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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Friday, September 09, 2011Jim Crane Speaks, But Did It Help or Hurt Him in Securing the Astros?Maury adds…“Let’s play, “Fall on the sword”.
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Posted: September 09, 2011 at 07:41 PM | 19 comment(s)
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1. ntr RdP Posted: September 09, 2011 at 07:53 PM (#3920521)Anybody hoping to purchase an MLB franchise had better not be in anything remotely resembling a hurry. Bud Selig moves at a pace that makes the term "glacial" seem like the trading floor of the NYSE around 3:30 on a Friday.
He'll fit in nicely with Jeff Loria and David Glass.
bout freaking time
interesting how many people believe that because foxsports said the problem is crane refusing to go to the AL, people can't believe it is anything else. in spite of the fact that most of the sale price is borrowed. and in spite of the fact that crane sure looks like a bladder catheter urine bag guys with prostate have to wear
(i'm tired of doosh bag - using some kind of female something to mean ickyness)
I'm starting to feel like the Astros sale's version of a birther, but I just can't see MLB passing up a golden opportunity to accomplish a long-desired goal like realignment, especially in the midst of a CBA negotiation in which realignment is also a top MLBPA priority.
I, for one, am happy to jump on board your sack of piss Crazy Train.
take the shortcut to colostomy bag.
I'm starting to feel like the Astros sale's version of a birther, but I just can't see MLB passing up a golden opportunity to accomplish a long-desired goal like realignment, especially in the midst of a CBA negotiation in which realignment is also a top MLBPA priority.
Why is realignment an MLBPA priority?
If Stark is right about the Crane/MLB meeting, that would seem to take this beyond the conspiracy-theory stage.
I wonder if the dogs that didn't bark today were noteworthy -- i.e., the lack of an MLB response to Crane or any comments from McLane. Unless MLB decided to play it cool, perhaps Crane's interview yesterday wasn't a surprise to MLB or even occurred with MLB's blessing. Even if Crane switches to the AL West, he'll want/need it to look like he was dragged there kicking and screaming, and yesterday's interview at least partly helped that cause.
I enjoy making my wife happy, but not at the cost of having more sex.
I think "Take the Last Train to Clarksville" sounds a lot nicer, but whatever.
How do you mean?
I think he means that by publicly protesting the move to the AL, it gives Crane a way to walk away from the deal with his head held high, rather than after being formally rejected by the owners or having the deal rot on the vine.
I heard people float this idea over the past 1-2 weeks and it made some sense, but if Stark is right that a formal meeting took place a few days ago, I have a harder time believing that this is all being crafted as a cover story.
That's definitely true. It's been a long time since a deal got this deep into the process and was rejected (Royals with Miles Prentice?), and it's not good for MLB for such things to happen.
For a deal that was supposed to be routine if not boring, the back stories on this deal seem fascinating. Last year during the Rangers sale/auction, sources in MLB claimed Crane was "unapprovable." Then, only 7-8 months later, McLane and Crane held a press conference to announce their deal -- a press conference Maury Brown and/or Richard Justice have reported MLB didn't want to happen. Now you toss in the various stories about Crane, the Dodgers and Mets messes, and MLB's desire for realignment, and there are a lot of angles and moving parts.
It's unclear if Heyman filed this before or after Crane's interview in the Houston Chronicle was published, but it's really amazing how all of these writers are all over the map on this deal.
Anyway, Heyman might not have meant this sentence literally:
... but it's not necessarily true and it provides an interesting subtext. MLB has some built-in excuses for delaying or even rejecting Crane's bid (debt, number of partners, the EEOC business, etc.), but at some point, the ML Constitution has to count for something. That is, if this remains a stalemate, for how long could MLB get away with telling McLane he can't sell his team unless he finds a buyer willing to ignore the same ML Constitution that otherwise governs the sale process?
"Are the Conflicting Reports on the Astros to the AL an Exit Strategy for Jim Crane?"
Forget Moneyball: The Movie. The Astros/Crane sale has "Oliver Stone" written all over it.
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