Sources with knowledge of the talks say Florida had agreed to the three-way deal with Boston and Pittsburgh, with the caveat that Ramirez's two option years would go away and he would agree not to stick the Marlins by filing for salary arbitration. That way, as part of the deal, the Marlins would have received two draft picks next June as compensation for losing Ramirez via free agency. But before that deal could go to Manny for his approval (and sources say he would have vetoed it and only accepted a trade to the Dodgers at that point), the commissioner's office is said to have nixed it, telling the Marlins they had to get a player back, not two draft choices.
http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/10932373/2
Finally Selig did something correct!!!! :bighug:
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Boik, "doing something right" does not mean "does something to hurt the team competing with you for the division title." :pity:
Can't wait for Selig to retire. It'll be like Tagliabue leaving the job; no, better.High Definition, MelbournePhin and dolfan32323 like this. -
1986................been awhile muts fans no?
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Thanks for going to the trouble of bringing baseball to South Florida, then undermining it, Commissioner. Oh, and no thanks for your screwing around with the stadium deal, too.
Someone send this guy a crate of Viagra and the last five years' worth of Playboy back issues, please? That way we'll never hear from him again.Cuban Dave 9, azfinfanmang and PMZQ like this. -
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I'm starting to think South Florida sports teams are cursed.PMZQ likes this. -
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Deside,s what is your beef with Taglibue? I thought he was a great commisioner.
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But eventually Hermida will leave like everyone else unless the team opens the wallet when the new stadium comes. -
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Taking away the All-Star Game, insisting on Loria as the owner, even though he knew this guy would be the poorest owner in baseball, and that Loria had ruined baseball in Montreal so badly, the franchise had to move.
But remember Selig is an Arizona guy......his team Milwaukee has always trained in AZ, and he has a huge home in AZ. He also had MLB loan the AZ team money to help build their stadium, but never has offered anything like that to the Marlins organization.
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South Florida should be a baseball power right now. Nothing on the Bahstahn/Noo Yawk level, but certainly we should be equivalent with Atlanta in terms of fanbase. Amazing what mismanagement will do, huh?
I remember Selig coming down a few months back for talks about the stadium and ruling out MLB contributing some money to the project. Why? It does MLB no good if the Marlins' lease runs out without a new home.
Whatever, I guess steroid money is reserved for his pockets and not bettering the sport.Stitches likes this. -
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You forgot to mention the money he borrowed to the D-backs up front to build the World Series winners. Yep that's a knock on my own team btw.
Bud Selig amplifies BS IMO.
Back to the topic De Jour.
Why should it be a surprise that Manny had the road paved for him to leave Boston and go the the Yankees-West?
Think about the Money this is going to generate for MLBPMZQ likes this. -
What he should get paid in Florida or what he should get paid to go to the Dodgers, Cubs, Red Sox or Yankees? There is a HUGE difference there bro. We are talking an extra zero at the end difference :wink2: -
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The owner Jeff Loria is pocketing tens of millions every year, and isn't really that serious about winning. See what happened this year.....close but no big trades to help the team out when they needed it.
It sucks because Loria could have gone to Washington with the Nationals, but instead Selig sent him here.
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Further, that argument doesnt fly from a Marlins fan. your franchise purchased a WS title all the same when you went and spent megabucks on Alou and Sheff. Its no ones fault your owner is a greedy selfless putz who is in baseball to make money first and win 2nd.DonShula84 likes this. -
Some teams can afford to have a payroll larger than the bottom ten teams combined. I dont care how you slice it, that IS an un-fair advantage.
Has it paid off in recent history, not in Pennants won. It is a viscous cycle though. The teams that live in large markets and can bring in Star-power which in turns keeps bringing in the fans (Optomism) while the rest of the league rubs pennies together to bring in one or two stars and hopes it will fill the seats better than the year before.Boik14 likes this. -
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Either Loria is interested in stealing money at the expense of the product, ala Red McCombs, or he's building a team and made a push to acquire a big-name player who would almost certainly put us ahead of divisional rivals in this year's playoff push. Pick one.
And it's worth noting Boston had no problem with the monetary caveats of this trade. They were clearly willing to pay the rest of his salary and provide the $2 million to cover the signing bonuses of the two draft picks--because, y'know, they agreed to it.
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