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Minnesota is good at one thing: producing hated owners
Published 9/24/2007 by RandBall at Randball
... MR — OK, at least the other MR — passed along this link from ESPN.com today concerning the most-hated owners, GMs and coaches/ managers in sports. There were no real local surprises in the latter categories (no coaches or managers made the ...

ESPN: Keri: The owners we love to hate
Published 9/24/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
ESPN: Keri: The owners we love to hate Or as GM/owner/coach killer Keri himself says..."Cam Bonifay! Bud Harrelson! Jeffrey Loria! Wheeee! 3. Jeffrey Loria/David Samson, Montreal Expos and Florida Marlins: The art dealer and his weasely son-in-law have become the Grim Reapers of Major League Baseball. In 1999, Loria bought a 24 percent controlling interest in the ailing Expos franchise for just $12 million, then installed Samson as his hatchet man. Loria canned popular manager Felipe Alou, then declined to show up for the press conference. He failed to secure any English-language TV or radio coverage for the team in 2000. Through a series of controversial cash calls, he assumed majority ownership of the team and sold it for a huge profit to the other 29 big league clubs. He was then rewarded with a sweetheart deal to buy the Marlins, thanks largely to a $38.5 million interest-free loan from Major League Ba ...

Steinbrenner: The Final Countdown — Day 41
Published 9/24/2007 by David Chalk at Bugs & Cranks
... : Divorce Finalized between Steinbrenner s daughter and former heir apparent Steve Swindal. Yankees give no comment. ESPN ...