I heard a news bit on 610 this afternoon that John Moores is being investigated for alleged fraudulent accounting practices at his computer software company. If the charges are true and Moores goes to prison, what happens to the Padres, who are owned by Moores?
Well, perhaps they will follow the example of the NHL in regards to Rigas and the Sabres. The NHL took control of the team and is in the process of selling it.
I think you are right mrpaige. The problem is that this is something that baseball does not need with everything else going on.
I thought this thread was gonna be about this: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 7/23/02 ] Yankees called mobster's claims ridiculous Associated Press New York -- The New York Yankees said accusations by an admitted mobster that their players fixed games in the 1970s were "beyond belief." Michael Franzese said this week on HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" that players on a team he wouldn't identify in the 1970s owed money to the Columbo crime family. HBO reported the team in question was the Yankees, and Franzese said the Yankees back then "had some gambling issues." "You got to work this out, get the money, borrow the money, do whatever you have to do," Franzese said he told the players, who were not identified. "And if all else fails, I got another way for you to make it up: You're going to help us win a game." Franzese said he told players to miss catches and deliberately not hit. "The charges made by Franzese are absolutely beyond belief," Yankees spokesman Howard Rubenstein said Tuesday. "He's a discredited former hoodlum, and it's an outrage that any credence would be given to him with his bad reputation as he seeks personal publicity. The Yankees know nothing about any of these claims." Mets hitting coach Chris Chambliss, who played with the Yankees from 1974-79, was surprised by the allegations surrounding a team that won the AL pennant from 1976-78. "As far as I know, we came to win every day," Chambliss said. "We showed it by playing in three straight World Series. I can't imagine us fixing games."
