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If Price Is Right, Could Auction of Dodgers Induce Other Teams to Sell?

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, Mets, MLB, Red Sox, Yankees, tagged , , on January 31, 2012 | 2 Comments »

After Mark Cuban was eliminated from the bidding process for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the billionaire offered an interesting explanation for coming up short. “I wanted to buy a baseball team,” Cuban stated, “they were selling a media rights deal”. Cuban’s comment was a reference to the Dodgers’ expiring TV contract with FOX, which currently […]

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Could Sale of Mets Threaten Yankees’ Empire State of Mind?

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Business and Finance, Media, Mets, MLB, Yankees, tagged , , on December 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The last five seasons haven’t been very kind to the Mets. Whether on the field or in the board room, the team has been besieged by a myriad of unfortunate circumstances ever since Carlos Beltran was mesmerized by a Adam Wainwright curve ball to end the 2006 NLCS. Not surprisingly, the Mets’ hardship has led […]

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Fans, FOX Could Tilt the Balance in McCourt’s Battle with Baseball

Posted in Baseball, Business and Finance, tagged , , on June 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

After being backed into a corner by Commissioner Bud Selig, Los Angeles Dodgers’ owner Frank McCourt lashed out at Major League Baseball by filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. That’s what rats do. According to a press release released by the Dodgers, McCourt justified his decision by claiming that Selig’s refusal to approve a tentative media […]

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Exaggerated Claims Distort Dodgers’ Current Plight; McCourts Have History with Distressed Franchises

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, Business and Finance, MLB, tagged , on April 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Move aside Barry Bonds. Fred McCourt is one of the most vile, reprehensible men in the history of baseball. At least that seems to be the popular sentiment expressed in the wake of Bud Selig’s decision to wrestle away control of the Los Angeles Dodgers. It’s impossible to deny, not to mention excuse, the abuses […]

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