Chad Moriyama » Michael Heisley http://www.chadmoriyama.com Dodgers, Sabermetrics, Scouting Mon, 20 May 2013 01:23:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 And then there were eight…after there were seven…or something http://www.chadmoriyama.com/2012/03/and-then-there-were-eight-after-there-were-seven-or-something/ http://www.chadmoriyama.com/2012/03/and-then-there-were-eight-after-there-were-seven-or-something/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:43:19 +0000 Chad Moriyama http://www.chadmoriyama.com/?p=4447 Two individuals who were previously ousted from the Los Angeles Dodgers ownership bidding process have joined forces and entered the fray yet again.

Memphis Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley and Los Angeles investor Tony Ressler have joined forces and re-entered the bidding for the Dodgers, a person familiar with the sale process said Monday. Ressler, a minority investor in the Milwaukee Brewers, is believed to be the only remaining bidder currently involved in MLB.

If I’m being honest, I was looking forward to hearing about the rumors that the bidder pool would be shrinking to five, not expanding back to eight again.

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Los Angeles Times: And then there were eleven.

The lineup of Dodgers bidders, as of Wednesday:

Magic Johnson/Stan Kasten: Could soon be joined by richest man in L.A., Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong.

Rick Caruso/Joe Torre: Not out of the running in the Soon-Shiong sweepstakes.

Steven Cohen/Arn Tellem: Cohen about to invest $20 million in Mets, able to spend 75-100 times as much on Dodgers.

Stan Kroenke: Owner of NFL’s St. Louis Rams could move L.A.’s football team back home.

Peter O’Malley: Former Dodgers owner backed by South Korean conglomerate E-Land.

Tony Ressler: Minority owner of Brewers has discussed partnership with O’Malley.

Leo Hindery/Tom Barrack: New York media executive has teamed with L.A. real estate investor and sportsman.

Stanley Gold/Disney family: That’s the family of the late Roy Disney, Walt’s nephew.

Jared Kushner: Publisher of New York Observer, son-in-law of Donald Trump.

Michael Heisley: Owner of NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies hired Jerry West to run his team.

Alan Casden: USC Board of Trustees includes Dodgers bidders Casden, Caruso, Gold.

Gonna get interesting now.

Los Angeles Times: If you noticed Michael Heisley as a name that had previously gone unmentioned, you’re correct. It was just revealed today that he was involved in the ownership bidding.

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Feelin’ Kinda Blue: Profile/interview with Jon Weisman.

FanGraphs: An interview with Logan White.

He talks about analyzing pitchers biomechanically, drafting Clayton Kershaw, missing on Ethan Martin (he disagrees), and finding gems in Allen Webster and Nate Eovaldi.

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The Hardball Times: PITCHf/x player cards. Amazing.

FanGraphs: An interview with Brian Peterson, the sports psychologist for the Detroit Tigers.

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