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Was that the only reason MLB intervened? I thought there was an IRS investigation that preceded that. And was that before or after?

The wife divorced and was fired as CEO or something by the husband. She ran to court to contest it and MLB felt they had to step in.

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I thought it was that he was trying to sell the TV rights in such a way as to be damaging to the rest of the teams.

That was how he was going to pay for everything. Fox was buying the rights for like 30 years and he was getting a five year upfront. So it really was over Media valuation. And MLB exercising oversight control.

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I saw Roch make these comments on Wall to Wall today. Its clear Roch has no clue that Alvarez has been surging in recent weeks. Alvarez is hitting .421 in his last ten games.

He is 27 for his last 72 for a .375 average in 20 games. He has 4 HRs and 15 RBI in that period.

Roch was asked what were the chances that Alvarez would be called up. He said Alvarez hasn't done anything to be called up and that Parmelee was ahead of him. He said there was not room for Alvarez at this point.

While all that is true I don't think Roch would have answered quite that way if he had a understanding of Alvarez's recent surge.

Roch went on to repeat some old news. He said the O's were impressed that Alvarez showed more plate discipline in ST. That he had revert to his previous style of hitting this year and the O's were not happy with that.

Though I agree with most of what Roch said, I doubt the O's are unhappy with Alvarez hitting .375-.400 no matter if he is walking or not. I don't believe Alvarez has done enough yet to warrant a promotion. His surge has to last longer.

I don't take what Roch said as recent information but rather as someone who does not know about Alvarez's recent surge.

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I saw Roch make these comments on Wall to Wall today. Its clear Roch has no clue that Alvarez has been surging in recent weeks. Alvarez is hitting .421 in his last ten games.

He is 27 for his last 72 for a .375 average in 20 games. He has 4 HRs and 15 RBI in that period.

Roch was asked what were the chances that Alvarez would be called up. He said Alvarez hasn't done anything to be called up and that Parmelee was ahead of him. He said there was not room for Alvarez at this point.

While all that is true I don't think Roch would have answered quite that way if he had a understanding of Alvarez's recent surge.

Roch went on to repeat some old news. He said the O's were impressed that Alvarez showed more plate discipline in ST. That he had revert to his previous style of hitting this year and the O's were not happy with that.

Though I agree with most of what Roch said, I doubt the O's are unhappy with Alvarez hitting .375-.400 no matter if he is walking or not. I don't believe Alvarez has done enough yet to warrant a promotion. His surge has to last longer.

I don't take what Roch said as recent information but rather as someone who does not know about Alvarez's recent surge.

That may not be the case.

His lack of disciple is so extreme that even if it works in AAA he does not possess the Vlad-like ability to make hard contact for him to be able to succeed in the majors.

It isn't just about doing well in the minors.

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I saw Roch make these comments on Wall to Wall today. Its clear Roch has no clue that Alvarez has been surging in recent weeks. Alvarez is hitting .421 in his last ten games.

He is 27 for his last 72 for a .375 average in 20 games. He has 4 HRs and 15 RBI in that period.

Roch was asked what were the chances that Alvarez would be called up. He said Alvarez hasn't done anything to be called up and that Parmelee was ahead of him. He said there was not room for Alvarez at this point.

While all that is true I don't think Roch would have answered quite that way if he had a understanding of Alvarez's recent surge.

Roch went on to repeat some old news. He said the O's were impressed that Alvarez showed more plate discipline in ST. That he had revert to his previous style of hitting this year and the O's were not happy with that.

Though I agree with most of what Roch said, I doubt the O's are unhappy with Alvarez hitting .375-.400 no matter if he is walking or not. I don't believe Alvarez has done enough yet to warrant a promotion. His surge has to last longer.

I don't take what Roch said as recent information but rather as someone who does not know about Alvarez's recent surge.

No idea. Just heard him make news of it.

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