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Title: Huh?
Post by: pravata on May 01, 2006, 02:30:18 pm
By JOSE DE JESUS ORTIZ

..."Out of respect for commissioner Bud Selig, McLane and general manager Tim Purpura did not make any offer to Clemens before today."...
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to be fair he did type "Per Major League Baseball's rules, the Astros were barred from negotiating with Clemens from Dec. 8 until today" earlier in this "item".
Title: Re: Huh?
Post by: MusicMan on May 01, 2006, 02:41:27 pm
JdJO, meet 1000 monkeys with 1000 typewriters.
Title: Re: Huh?
Post by: Uncle Charlie on May 01, 2006, 04:33:39 pm
I bet Lance Berkman touched every base after yacking yesterday simply out of respect for Bud Selig too.

Come on prvata, this is Bud FREAKING Selig we're talking about.  The man deserves some R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

P.S.  For the record I don't think Ortiz typed the part about the MLB rules.  It was probably an intern who was asked to check the article who slid it in at the last minute.
Title: Re: Huh?
Post by: MusicMan on May 01, 2006, 04:35:33 pm
Quote:

I bet Lance Berkman touched every base after yacking yesterday simply out of respect for Bud Selig too.

Come on prvata, this is Bud FREAKING Selig we're talking about.  The man deserves some R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

P.S.  For the record I don't think Ortiz typed the part about the MLB rules.  It was probably an intern who was asked to check the article who slid it in at the last minute.



Disagree - I don't think fact-checking is S.O.P. at the Chronicle.
Title: Re: Huh?
Post by: utastro on May 01, 2006, 04:39:35 pm
(Non baseball)
On a similar note, was it leagal for the Texans to reach a deal with Mario Williams before the draft even started?
Title: Re: Huh?
Post by: Uncle Charlie on May 01, 2006, 04:40:40 pm
Quote:

Disagree - I don't think fact-checking is S.O.P. at the Chronicle.



Its not, but occasionally they have to hire someone new out of school and teach them how things are done in the real world vs. "school theory".  That takes a few weeks.
Title: Re: Huh?
Post by: pravata on May 01, 2006, 04:43:34 pm
Quote:

I bet Lance Berkman touched every base after yacking yesterday simply out of respect for Bud Selig too.

Come on prvata, this is Bud FREAKING Selig we're talking about.  The man deserves some R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

P.S.  For the record I don't think Ortiz typed the part about the MLB rules.  It was probably an intern who was asked to check the article who slid it in at the last minute.



It does appear that this one was the work of a committee.
Title: Re: Huh?
Post by: JimR on May 01, 2006, 05:04:14 pm
yes, that is legal. they had the first pick. after they signed him, NO could have done the same thing.