In a post rounding up a number of stories at 6-4-2, I found the quote from this article interesting. The subject is the McCourt’s bid to buy the Angels:
“The seller was looking to sell, not swap a ball club for a parking lot,’’ says a Major League Baseball official with knowledge of the bidding. “There were guys writing checks for millions of dollars, and Frank was offering a parking lot. He was never seriously considered.’’
That MLB official knows nothing about Boston parking. A parking lot is the HUB is a license to print money. I’d much rather own a Boston lot than a casino.
Posted by David Pinto at 1:53 pm | Owners | Permalink | 1 Comment
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November 9th, 2009 @ 6:40 pm
Actually, in that instance the subject was the McCourt bid for the Red Sox, but the same thing applies.
Looking through their divorce filing, one wonders if the sale of the Dodgers wasn’t some sort of revelation to the pair; all of a sudden, they realized how much they could “own” through extremely creative accounting and leverage.