Because he's obviously not getting the point.Originally Posted by paintmered
Because he's obviously not getting the point.Originally Posted by paintmered
Point mine out "bub" and ill give you a cookie.Originally Posted by johngalt
Smith, check your PMs.
johngalt, either bring your comments back on topic, or you are gone for a day.
No more bickering out of either of you.
All models are wrong. Some of them are useful.
Saying what a great leader he's been for this country and how he stands for the "right morals" and the good of the United States.Originally Posted by smith288
Never mentioned that in this thread... in any event, in the spirit of positive influence that a member such as myself should always display, I will refrain from further interacting on this, once-interesting topic.Originally Posted by johngalt
Yep, I just wish that wasn't the way things were.Originally Posted by westofyou
Don't know if anyone remembers, but way back before the 2000 election ESPN.com did a story that talked about both W's and Gore's involvement in sports. It focused on Bush more because of his involvement with the Rangers, and mentioned that at one point he was approached by a small group of owners (think that's right, but not 100%) about possibly becoming a candidate for the commissioners job. In the end he told them no, though I can't remember if it was because he wanted to go into politics or if he just didn't want the job. I think I saved the article somewhere so I'll see if I can dig it up.
"It's still a long way to the top if we want to rock'n'roll, but at least they dumped the tuba player."
--M2
Bob Costas should be the next baseball commissioner.
Originally Posted by M2
So do I.
“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
Okay, it looks like you destroyed that argument.Originally Posted by Falls City Beer
I predict that the legal landscape of baseball is going to become a lot more complex. The antitrust exemption will probably get another challenge in my lifetime. That will lead to a doubling, tripling or more of minor league salaries, and countless other unintended consequences.
Let's assume for a second that George Bush had some good business acumen, since I know it's a debated point. He's not an attorney. Even Bowie Kuhn, who was an attorney, wasn't sharp enough to understand what was going on around him.
Sandy Alderson is my pick.
Stick to your guns.
I'll take Bill Murray or Tom Hanks.
I very much doubt the owners will ever select a former President, Democrat or Republican, as Commissioner. The last thing I suspect owners want is a Commissioner with an independent power base.
The owners already are assured that Bud Selig will support their agenda, but if he doesn't, Bud has no power base apart from ownership. If the owners decide that they want to imitate the labor negotiations of the NHL, it is unlikely Bud would stand in their way, nor would there be that much of a public outcry if Selig was removed.
However, if a Commssioner George W. Bush, or a Commissioner Bill Clinton or Commissioner Jimmy Carter for that matter, decided not to follow the owners' party line, he would have enormous public relations power to force his terms upon ownership, and firing a former President as Commissioner would be a PR nightmare for the owners. Appoint a former President as Commissioner and owners could find themselves with the second coming of Kennesaw Mountain Landis if the President then chose to follow his own course. I just can't see the owners taking that chance.
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
Starting with the "other" George's backyard?Originally Posted by Johnny Footstool
Never overlook the obvious
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