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Gumby65
Cohen… Smells of McCourt. No thanks. Next?
triple_play_baseball
McCourt didn’t have $900 million in cash up front, he had loans.
Smells like the complete opposite.
Redsox33
Only 900,000,000?
BlueSkyLA
The way he wrote it, it’s $900 billion, so I guess he’s taking a loss.
BruinPirateAnteater
I’m liking the Tragic Johnson group more and more (especially in light of Cohen being the front runner now)
Beersy 2
Why would the league let Moorad get this far down the road to purchase the Padres just to turn him down now? This makes no sense. Contrary to some fans opinions, Moorad has done a ton for the Padres in a very short time. Sure he didn’t hand ouut crazy contracts, to Gonzalez and Bell, that would have crippled the franchise, but he has raised payroll just as he said he would and has put his money where his mouth is when it has come to the draft. He has also gotten the Padres a fabulous TV deal, that will help the franchise out for years to come.
If Reinsdorf and Kendrick have this much pull with Selig, then all of the other owners in the league should be very worried. It sounded as though the sale from Moores to Moorad was a done deal a month ago and now it sounds like it may never happen. It’s a shame that 2 owners with a personal vendetta against another would be owner can have this much sway with the comissioner.
If this is all about Moorad putting his ducks in line to avoid another fiasco that is the Dodgers, then fine. But with the money apparently being in escrow for over a month now, this smells of something else and it does not smell good.
straightuphonestguy
Got to thinking about Selig’s extension and how the terms of the Padres’ sale expire before the Commissioner’s current contract does. Would certainly be terrible to see Bud sit on his hands while Padres’ ownership continues to bound aimlessly in limbo.
BitLocker
Jesus, Kroenke owns 4 other franchises? How much money is he going to put on the Dodgers payroll when he has multiple obligations?
thegrayrace
It just needs to be somewhat proportional to the revenue coming in from the Dodgers, and it will be plenty. Not like he’ll be taking revenue out of the Dodgers and putting it into the Rams…