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Mets Hire Turnaround Consultants, Put Bankruptcy On Table?
A source familiar with the situation has said that the Mets have hired CRG Partners — the turnaround consultants that handled the Rangers' bankruptcy sale — and that a team sale with or without bankruptcy is on the table. The Mets have confirmed the hiring, stating that they have...
MLB Ownership Intervention: Some Examples and Lessons
The revelations about Mets ownership have trickled down like water torture, a little bit each day, slow, constant, and painful. If the latest reports are to be believed, The Wilpons have maxed out their credit with MLB and can borrow no more from Bud Selig's war chest, and unnamed team executives...
Texas Showdown: Hot Angels Set to Feast on Rangers Popsicle Bats
Lose the Battle, Win the War: Ian Kinsler was batting .314 when John Lackey plunked him to lead off the game on May 16. He is batting under .270 now. Three games in Arlington are here for the Angels, red-hot winners of 5 straight, 12-3 over their past 15 games. The Rangers are ice cold. The Freeze...
Sunday a.m. things
Some Rangers stuff this morning... Evan Grant has a piece up, that is probably the most detailed explanation of the program Nolan Ryan wants to implement to improve the pitching, and it makes me feel a little better about things. Rick Adair has some very positive quotes about Ryan's influence,...
Nolan Ryan, organizational power, and minor league pitching
So we have the quote out there from Tommy Hunter, talking to Jason Cole, about how Nolan Ryan came in and "laid down the law" in regards to the minor league pitchers being expected to throw more pitches in games. And that dovetails with the comments in the media about how Ryan has decreed that...
Hicks, Daniels, and Ryan meeting now
Evan Grant says the triumvirate of Tom Hicks, Nolan Ryan, and Jon Daniels are meeting for lunch around now. He says Ryan and Daniels are supposed to meet with Ron Washington, as well, but doesn't know if it was before this meeting or after. I'd put the odds of Ron Washington being the manager...
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