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Did Manny and Dunn just get cheaper?  Selig recently brought in an economic bogeyman to talk to the owners about what the recession means to them.  The bogeyman is Paul Volcker, an economic giant both literally (6'7") and figuratively (often credited with stemming the hyper-inflation of the early '80s, now an advisor to Obama).  The details of the talk are unclear but attendees said that "his assessment was not upbeat." 

Selig, like Peter Ueberroth 20 years ago, is probably trying to "protect" the owners against themselves by pressuring them to keep free agency offers down.  Ueberroth managed to make it work but baseball paid a heavy price, ultimately paying the Union $280 million as a result of arbitration decisions finding that the league had violated the CBA.  By using Volcker Selig avoids the appearance of issuing a direct order to the owners, but the Players' Union may see it differently depending on how the winter shakes out. 

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That's why they call them business socks.

"Yes, and it's so important in this sport that the athletes be able to train in the same location." -Cynthia Potter, NBC Synchronized Diving Analyst

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Nov 21, 2008 1:47 PM EST reply actions   1 recs

bastards beat me to it.

I was a couple minutes late. But 2 minutes in heaven is better than one minute.

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Nov 21, 2008 2:09 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

The song just came on my iPod. Good stuff.

"Yes, and it's so important in this sport that the athletes be able to train in the same location." -Cynthia Potter, NBC Synchronized Diving Analyst

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Nov 21, 2008 2:15 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Unrelated business

Pete Mackanin has been named a bench coach for the Phillies.

Also, the Reds have let go of Leland Maddox, former assistant to the GM. He and Brad Kullman (fired in ‘06 by Wayne) served as the pro tem co-GM after Bowden was terminated. I believe those guys were responsible for both the Harang and Claussen deals. There’s some interesting details about how he stayed on this long; good on Fay for digging to get the story.

by ken on Nov 21, 2008 2:51 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Selig said something similar during the GM meetings

I think he’s really worried about this, and probably for good reason. This year is already worse than the first year of the Great Depression:

Anybody want to lend the Dallas Cowboys $350 million to finish their new stadium?

They’re selling pieces of their old stadium to raise money.

If that doesn’t work, a bake sale is probably next…

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Nov 21, 2008 6:01 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

LOL

Now that would earn them some serious dough. ;-)

Or maybe not. I’ve seen reports that the peasants in Afghanistan and Colombia are switching from growing drugs to growing food. Because there’s more money in food.

Inflation is doing what the War on Drugs couldn’t.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Nov 22, 2008 6:05 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

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