecured creditors’ committee that included Manny, Andruw Jones, Hiroki Kuroda, Rafael Furcal, Jerry Reinsdorf, a 20 year-old minor leaguer and Ted Lily. Don’t even bother hiring professionals, just let them handle the case.

By: klbader

klbader — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:17:41 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised in this case if there was a committee representing the unsecured creditors, which I assume Manny and the other former players are. As a result, he probably wouldn’t have to file his own documents in this case. At some point, someone will probably file a proof of claim for him in the case, but sadly that won’t be too exciting.

Hopefully this business doesn’t distract Manny from his journey of self-discovery or whatever he is on currently. He’s had a rough life and needs the rest.

By: Tim's Neighbor

Tim's Neighbor — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:16:54 +0000

I can’t say I could agree more.

By: b7p19

b7p19 — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:16:03 +0000

Thats awesome. Take the rest of the day off Craig. You’re not going to beat this post. 32 million dollars owed to Andruw Jones and Manny Ramirez?

By: genericcommenter

genericcommenter — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:11:08 +0000

I never knew that Bankruptcy filings came with a “Top 40 List”. Looks like Manny is # 1 on Frankie’s Top 40 Countdown.

By: oldpaddy

oldpaddy — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:09:05 +0000

Hahahahahahaha! HA!

Howard Sterns penis!!!