tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post4343894278507856800..comments2024-02-23T20:49:09.057-08:00Comments on obsessivegiantscompulsive: As the Barry Turnsobsessivegiantscompulsivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-57063276431312954162007-02-01T14:44:00.000-08:002007-02-01T14:44:00.000-08:00I'd have to concur that the indictment clause is u...I'd have to concur that the indictment clause is unenforceable - but on the other hand it would be <b>wrong</b> for the Giants to do anything to Bonds (or anyone else) on an <i>indictment</i>, which isn't the same thing as a conviction and shouldn't cause him to miss a single game (short of something stupid from the commish). And, why the hell should they care if he possibly lied to a grand jury in 2003 or didn't report a small fraction of his income? <br /><br />Agreed, that if someone had close association with a heinous crime, you may want to dismiss them from the team (I'm thinking OJ more than Kobe because of the element of doubt - but anything Barry's done to date is nowhere near "heinous") and some sort of moral turpitude clause could be enforced.<br /><br />That's gotta be silly posturing for political benefit.<br /><br />Hopefully Rains is right and Ryan's apparent dismissal was because he was out of control on BALCO and other issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-27364762954900766452007-02-01T12:54:00.000-08:002007-02-01T12:54:00.000-08:00One person I forgot to mention and discuss is our ...One person I forgot to mention and discuss is our new administrative guy, Siegle. <br /><br />I was going to note in the original Bonds post that it appeared that Siegle was able to come in and get things straightened out to get the signing done, particularly important with Bonds since he never signed the preliminary agreement on the financials that would have bound him to the team, unlike the other free agents who are all bound to the team no matter what now.<br /><br />But this news appears to bring in question how skilled he is if he did not foresee the MLB rejecting a part of the contract due to that clause. Perhaps the Giants were also posturing like Bonds's agent was, accepting a provision that they knew would not be accepted by the MLB, just to get Bonds to sign at least the agreement letter (though that's an assumption on my part, perhaps they didn't feel the need to sign that addition document since the main contract was signed). But while I can see Bonds and his agent doing something like that, I don't see why a team would act in that manner, as it would just waste time unless there is an ancilliary benefit, like the aforementioned signing agreement. Thus, I wonder about his administrative abilities that was touted.<br /><br />But I don't know the ins and outs of baseball admin, so perhaps this is just par for the course, a normal manner of operations. It just seems off to me, as far as business practices go.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.com