Joel Sherman �@Joelsherman1

Selig pledged to "continue to monitor this situation with the expectation the #Marlins will take into account the sentiments of their fans"

 

DKnobler �@DKnobler

Selig also promises to "continue to monitor" Marlins, and says their fans "deserve the best efforts and considered judgment of their Club."

 

Juan C. Rodriguez �@JCRMarlinsbeat

Beinfest: "We think we brought in championship quality talent." #marlins

Beinfest on the trades: "This isn't about payroll. This is about getting better."

Beinfest acknowledged that trading the Reyes, Buehrle and Buck 1 year after they signed will make it more difficult to get more free agents

Beinfest said he was unaware of any verbal promises made to Reyes and Buehrle that they wouldn't be traded. #Marlins

Joel Sherman �@Joelsherman1

Selig pledged to "continue to monitor this situation with the expectation the #Marlins will take into account the sentiments of their fans"

 

DKnobler �@DKnobler

Selig also promises to "continue to monitor" Marlins, and says their fans "deserve the best efforts and considered judgment of their Club."

 

Bob Nightengale �@BNightengale

And just like that, the #BlueJays-#Marlins trade is official!

 

 

f*** Selig. How exactly is he going to monitor this situation? As long as there's a plan to compete in the future, he isn't going to do anything. That's all this team does: plan to compete in the future. This is going to be the third season in a row where we'll finish last place.

Juan C. Rodriguez �@JCRMarlinsbeat

Beinfest: "We think we brought in championship quality talent." #marlins

 

 

I just saw that. The guy is delusional.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why we are the worst managed team in baseball...

Juan C. Rodriguez �@JCRMarlinsbeat

Beinfest: "We think we brought in championship quality talent." #marlins

 

 

I just saw that. The guy is delusional.

 

Maybe he has a different definition of championship?

Maybe he means for the special olympics.

Maybe he means for the special olympics.

 

 

Oh lord, you're going to anger a lot of people here with that one.

Juan C. Rodriguez �@JCRMarlinsbeat

Beinfest anticipates Yelich, Fernandez, Marisnick to open in AA; Heaney, Nicolino, DeSclafani in Jupiter rotation. #marlins

We really didn't get much in return anyways, and it's a message to Loria that while it's his franchise, it's Selig's game.

 

I don't think anyone's questioning who the commissioner of baseball is.

and boy do I wish Selig wasn't the commissioner.

the biggest piece of sh*t involved in the MLB behind Loria and Samson is Selig.

he allowed all this to happen. + no instant replay, an absolutely idiotic playoff structure, not overturning games/plays that should have been overturned, etc.

The only good thing Selig has done is the WBC and that wasn't even his own idea.

I disagree Selig has done wonders for Baseball.

I disagree Selig has done wonders for Baseball.

 

lol

Selig oversaw baseball through the 1994 strike, the introduction of the wild card, interleague play, and the merging of the National and American leagues under the Office of the Commissioner. He was instrumental in organizing the World Baseball Classic in 2006. Selig also introduced revenue sharing. He is credited for the financial turnaround of baseball during his tenure with a 400 percent increase in the revenue of MLB and annual record breaking attendance.

• Realignment of teams into three divisions per league, and the introduction of playoff wild card teams (1994)
  
• Interleague play (1997)
  
• Two additional franchises: the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, now the Tampa Bay Rays (1998)
  
• Transfer of the Milwaukee Brewers from the American League to the National League (1998)
  
• Abolition of the American and National league offices and presidencies, and inclusion of all umpiring crews into a common pool for AL and NL games, instead of having separate pools per league (2000)
  
• Unbalanced schedule (2001)[30]
  
• Home field advantage in the World Series granted to the winner of the All Star Game in the same season (2003)
  
• Transfer of Montreal Expos franchise to Washington, D.C., becoming the Washington Nationals (2004)
  
• Dedicating April 15 as Jackie Robinson Day (2004)
  
• Stricter Major League Baseball performance-enhancing drug testing policy (2005)
  
• World Baseball Classic (2006)
  
• Introduction of instant replay in the event of a disputed home run call (2008)
  
• Introducing a second wild card playoff team in each league (2012)
  
• Requiring the Houston Astros to move to the American League (2013), as a condition of the sale of the team to Jim Crane, resulting in an odd number of teams in each league and interleague play throughout the season
  

During Selig's terms as Executive Council Chairman (from 1992–1998) and Commissioner, new stadiums have opened in Arizona, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Arlington, St. Louis, Washington, D.C., New York City (Flushing, Queens and the Bronx), Minneapolis, and Miami.

LOL. So you are going to make Wikipedia make your point for you? In lieu of you actually constructing an argument, I think that many people would actually see those bullet points as negatives, not positives.

Juan C. Rodriguez �@JCRMarlinsbeat

Beinfest anticipates Yelich, Fernandez, Marisnick to open in AA; Heaney, Nicolino, DeSclafani in Jupiter rotation. #marlins

 

 

well I'll be going to Suns games next season at least. :thumbup

LOL. So you are going to make Wikipedia make your point for you. In lieu of you actually constructing an argument, I think that many people would actually see those bullet points as negatives, not positives.

 

Yeah, tell me what you disagree with?

Yeah, tell me what you disagree with?

For starters, the new playoff format is a complete joke.

LOL. So you are going to make Wikipedia make your point for you. In lieu of you actually constructing an argument, I think that many people would actually see those bullet points as negatives, not positives.

 

Yeah, tell me what you disagree with?

Everything with division alignment/playoff/season schedule structure has been gradually getting worse.

His league expansion/relocation (Montreal situation, Tampa is a mess).

Using ASG to determine home field advantage is dumb

Retiring Jackie Robinson's number league wide is dumb when players seem to want to wear it to honor him

His stance on instant replay has been terrible--he should get little credit for home runs and fair/foul when the game needs more

He was blindsided by the steroid era and not hard enough on current users

 

What am I missing?

Championship level talent.

 

Yunel Escobar - might trade for something, as is he is the low end of a championship team

Adeiny Hechavarria, Henderson Alvarez, Anthony DeSclafani, and Justin Nicolino could develop into very good players

Jake Marisnick - probably not, but you never know

Jeff Mathis - nope

Well bye bye to all the really good players!

Championship level talent.

 

Yunel Escobar - might trade for something, as is he is the low end of a championship team

Adeiny Hechavarria, Henderson Alvarez, Anthony DeSclafani, and Justin Nicolino could develop into very good players

Jake Marisnick - probably not, but you never know

Jeff Mathis - nope

Championship level talent.

 

Yunel Escobar - might trade for something, as is he is the low end of a championship team

Adeiny Hechavarria, Henderson Alvarez, Anthony DeSclafani, and Justin Nicolino could develop into very good players

Jake Marisnick - probably not, but you never know

Jeff Mathis - nope

 

 

I don't understand how Marisnick is a notch below the others? He's the best prospect we got back in the trade...

I've always wanted Billy Beane especially after seeing "Moneyball"

Championship level talent.

 

Yunel Escobar - might trade for something, as is he is the low end of a championship team

Adeiny Hechavarria, Henderson Alvarez, Anthony DeSclafani, and Justin Nicolino could develop into very good players

Jake Marisnick - probably not, but you never know

Jeff Mathis - nope

 

 

Most scouts are saying that Adeiny has a terrible bat, and that he could be suited as a defensive replacement. Henderson Alvarez isn't supposed to be anything special, Anthony DeSclafani - from what I've seen - projects to be a bullpen arm. Nicolino is expected to have a ceiling of a #3 starter. Marisnick is all over the place with his projections.

 

I hate this team.

the fact that we couldnt even get brett lawrie in a trade that involved jose reyes and josh johnson is f***ing pathetic. instead we get yunel escobar.

 

and yea were a better team now. id love to hear about the promises loria and samson made to selig. "please bud let us keep our payroll at 35 million just for this year pleaseeee."

I wish the Marlins would dedicate one or two games this year to exchanging the Reyes jerseys that every other Marlins fan bought for one of the new players' free of charge. That'd be decent PR at least...