Why bid for Matsuzaka when you can own the whole country?
2006-11-21 23:09
by Bob Timmermann
Tom Van Riper of Forbes suggests that both MLB and NPB would be best served if MLB just bought the whole Japanese operation instead of spending $51,111,111.11 just to get the right to negotiate with one player.
Van Riper compares the way MLB is run to Toyota and the way NPB is run to General Motors.
If only we could have seen Toyota commercials during the World Series instead of John Mellencamp signing about Chevrolets every half inning.
I can stand beside
Things I think are right
And I can stand beside
The idea of stand and fight
And I do believe
There's a dream for everyone
This is our country
From the east coast
To the west coast
Down the Dixie Highway
Back home
This is our country
Those are funny.
I can stand beside
Things I think are right
And I can stand beside
The idea of stand and fight
And I do believe
There's a dream for everyone
This is our country
From the east coast
To the west coast
Down the Dixie Highway
Back home
This is our country
You are in charge of extinctions, or "ecological realignment," if you will.
Mellencamp on Hondas:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/54877
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