Miami Owners are Con Artists.....

[RaysFan_98]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/marlins-trade-a-baseball-tragedy-bud-selig-deserves-blame.html

Good read and spot on Miami owners as well has Bud share responsibility.....

[toomanyhatz]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/marlins...ves-blame.html

Good read and spot on Miami owners as well has Bud share responsibility.....

Bud created the benchmark for owners to do this. I'd say he deserves the lion's share of the blame. Not to get political about it, but it's a microcosm for the country as a whole. Create a system that can be abused and people will do it. The difference is baseball has no equivalent "safety net." The fans end up paying one way or another.

I'd love to see Selig thrown out- and based on a lot of stuff, not just this- but with the amount of money at stake growing and growing, it's never going to happen. I love baseball, but I'm incredibly sad for it.

[RaysFan_98]

Bud created the benchmark for owners to do this. I'd say he deserves the lion's share of the blame. Not to get political about it, but it's a microcosm for the country as a whole. Create a system that can be abused and people will do it. The difference is baseball has no equivalent "safety net." The fans end up paying one way or another.

I'd love to see Selig thrown out- and based on a lot of stuff, not just this- but with the amount of money at stake growing and growing, it's never going to happen. I love baseball, but I'm incredibly sad for it.

I think they just destroyed baseball in south Florida Any and all good will that was there is lost.

[DownUnderDodger]

After reading the following article I have to agree that Loria is some piece of work and may have struck a possible death knell for baseball in the Miami area. I would be very surprised if they get many fans to the games this year.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/michael_rosenberg/11/14/miami-marlins/index.html?xid=siextra_111412

[Blue387]

Proposal: No All-Star Game for Marlins Park in 2015:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/sports/baseball/dave-george-heres-how-bud-selig-can-punish-jeffrey/nS6mP/

I like the idea. Besides, Nationals Park should host before the Marlins.

[RaysFan_98]

Proposal: No All-Star Game for Marlins Park in 2015:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/sports/baseball/dave-george-heres-how-bud-selig-can-punish-jeffrey/nS6mP/

I like the idea. Besides, Nationals Park should host before the Marlins.

Wish the Rays would get an ASG

[GiambiJuice]

Wish the Rays would get an ASG

In that toilet bowl of a stadium? Let them build a new one first and they'll get an ASG.

[RaysFan_98]

In that toilet bowl of a stadium? Let them build a new one first and they'll get an ASG.

That will never happen now after What Miami owners pulled.

[9RoyHobbsRF]

mlb radio summarized:

1) Loria signed a bunch of players last year that on paper looked like he was investing
2) the contracts all were void of "no trade" clauses which are quite common in mlb
3) pujols in fact would not sign with florida in part because of the refusal to include no trade clauses
4) all the contracts were back loaded so they first year was much cheaper than the remaining years
5) he duped the city and citizens into a huge cash windfall re the stadium
6) he then dumped the contracts and players after paying a very small part of the contract (see #4)
7) it is assumed this was his plan all along due to the exclusion of no trade clauses and the back loaded contracts

scum of the earth

[Buczilla]

$34 million tied up in Reyes and Buehrle after the upcoming season? Yeah, I would have gotten those contracts off the books now too. None of these guys dealt had great years. Hell, the only reason Johnson was still around was because the league publicly shamed the Marlins 2 years ago for not investing in their payroll. He would be coming off the books after next season anyways...as is Buck and Bonifacio is straight garbage.

We all know why they threw money around wrecklessly last off season.

I stand by my comments pertaining to earlier dealings from a previous thread too....

Who did they trade at the top of their game? Gabby has given them 2 half seasons worth of good ball. Hanley hasn't done jack since 2010 and that year was a drop off from his 3 previous and for doing jack he was making $15 million per. Infante was having an average year at $4 millions. Anibal wasn't worth his $8 million paycheck(free to move on after the season). Volstad has been a bust, as had Dominguez. Was it worth keeping Choate around when he turns 37 before the season is over and is a free agent after?

[Tadasimha]

Wish the Rays would get an ASG

In that toilet bowl of a stadium? Let them build a new one first and they'll get an ASG.

Tell that to Cincinnati - Great American opened in 2003 and no All Star Game yet. Home Run Derby in GABP would be a sight to behold!

[Blackout]

this is a great move for the Marlins because Jose Reyes is due for another injury plagued season and Josh Johnson isn't what he used to be


meanwhile they get some nice cuban prospects from Toronto to help draw Cuban fans out to the games

[Blue387]

Jeffrey Loria is to Miami baseball as Booth was to Lincoln.

[RaysFan_98]

Jeffrey Loria is to Miami baseball as Booth was to Lincoln.

Death.....

[Captain Cold Nose]

Death.....

I thought he was going for moustache.