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AnEternalEnigma said:
I knew about Bobby Bonilla, but Bret Saberhagen too? Are you kidding me? Who thought these decisions were good ideas?
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Thing is, there might be more. They did not release the whole list to investors. WTF!!!
 
But a potential investor who spoke to Fortune on condition of anonymity points out that the team's liabilities are closer to $625 million, from a buyer's perspective.
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Too funny. Keep working that bid.

Wilpons should just find a good buyer and sell the entire team instead of getting involved with vultures. Plans of buying up debt just to call it and throw their sorry asses out aren't what I call investors. Guys are looking to get in on the cheap and push these fuckers out asap.
 
Who's the dude here who is the Big Windup fan? just found out that they started doing it on the Funimation Channel, but the episode they're up to is 7. I'm going to have to wait until they start from scratch to watch this, wont I?

Also, why is the dude with the weird eyes such a biggety biggety bitch? Gives up a triple and a homer and after the inning is over can't bring himself to sit in the dugout. Hell I've come in a hit a guy in the back with my first pitch off the mound and I didn't start bawling. Is he traumatized due to the fact he gets picked on because his mom is half cat?

before anyone flips out I'M JUST KIDDING about the last part.
 
CygnusXS said:
Chipper! 2-run triple.

This inning is beautiful.
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We and the Phillies are matching scores today. The Braves fly back today, have tomorrow and all day Friday off. Then St. Louis Friday night. It should be a good weekend.
Then Milwaukee for 4 days, followed by Philadelphia. Good baseball for the next 10 days.
 
LJ11 said:
Too funny. Keep working that bid.

Wilpons should just find a good buyer and sell the entire team instead of getting involved with vultures. Plans of buying up debt just to call it and throw their sorry asses out aren't what I call investors. Guys are looking to get in on the cheap and push these fuckers out asap.
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The Wilpons are greedy bastards that deserve whatever comes their way. Hopefully, Selig can overcome his friendship with them and take over the Mets after they find a good home for the Dodgers.

To a certain kind of dyspeptic teenager, the Madoff-Mets saga will make perfect sense. Fred Wilpon, Saul Katz and siblings got their business empire, including the New York Mets, not through cleverness but luck. The cleverness was Bernie Madoff's. Their luck was to have been his patsies.

We say patsies. Irving Picard, the lawyer assigned to recover assets for Madoff's victims, calls them "willful" participants. The Wilpon-Katzes are accused of taking out $300 million in "fictitious profits," but the family is also worth much more than that, which makes them irresistible targets for the fatal "or"—they knew or should have known that Madoff was a fraud. Hence the Picard lawsuit's demand of an additional $700 million in principal the family had withdrawn over the years.
Sayeth Mr. Picard, many red flags fluttered in the family's face, and they even tried at one point to buy fraud insurance to protect their Madoff holdings. He alleges they were dependent on Madoff, not only for the fictitious profits he provided, but because their Madoff accounts served as collateral or surety for bank loans and other transactions on which their business empire supposedly was built.

Perhaps the subtlest manifestation of codependency was their privileged access to the Madoff funds, which they allegedly used to benefit "friends, employees, and business acquaintances." Madoff had to be choosy about who was allowed into his funds. Apparently he could trust the Wilpons not to bring him "hot" money that might leave suddenly, threatening the stability of his Ponzi scheme.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704364004576132201926195130.html
 
The Frankman said:
Who's the dude here who is the Big Windup fan? just found out that they started doing it on the Funimation Channel, but the episode they're up to is 7. I'm going to have to wait until they start from scratch to watch this, wont I?

Also, why is the dude with the weird eyes such a biggety biggety bitch? Gives up a triple and a homer and after the inning is over can't bring himself to sit in the dugout. Hell I've come in a hit a guy in the back with my first pitch off the mound and I didn't start bawling. Is he traumatized due to the fact he gets picked on because his mom is half cat?

before anyone flips out I'M JUST KIDDING about the last part.
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I've seen it, there is supposed to be a season 2 but won't be released in America because the 1st wasn't successful.
 
verbum said:
The Wilpons are greedy bastards that deserve whatever comes their way. Hopefully, Selig can overcome his friendship with them and take over the Mets after they find a good home for the Dodgers.
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Dodgers are arguably in worse shape than the Mets.
 
The Frankman said:
Dodgers are arguably in worse shape than the Mets.
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Depends on how the law suits come out. The article talks about another $700 million in principle that may be owed by the Wilpons.
 
CrayzeeCarl said:
So, I can only watch on gameday (fuck the blackouts)...how bad was the HBP on Weeks from Chapman?
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not bad, 98mph to the right arm...weeks seemed as okay as one can be under the circumstances.
 
Dmncnby2k9 said:
Thing is, there might be more. They did not release the whole list to investors. WTF!!!
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$1 to Tim Teufel annually until 2261

$7 million in apple downtime maintenance

$15 million to Mr. Met after surprisingly contentious contract negotiations

$11 million in Just For Men hair coloring (recipient undisclosed)
 
Chapman is a ballah

The hit on Weeks was on his hands/arm. If it hit his side, he would be hurtin'. I know, man. It's morbid curiosity. You kinda want to SEE what would happen if it hit somebody square in the side.

This guy needs to be a starter.

Also, the old school Brewers jersey should be the standard home jersey. By far my favorite home jersey. (Favorite road jersey is the Nationals) I'm finna try to buy one.
 
verbum said:
The Wilpons are greedy bastards that deserve whatever comes their way. Hopefully, Selig can overcome his friendship with them and take over the Mets after they find a good home for the Dodgers.


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704364004576132201926195130.html
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WOW

This is eye opening, you're only a few months late to the party. Enjoy your stay!

What's even more entertaining is one of the prospective "investors" has outperformed Madoff.
 
Yeah, what ez said. Roenicke has not impressed so far. But I will say that our boy Ron has said that Hart will be batting second as soon as he shakes the rust off. Soon hopefully?
 
tyguy20204 said:
Yeah, what ez said. Roenicke has not impressed so far. But I will say that our boy Ron has said that Hart will be batting second as soon as he shakes the rust off. Soon hopefully?
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I didn't hear that, that's good. Roenicke has been a disaster if you ask me.
 
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Revoke this man's Braves Country membership card.
 
CrayzeeCarl said:
No. It's a waste of money/talent in the bullpen.
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I notice he's getting multiple innings of work lately. A sign of things to come?

EDIT: Hey Ezzy, they are throwing in on Phillips.

EDIT 2: Well, here we go. We needed 3 runs that inning to win this game. Cordero has been solid, but he's been known to give up a run or two.
 
vas_a_morir said:
I notice he's getting multiple innings of work lately. A sign of things to come?

EDIT: Hey Ezzy, they are throwing in on Phillips.
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Not sure, but I also think with the recent concern over fatigue and pitching him 3 out of 4 days, maybe pitching once every 5 days would work out better anyway.
 
vas_a_morir said:
I notice he's getting multiple innings of work lately. A sign of things to come?

EDIT: Hey Ezzy, they are throwing in on Phillips.

EDIT 2: Well, here we go. We needed 3 runs that inning to win this game. Cordero has been solid, but he's been known to give up a run or two.
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You must not have seen my above post about the three sluggers we have coming up.
 
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Brewers slugger Ryan Braun has tried to reached out and offer a little comfort to an embarrassed fan.

During last Friday's 14-7 win over the Houston Astros, a young woman held up a sign that said "Marry Me, Ryan" with her phone number. The young woman, who says her name is Robin, later told a reporter from Fox Sports Wisconsin that she thought including the number was a good idea.

Maybe not. She was inundated with more than 200 calls and 600 text messages in just a few hours after the sign was flashed on the game broadcast.

Braun has a girlfriend but tried to give Robin a call afterward to say "thanks but no thanks." With all the callers, however, Robin's voicemail was full. Braun says the story has taken on a life of its own, though he would be happy for all the attention to pass.

The sign has spawned copycats in recent days, including a funny one on Monday night that read, "Ryan, I don't want to marry you, I just want an autograph."
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Smart lady.
 
"Kimbrel is warming up to pitch the ninth to get some work in" is reason #246 why fredi gonzalez sucks.
 
AnEternalEnigma said:
There's an off day tomorrow and he hasn't pitched since Sunday. What's the problem?
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That he hasn't pitched since sunday.

edit: i guesa its not really all of Fredi's fault and more the fault of the save stat.
 
Fox TV Deal rejected by MLB was around 3 billion dollars for 3 years on current deal + 14 years.

GTFO McCourt!

Guy must have missed the local coverage on the day everything went down. No one liked him in L.A.
 
considering that a lot of the braves players say that going to San Francisco is worse than Philadelphia maybe he had a good reason to heckle those three men.
 
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