Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
January 18, 2006
Heads Put Heads Together

The Arizona Republic posts the agenda of the owner's meeting starting in Scottsdale.

In addition to hearing about the classic, owners will get a detailed briefing on the Western operations center that opened in Phoenix last summer. The office works with teams in the western divisions of both the National and American leagues as well as the Cactus League, and it houses the West Coast operations of Major League Baseball Advanced Media, which, among other things, runs baseball's Internet site, MLB.com.

This week's meetings are the second in two months for the owners, who gathered in Milwaukee in November. Again, as at every owners meetings in recent years, the fate of the Washington franchise will be a topic of discussion.

I wonder if the owners are going to be asking "Where is my money?" when Washington is discussed. It seems to me some clubs are already committed to using the money they'll get from the sale of that team. Will someone ask Selig why the team can't be sold to someone who is willing to absorb cost overruns on a stadium?


Posted by David Pinto at 08:20 AM | Owners | TrackBack (0)
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"Will someone ask Selig why the team can't be sold to someone who is willing to absorb cost overruns on a stadium?"

It would set a bad precedent for future negotiations, most notably in Miami, Minn., and NYC. If I were an owner using the Expos profits this winter, I would request an interest free loan from MLB to be repaid upon the completion of the sale. It would work out for both the owner and MLB. And let's not forget the added cash from MLB.com, radio and the new TV deal(s).

Posted by: El Guapo's Ghost at January 18, 2006 08:55 AM

In a few weeks Bud will come out with his annual "we should have a new owner by the All-Star game" speech.

Posted by: rbj at January 18, 2006 10:48 AM
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