i like how even level 1 of 5 is "mostly" just an innocent bystander
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 16:48 (five years ago) link
ISO .xlsx
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
this reminds me that i keep forgetting to delete that spreadsheet i keep which documents the level of egregious behavior of people i know, from minimal to criminal
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
There was an article about this on fangraphs a few days ago, but the SI report goes a lot further. That spreadsheet is next level craziness.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 16:54 (five years ago) link
Can someone remind me - didn’t a team already get spanked over something like this? I seem to remember a couple players had to be let go as a result?
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 4 October 2018 02:01 (five years ago) link
the Barves, but it was a little different
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 October 2018 02:17 (five years ago) link
Right right, they were offering gifts etc in an effort to get around signing bonus restrictions, or some such iirc.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 4 October 2018 02:26 (five years ago) link
well this could be fun
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 4 October 2018 02:28 (five years ago) link
More analysis on fangraphs: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-dodgers-might-be-in-actual-legal-trouble/
In other words, for current and former Dodgers employees — including people like Gabe Kapler (who ran the Dodgers’ player development system from 2014 through 2016) and Friedman — getting banned from baseball may end up being a best-case scenario depending on the extent of their involvement and whether they knew or should have known about the illegality going on in their operations.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 08:22 (five years ago) link