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Cubs fined $500,000 by MLB

I posted this on the gameday thread as well, looks like a pretty severe hand slap by MLB.  Per CNNSI:

 

The Cubs were said by people familiar with the case to have exacerbated the situation by how they responded to MLB's concerns. MLB higherups apparently didn't believe Cubs people were completely forthcoming regarding their actions in the case when questioned about them.

Link here:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/07/22/cubs.fine/index.html

 

 

 

 

 

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Oh Great

That means beer is $6.75 next year.

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by Fuk-U-Meter on Jul 22, 2008 7:35 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Or the players will pass the hat and Zell will chip in the rest....

yeah, right…

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Jul 22, 2008 8:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

that's about 20 minutes of beer sales on a weekend series in Wrigley

.. the Cubs are crying all the way to the woodshed ..

Well, Next Year is here .. and Jack's century's gotta end some time .. GO CUBBIES!

by cubnational on Jul 22, 2008 8:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Mr. Rogers says

that MLB/Selig aren’t happy with the Cubs, in general. Thought they’d be sold by now.

''Listen, losing Soriano is no box of chocolates.'' ~Lou Piniella

by JohnM on Jul 23, 2008 5:14 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

wow, that attitude is just dripping with irony

considering MLB had the interim tag hung on Selig for how many years? MLB is a tool and Selig is the chief tool.

Sorry Hammer, no offense intended…

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Jul 23, 2008 6:39 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

And

Forced to pick up the garbage in the snow

by patron on Jul 23, 2008 8:21 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Or

Dome could shell it out with the 10 million he has not earned this year

Let go cubs

by cubsfaninkc on Jul 23, 2008 8:39 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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