No DC Move - No Anti-Trust Benefits

Dear Mr. Selig,

The problem is very simple.

You've put yourself in the back pocket of Orioles owner Peter Angelos.
There's no denying it. So the rational thinker would say it's now time
to disqualify yourself as Commissioner of Baseball from having
anything to do with the decision to move the Montreal Expos to a new
city. Just as a Judge with conflict of interest would do, you need to
step aside.

Step aside now. Before the Owner's Meeting in Philadelphia in
mid-August. How a team owner became Commish is suspect to begin with.
How a low down used car salesman who flipped his own team to the
National League as Commish, and manipulated proposed revenue figures
to get the Brewers in the first place is beyond me too, but for
discussion another time.

Why not have baseball's greatest ambassador, Tommy Lasorda, take on
the CoB position? Why not a successful businessman like Peter
Uberroth? How about a reformer who's not afraid to take action when
needed, like Arnold Swartzenegger? (OK, just kidding, but you get the
idea!)

Here's the incentive to step aside. If the relocation cmte. doesn't
decide to move the Expos to Washington, DC, then I'm fully prepared to
launch an all out campaign to have the US Senate open hearings to
remove Baseball's Anti-trust protection. Since you are obviously in
collusion on so many issues, from ticket prices, revenue sharing and
player salaries, maybe it's time we hold a magnifying glass to the
inner workings of MLB!

Do the best thing for Baseball.

1) Remove yourself from contract renewal as CoB before the
Philadelphia owner's mtgs.
2) Move the Expos to DC...today...not after the mtgs....not after the
season...NOW!
3) Sell the Brewers on your way out the door.



Nuff.

In article <e270393c.0408091344.381bdaf3 DeleteThis @posting.google.com>,
standingupinahammock DeleteThis @yahoo.com (StandingUpInAHammock) wrote:

> Why not a successful businessman like Peter Uberroth?

Uberroth as basebal commissioner. Yeah, right. Oh wait ...

> Here's the incentive to step aside. If the relocation cmte. doesn't
> decide to move the Expos to Washington, DC, then I'm fully prepared to
> launch an all out campaign to have the US Senate open hearings to
> remove Baseball's Anti-trust protection.

Sorry "Standing." You'll get little sympathy from me. As ironic as it
is, and no matter how folks here hate the "business" of baseball, the
anti-trust exemption is one of the few things that has kept the Expos in
our beloved Montréal.

If the relocation committee DOES decide to move the Expos to Washington
(and assuming the RICO lawsuit is not successful in preventing it), then
that will prove Selig a liar. He has repeatedly said he wants to
"internationalize" the game, but then seeks to move its first
international franchise.