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erik316wttn Chicago Cubs

erik316wttn

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guys any news?

 

OMG READ THE ENTIRE THREAD AND STOP BEING LAZY!

 

Am I doing it right?

 

So far over your head that it's under your feet.

 

Oh, don't worry. I was well aware of goony's sarcasm.

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There's a whole hell of a lot that could be done in the best interests of baseball that Bud does not because the legal ramifications and/or the fallout from interfering with an owner's business is too huge. Why the hell would he interfere here? It makes no sense.

 

That's just it: The legal ramifications aren't as bad as you think. Before baseball let's someone buy a franchise, they make them sign a bunch of paperwork agreeing that the commissioner has broad powers and that they won't sue MLB no matter what.

 

They'd sue anyway, of course, but so far that power has held up in courts thanks to the anti-trust exemption.

 

Whether or not he would interfere is a whole other story, but it's clear he has the power to interfere if he wanted to.

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Tracer Bullet

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guys any news?

 

OMG READ THE ENTIRE THREAD AND STOP BEING LAZY!

 

Am I doing it right?

 

So far over your head that it's under your feet.

 

Oh, don't worry. I was well aware of goony's sarcasm.

 

So you're trolling?

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So was Hoyer under contract to SD? If so, do we owe them any compensation?

 

*sigh*

 

 

 

Moorad and Ricketts are buddies. Moorad loves Byrnes. Therefore, Moorad will not stand in the way of Hoyer coming to the Cubs, thereby allowing him to promote Byrnes to GM.

 

Your annoyance by my very existence is amusing to me.

 

This forum must amuse the hell out of you then.

 

pages late but LOL

erik316wttn Chicago Cubs

erik316wttn

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guys any news?

 

OMG READ THE ENTIRE THREAD AND STOP BEING LAZY!

 

Am I doing it right?

 

So far over your head that it's under your feet.

 

Oh, don't worry. I was well aware of goony's sarcasm.

 

So you're trolling?

 

Depends. What's your goal?

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C.C.

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guys any news?

 

OMG READ THE ENTIRE THREAD AND STOP BEING LAZY!

 

Am I doing it right?

 

So far over your head that it's under your feet.

 

Oh, don't worry. I was well aware of goony's sarcasm.

 

So you're trolling?

 

Just to play devil advocate how is that trolling?

inari Knoxville Smokies

inari

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Depends. What's your goal?

 

I barely post here and I need to speak up - this is obnoxious. Stop acting like a petulant child. This is Thep Epstein's moment.

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There's a whole hell of a lot that could be done in the best interests of baseball that Bud does not because the legal ramifications and/or the fallout from interfering with an owner's business is too huge. Why the hell would he interfere here? It makes no sense.

 

That's just it: The legal ramifications aren't as bad as you think. Before baseball let's someone buy a franchise, they make them sign a bunch of paperwork agreeing that the commissioner has broad powers and that they won't sue MLB no matter what.

 

They'd sue anyway, of course, but so far that power has held up in courts thanks to the anti-trust exemption.

 

Whether or not he would interfere is a whole other story, but it's clear he has the power to interfere if he wanted to.

 

Yeah, and when you go on a field trip at school they make you sign paperwork saying you won't sue if you get hurt. The commish is only ever going to interfere in the most extreme circumstances because the legal entanglements that will ensure without a slam dunk case (the Dodgers) would be too large to make it worth it. Plus, the fallout from other owners who don't like being told what to do. This isn't 1932. The owners are billionaires with all the real power. Bud is their front man. He's not an arbiter of all transactions.

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Kap's a little testy on twitter

 

Thanks for the confirmation. RT @GordonEdes: It's done, according to source: Hoyer to join Theo as GM of Cubs, Byrnes new GM in SD

 

HE FORGOT TO CREDIT @THEKAPMAN

 

LOL, does anyone remember the twitter rant this past year by Kaplan, I forgot what story he broke(Kerry Wood?) but it was 10-15 tweets about people not crediting @thekapman

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No, I'm not disputing that. Selig just used it because McCourt is running the Dodgers into the ground. What I'm saying is that it does not apply here. This is a simple trade negotiation between two members of the club. If one side is being obstinate the Commissioner has no authority to make that side be reasonable. It goes well beyond his job. He can bitch about it and say come on boys lets be reasonable here, but his job is to speak for all the owners. If he sides with the Red Sox or Cubs imagine what would happen. The other owners would not stand for it.

 

First, you are correct, Selig might not exercise his authority because he's concerned about the consequences. However, merely because he would not does not mean he could not.

I'll buy that. It's not an academic exercise. Bud is not Judge Landis. He can't even get teams to stop paying draft picks too much money.

 

You and Kyle win.

erik316wttn Chicago Cubs

erik316wttn

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Depends. What's your goal?

 

I barely post here and I need to speak up - this is obnoxious. Stop acting like a petulant child. This is Thep Epstein's moment.

 

Yeah, with your 9,300 posts you're a stranger here.

 

I'm totally fine with dropping it, but I'm not going to sit by and be attacked.

 

And unfortunately we don't know if it's Epstein's moment or not, as nobody in the media seems to know what's going on.

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Depends. What's your goal?

 

I barely post here and I need to speak up - this is obnoxious. Stop acting like a petulant child. This is Thep Epstein's moment.

 

Yeah, with your 9,300 posts you're a stranger here.

 

I'm totally fine with dropping it, but I'm not going to sit by and be attacked.

 

And unfortunately we don't know if it's Epstein's moment or not, as nobody in the media seems to know what's going on.

 

You were attacked because you deserve it.

 

Want me to put together a FAQ (with links) of the reasons?

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There's a whole hell of a lot that could be done in the best interests of baseball that Bud does not because the legal ramifications and/or the fallout from interfering with an owner's business is too huge. Why the hell would he interfere here? It makes no sense.

What I don't get is the assumption that if Selig were to get involved, that he'd mandate a solution in the Cubs' favor.

erik316wttn Chicago Cubs

erik316wttn

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Depends. What's your goal?

 

I barely post here and I need to speak up - this is obnoxious. Stop acting like a petulant child. This is Thep Epstein's moment.

 

Yeah, with your 9,300 posts you're a stranger here.

 

I'm totally fine with dropping it, but I'm not going to sit by and be attacked.

 

And unfortunately we don't know if it's Epstein's moment or not, as nobody in the media seems to know what's going on.

 

You were attacked because you deserve it.

 

Want me to put together a FAQ (with links) of the reasons?

 

Be sure to attach it to the original post.

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@tree3323 Really? So what about Olney, Rosenthal, etc. part of the deal dude.

 

that's not me, sadly

I would have bet anything it was you.

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Be sure to attach it to the original post.

 

 

[expletive] it. Too lazy.

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