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Would You Have Signed Cruz to the Deal He Got from Seattle?  

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  1. 1. Would You Have Signed Cruz to the Deal He Got from Seattle?


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I don't really follow the specifics with respect to what you are citing, but I agree a court will decide if the matter is before it.

Some of the MLB's underhanded dealing with the Baltimore Orioles Baseball club since the filing. Including the Duquette tampering, and the All Star game revocations. Matusz suspension, umpiring crew replacement, removal from the rules committee and finance committee.

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Some of the MLB's underhanded dealing with the Baltimore Orioles Baseball club since the filing. Including the Duquette tampering, and the All Star game revocations. Matusz suspension, umpiring crew replacement, removal from the rules committee and finance committee.

I'll have to read up. Seems like a lot of moving parts.

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The Wilpons had dealings with the firm that presented the Nationals' case.

Wilpons were part of the Madoff claw back. They were only permitted to retain partial ownership because of their very close association with Bud Selig.

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Those three were also in charge of deciding whether MLB should extend a loan? That would be odd for three owners of clubs to have that say. The commissioner's office has finance and compliance folks that generally decide these things.

I am certain they do. The money was funded by the clubs though.

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That's odd that three individuals in charge of making a loan would also be in charge of deciding an arbitration case involving television rights. Who are the three individuals?

They had a vested interest in repayment of the loan. Whether they were the individuals signing off on the loan or not.

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I will need to read up because I don't want to say anything that might be misconstrued.

I understand. Most legal minds think that the Orioles pleading will eventually be denied. And that there was purposefully ambiguous language included in the original MASN agreement that the Angelos team misinterpreted. Allowing for a loop hole to be leveraged with a back room agreement. Made between the Lerners and the MLB at the time of their purchase. We will probably never really know. And Bud will probably go to the hall of fame.

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