What’s the Rush?
Baseball Weekly’s Bob Nightengale offers us a nugget of joy in this week’s paper. According to Nightengale, Baron Budhausen says the Expos will have a real owner by Opening Day. The two front-runners are former Mariners owner Jeff Smulyan and Washington real estate tycoon Ted Lerner.
Gee, Bud, what’s the rush? You’ve been telling us for years that a sale was imminent. Why the scramble two weeks before Opening Day? You wouldn’t be trying to cash in on the new stadium deal before any other entanglements popped up, would you?
I’ll believe it when I see it. Until then, the Expos remain the most embarrassing conflict of interest in Major League history.
In other franchise sale news, I hear MLB has given the good folks at Time-Warner permission to seek a buyer for the Atlanta Braves. Further updates as events warrant…
Gee, Bud, what’s the rush? You’ve been telling us for years that a sale was imminent. Why the scramble two weeks before Opening Day? You wouldn’t be trying to cash in on the new stadium deal before any other entanglements popped up, would you?
I’ll believe it when I see it. Until then, the Expos remain the most embarrassing conflict of interest in Major League history.
In other franchise sale news, I hear MLB has given the good folks at Time-Warner permission to seek a buyer for the Atlanta Braves. Further updates as events warrant…
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