Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
December 20, 2005
Washington Delayed

It wasn't a good day for the Nationals. The D.C. Council delayed the vote on the stadium, angering MLB:

If the lease is not approved by the end of the month, "the City will be in default on its contractual commitments and we will then have no choice but to prepare for arbitration," Major League Baseball President Robert A. DuPuy said in a letter to Cropp. "In arbitration, all prior concessions by MLB would be revisited."

I didn't realize that MLB made any concessions other than moving money around so it looked like they were making concessions.

On top of that, Soriano still doesn't want to change positions.

"I don't want to change," Soriano said Monday night at a dinner held for major league players by Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez. "If I haven't done it before, I won't do it now."

Soriano said he had a greater comfort level in the AL, and he plans to become a free agent after next season and sign with an AL team.

Maybe they should sell a soul to the devil.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:10 PM | Stadiums | TrackBack (0)
Comments

re: soriano

I always assumed that Soriano was the selfish home run hitter they were making fun of in Bernie Mac's Mr. 3000.

--arthur john kyriazis

Posted by: arthur john kyriazis at December 21, 2005 09:15 AM

Of course, we saw what happened in Mr. 3000. If anyone can get Soriano to move, it will be Frank Robinson. I do not know if there is a better coach in the league. Year in and year out he gets a team full of misfits, young players, or players signed as Free Agents just to be traded away at the trade deadline, yet Mr. Robinson and the Nationals/Expos are still at or above .500 and usually in the Wild Card chase, if not the NL East chase. I still disagree with people who belive that Bowden was wrong in acquiring Soriano. However, that is beside the point. Either Mr. Bowden has found a way to move Soriano or Vidro for better parts, or Frank Robinson will have to control 2B. My thought is that another trade will result. However, if it doesn't, Robinson will cast Soriano's ego aside, just like he did for Guillen (I do know Guillen ran over an ump last season, but Guillen was controlled well). I see the move as helping the Nationals, not hurting them. The reason: the great coach, Frank Robinson (who coaches, how he played).

Posted by: Bob at December 21, 2005 09:25 AM
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