Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
December 14, 2007
Fish Venom

John Brattain spares no words in ripping the Marlins owners:

I feel for Marlins fans. They do not deserve this greedy mismanagement of their team. They are on the short list (Samson doubly so) of the worst owners ever to be inflicted on professional sports. They are Bill Wirtz; they are Charles Comiskey; they are the Bidwell family; they are the polyps in the bowels of how major league baseball does business.

I take that last line back.

They are no longer polyps; they are now cancers and should be treated accordingly.

Baseball ownership remains an exclusive club, open not to anyone who can buy a team, but only those who meet the approval of the other club members. Maybe the next owners meeting should take up revoking the membership of the Marlins owners.


Posted by David Pinto at 11:15 AM | Owners | TrackBack (0)
Comments

You've made many a good suggestion on this blog. That is far and away the best.

Posted by: Gregg the obscure at December 14, 2007 12:14 PM

Oh shut up Marlin fans. You've won two Series in the past 10 years. Every MLB, except for a handful, would want that record.

Posted by: dave at December 14, 2007 02:22 PM

They've won two titles, but they've torn the team apart at least three times. Baseball fans accept a certain amount of turnover, but they do like to get to know players and develop a sense of continuity.

Plus, given the trade of Cabrera and Willis long before they got really expensive, it's difficult to believe that the team's management is actually trying to win a third. Instead, they seem to be on a treadmill of perpetual rebuilding. That's tough to root for.

Posted by: jvwalt at December 14, 2007 03:22 PM

I think you can certainly make an argument that FLA knows exactly what they're doing. They tear it down unless they are in contention, and if they are, they try to win. Given the indifference of the area, they will continue to run like this until a new stadium surfaces.

Posted by: Al at December 14, 2007 05:35 PM

If you want a cheap, tightwad baseball owner to cite, try Cardinals Sam Breeden of the '30s & '40s.
Ask Stan Musial or Joe Garagiola about Breeden.

Posted by: Bob S at December 15, 2007 09:09 PM
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