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September 28, 2004
Coincidental Paralellism
As I've noted before, MLB's Bob DuPuy and Orioles owner Peter Angelos are in the midst of negotiating a financial settlement for the team as compensation if (when) the Expos move to Washington, D.C. Here's Thomas Heath in Saturday's Washington Post: Despite Angelos's protestations, some key owners and advisers to Selig say they believe Angelos will ultimately make some sort of deal. Before becoming baseball president, DuPuy was a corporate litigator and known for taking on hopeless cases and negotiating a satisfactory outcome. And Eric Fisher in today's Washington Times: Pressing ahead, however, could provoke Mr. Angelos into seeking remedy through a lawsuit. Legal experts agree that Mr. Angelos does not have much of a case, because of the territorial rules that govern MLB and its member teams. But Mr. Angelos, a lawyer, has built much of his legal career winning seemingly hopeless cases. Accident? Maybe. But if it isn't, the first quote sounds like a big wet one, with Fisher's quote a rather sarcastic rejoinder. I'm voting for the latter. UPDATE: Check out the William World News for every Expos-Washington link you can think of -- including this piece from the Baltimore Sun with a priceless quote from D.C. City Councilman Jack Evans: He has sore memories of the ordeal and wishes Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos would step out of the way of making such long-distance travel a thing of the past for D.C. residents. Angelos objects to putting a major league team in Washington, out of fear it would hurt attendance at Orioles games.
Eric
12:02 PM
Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: Commentsthe Post is now reporting Angelos is willing to strike a deal. no doubt a pr move on his part. Posted by: at September 28, 2004 01:49 PM Isn't this the sort of deal that would never in a million years be kosher in the non-baseball, non-anti-trust exemption universe? I mean, "guaranteed profit"? Posted by: at September 29, 2004 08:13 AM Yes, because repealing the antitrust exemption--thus subjecting baseball to even more useless lawsuits--would make the game better. Baseball bribing Angelos isn't the problem. Tony Williams abusing government power to build a stadium is. Posted by: at September 29, 2004 09:40 AM Post a commentThanks for signing in, . (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) |