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White Sox scouts fired for taking advantage of young players?

Heard just the last half of a report on AM 1000 - a nasty report that three sox scouts in Latin America (not sure) have been realeased by the team because they apparently, while assiting young players cash their checks from the clubs, saw fit to pocket around 25% of these poor kids' money.

Bizarre, and Bruce Levine said that while rare, this has happened before.  The point is that these kids have no recourse - they are happy to be on the team, and are in a most vulnerable position here.  If proven true, this is a real black eye for the club, and I'll be waiting for some Congressman to ride in on his white horse and launch a low-impact and rather late investigation, which will waste everyone's time.  Selig is also going to take a beating here - and maybe he should address this as soon as humanly possible.

  How low can some guys stoop (allegedly)?

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It just makes me sad...

To see all the scandals going on these days in sports.

by wrigleyrocker12 on May 16, 2008 10:32 PM CDT   0 recs

Selig

I truly feel that he is letting a bunch of scoundrels run roughshod over the game, between all the drug stuff and this and all the rest . . .

by dfrancon on May 17, 2008 12:08 AM CDT   0 recs

I wonder if this is an isolated incident...

... or whether other teams’ scouts are also doing this.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on May 17, 2008 4:03 AM CDT   0 recs

Wild

Dave Wilder, one of the guys who got fired, has held upper managerial positions in several organizations with the Brewers, Cubs and the last few years with the Sox. Wilder’s name has supposedly been mentioned for GM openings in recent years.

If Wilder was directly involved with taking money from players, as alleged here, that’s shocking because I’m sure he’s well compensated.

It’s not an excuse but from what I’ve heard these baseball “academies” have been pretty sleazy throughout baseball.

by DrCrawdad on May 17, 2008 6:58 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Dave Wilder...

... was one of three minor league players acquired by the Cubs for Dennis Eckersley after the 1986 season. He never played in the major leagues, but as DrCrawdad said, has had several high front office positions in the majors. If this is true, it’s really stupid of him.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on May 17, 2008 7:12 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Fall

Wilder has worked with (in addition to the Sox, Cubs & Brewers) Oakland and Atlanta.

Here’s a brief bio from the Sox website.

by DrCrawdad on May 17, 2008 7:33 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

If you've lived on this planet for a while as I have...

you’re not terribly surprised by the nasty behavior of people.

There’s a lot of greed and nastiness in some baseball people. On the other hand, that’s why I revel in hearing about the good deeds many people do (e.g., Roberto Clemente, Ron Santo, DLee, Kerry Wood, etc.)

by zevkalman on May 17, 2008 8:12 AM CDT   0 recs

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