The assholes of baseball
Doug Pappas points to this article about a man interestied in purchasing the Dodgers from Fox, and offers a pretty good summary:
This was the most disgusting thing I've ever read. And it outlines the major problem with the game today, where thanks to Selig, someone can own a team and make money whether they run it well or horribly. Casden doesn't give a fuck about baseball. He wants to probably take taxpayers' money to not only destroy one of the best ballparks in the game today but do so as part of a scheme to increase his real estate business.
If baseball had a commissioner with the slightest shred of integrity, Alan Casden would never be allowed to own a team. But then, neither should Jeff Loria.
Update: Okay, I really should pay more attention to key words. I read "He's not seen as one of the favorites . . ." as "He's seen as one of the favorites . . ." That "not" makes all the difference. Still, my comment about Loria lets this stand. Loria was an art dealer who knows nothing about baseball, and who, after nearly running the Expos into the ground, is now allowed to run the Marlins into the ground. Excuse me whilst I growl in anger.
Doug Pappas points to this article about a man interestied in purchasing the Dodgers from Fox, and offers a pretty good summary:
The bidder, Alan Casden, is an apartment developer who dreams of moving the Dodgers to a new park in downtown Los Angeles, near the Staples Center, so he can fill Chavez Ravine with housing. He's not seen as one of the favorites in the bidding for the Dodgers.
This was the most disgusting thing I've ever read. And it outlines the major problem with the game today, where thanks to Selig, someone can own a team and make money whether they run it well or horribly. Casden doesn't give a fuck about baseball. He wants to probably take taxpayers' money to not only destroy one of the best ballparks in the game today but do so as part of a scheme to increase his real estate business.
If baseball had a commissioner with the slightest shred of integrity, Alan Casden would never be allowed to own a team. But then, neither should Jeff Loria.
Update: Okay, I really should pay more attention to key words. I read "He's not seen as one of the favorites . . ." as "He's seen as one of the favorites . . ." That "not" makes all the difference. Still, my comment about Loria lets this stand. Loria was an art dealer who knows nothing about baseball, and who, after nearly running the Expos into the ground, is now allowed to run the Marlins into the ground. Excuse me whilst I growl in anger.
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