May 02, 2006
Lerners Closer to Deal
The Washington Post reports that comments by D.C. politians against the Lerner group pushed major league baseball closer to the Lerner group.
Major League Baseball is likely to award ownership of the Washington Nationals to a group led by Bethesda developer Theodore N. Lerner, after efforts by District politicians and others to steer the selection to competing bidders apparently backfired, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
Commissioner Bud Selig, who will decide who gets the franchise, was angered by accusations that Lerner's group was unacceptable because it had included minorities only as tokens rather than genuine partners, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the delicacy of the negotiations.
For all the things I don't like about Bud, he's worked dilligently to promote minorities throughout baseball. I can see where he would be angered by the comments, although it certainly seemed to me that these groups were bidding with African-Americans rather than money.
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