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Posted on 04/20/2011 2:30:54 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times reports that Bud Selig will announce this afternoon that Major League Baseball is going to take over the financial operations of the Dodgers. UPDATE: Major League Baseball has just issued the following statement on behalf of Bud Selig:
“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.”
This statement suggests that this will me more than a mere receivership. McCourt is being pushed out. And not only that, he’s being “investigated.” This is a far more harsh oversight regime than Tom Hicks got in Texas. This is, I believe, unprecedented.
(Excerpt) Read more at hardballtalk.nbcsports.com ...
The free market at work.
There is no free market in America.
Please take over the Mets, too!
There are several prospective buyers, of whom Dennis Gilbert is undoubtedly both the most prominent and most likely. If you watch televised Dodger home games, you can see Gilbert at nearly every game in the front row, just on the first-base side; he's white, dark-haired with glasses, 50ish, usually wears a coat and tie.
However, having a string of suitors is pointless until the belle is of age, and having a bevy of buyers is irrelevant without arriving at a price first. That's why God made accountants and lawyers!
Mine too, since 1956! My wife got a puppy recently, before Duke died, and she named him Duke Snider. I picked both a great ballplayer and a great wife! (My dear wife also got Duke to autograph his autobiography for me.)
Not sure what sort of tribute to the Duke you'd like in LA. I made sure to be at the game when they retired his number 4--he walked in from his old center field flanked by the Mick and Joltin' Joe (never did find out why the Say Hey Kid didn't join in, too.) I'll never forget that tribute!
As far as a statue, like Chick Hearn's, Magic Johnson's and Jerry West's at Staples Center, or Mays/McCovey in SF or Gwynn in SD--the Duke's best years were in Brooklyn. If Hall of Fame Dodgers who did their best work in L.A. (Koufax, Drysdale, Sutton, Alston, Lasorda, O'Malley, Scully), don't have statues, etc., beyond having their numbers hanging in the pavilion, then I doubt Duke will.
(After all, aren't they too big to fail?)
Hey, I've got a great idea!! Why don't the Dodgers play half their home games in Hawaii next year?
Dodgers used to be a class act under Walter O’Malley.
bud selig is a wart on baseball.
I agree and I think he was heavily prompted in some way to do this, which should have been done last season or in the off-season. I don’t think Selig cares much more for baseball than McCourt does.
How's his batting average, lol?
I just read up on Gilbert and he looks good on paper, but the jury’s out. You know Steve Garvey was interested in getting some people together to buy, too...??
The 63-year-old Schieffer was the president of the Texas Rangers between 1991-1999, and the team's general partner between 1994-1998. He was an investor in the ownership group headed by George W. Bush, and has a distinguished track record of accomplishments both in and out of baseball, having served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives, and having served as the US ambassador to Australia, and then Japan.
His brother is Bob Schieffer, the CBS newsman.
It won’t be surprising, in my opinion, if Schieffer or his successor(s) are in that role for some years, if McCourt elects to litigate MLB’s takeover. The team will continue suffering under him. The handwriting is on the wall, and he should recognize it and bow out.
Yep, Frank could have made this a lot easier for everyone a long time ago. The man is seriously delusional. No one, from top down, wants him here. No one!!
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