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    Prayers for him and his family. He's done more in his 92 years than many of us could ever hope.
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    Re: Carl Lindner has passed away. RIP, "Uncle Carl"

    May he rest in peace.

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    RIP
    My dad got to enjoy 3 Reds World Championships by the time he was my age. So far, I've only gotten to enjoy one. Step it up Redlegs!

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    RIP

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    RIP Carl,you will be missed!!!
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    RIP.
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    Re: Carl Lindner has passed away. RIP, "Uncle Carl"

    RIP Mr Lindner.

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    Re: Carl Lindner has passed away. RIP, "Uncle Carl"

    May he rest in peace, but I was not a fan of his ownership of the Reds.
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    Re: Carl Lindner has passed away. RIP, "Uncle Carl"

    RIP.

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    Re: Carl Lindner has passed away. RIP, "Uncle Carl"

    Quote Originally Posted by Wheelhouse View Post
    May he rest in peace, but I was not a fan of his ownership of the Reds.
    Likewise, not to speak ill of the dead, but for all his business acumen, how he didn't get something as simple as how to finance extended contracts (how do you own a major insurance company and not know this?), needlessly put the club in a financial bind during the Griffey era, IMO. Only a slight step up from Marge Madness.
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    Re: Carl Lindner has passed away. RIP, "Uncle Carl"

    Quote Originally Posted by redsmetz View Post
    Likewise, not to speak ill of the dead, but for all his business acumen, how he didn't get something as simple as how to finance extended contracts (how do you own a major insurance company and not know this?), needlessly put the club in a financial bind during the Griffey era, IMO. Only a slight step up from Marge Madness.
    Same here. I'm sorry for the family for their loss. I've read that he donated lots of money to worthwhile charities and did much good.
    But he was not a good owner for the Reds. They floundered around most of the years he owned them. He never put in the money needed to keep the Reds competitve.
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    Re: Carl Lindner has passed away. RIP, "Uncle Carl"

    He was great for the town. Not so great for the ballteam.
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    Re: Carl Lindner has passed away. RIP, "Uncle Carl"

    I think the problem was that he saw the team like he did the symphony -- it was enough to make sure the city had a symphony and a baseball team. But baseball ownership requires a dynamic constant pushing forward, which he wasn't up to. Most things that went wrong in those years weren't his fault, but someone more dynamic could have taken the '99 Reds, Griffey and the new ballpark and created a new era for the franchise.


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