If Juan Gonzalez had accepted Arbitration, what wo

[Wilhelm]

It's pretty much a non issue. Juan would have been gone through trade almost immediately.

One year 15 mill for him would have found a taker somewhere in the league.

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[Mr. October]

Alex - then the question is moot. The Tribe knew Gonzalez wouldn't accept arbitration.

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[supersleuth]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by *TR:
The Tribe never HAD to cut costs. They made money last year. Dolan thinks they didn't make enough. It's a totally arbitrary decision by a cheap owner.

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Correction: the Indians made money before revenue sharing but went into the red after coughing up for r.s. And yes, I believe their figures; their revenues are pretty transparent, unlike the teams that can do shady self-dealing with their own cable networks and superstations.

Except maybe for Hicks's Rangers, no team- certainly not the Bankees- is really doing deficit spending. Their budgets are constrained by their revenues, as is the Tribe's. Who are all these whiney fans to propose giving away other people's money? That really makes me laugh.


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[the teacher]

sleuth,
what's funnier (or sadder, really) is that we even have a poster or two here who thinks it's a good idea to dictate that an owner CAN'T spend his own money on payroll should he choose to do so, and mandate that this owners's personal funds be spent on social issues.

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[*TR]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by supersleuth:
Who are all these whiney fans to propose giving away other people's money? That really makes me laugh.


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Cracks me up when the average Joe starts crying because he's afraid some billionaire businessman might give a ballplayer too big a contract. Oh, and how terrible! The billionaire might 'lose' some money! Whaaaah...give me a break.. it's pathetic how the average fan crys for the owners and resents every $$$ paid to the players. You have it all backasswards.

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[The Crank]

Obviously the idea of a business spending as much money as they take in is a bizarre and strange one....

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[the teacher]

hey, they're billionnaires! apparently they've taken in a bit more than they've spent, somewhere along the line!

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