Diamondbacks for sale? NOT...

Discussing the Texas Rangers sale, Tracy Ringolsby says, "Word is two other teams are available — the Houston Astros and Arizona Diamondbacks — although there is no indication that there have been any serious talks with a prospective buyer for either team."

Interesting. On the other hand, it is Tracy Ringolsby...

And officially, it looks like the latter is the truth. Categoricaly denied by Managing General Partner Ken Kendrick: "It's a complete and total fabrication of the highest order."

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Looks like yet another unsubstantiated Ringolsby rumor

Said Derrick Hall just now about Tracy Ringolsby’s rumor: "Not even close to being true. Absolutely not.

by TAP on Oct 1, 2009 3:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Meh....

good. We can go on hating Tracy Ringolsby.

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by DbacksSkins on Oct 1, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tracy Ringolsby

He is usually dead-on in his articles…this coming from a lifelong Coloradan…he is also a class act. I have met him many times

"AUGIE AUGIE AUGIE...OY OY OY!"

by Rockkstarr12 on Oct 2, 2009 12:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

When is he "usually dead-on"?

He’s not a “class act” when he writes about the Diamondbacks. He lets his purple-colored glasses get in the way of his objectivity.

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by DbacksSkins on Oct 2, 2009 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not on the Diamondbacks

As recently as last year, he was still referring to the place as Bank One Ballpark!

"Win, or die" -- Marquise de Merteuil

by Jim McLennan on Oct 2, 2009 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here's

a fun quote from the article Jim referred to:

Man, those Arizona Diamondbacks are sure easy to please.

They show up at Coors Field for the Rockies home opening series, sweep the three games, and, well, it seems like they should have been popping champagne.

All of a sudden they are puffing their chests, talking about how sweet revenge is, and proclaiming that the weekend in April was a payback for last October.

Yeah, right, winning three games in April alleviates the sting from the Rockies sweeping Arizona in the NLCS. Just exactly how much beachfront property did the Diamondbacks buy in Arizona?

Not exactly “dead-on.” You’d be closer with “over-exaggerated,” “hyerpbolic,” or “projecting,” which as non-fiction writer, he should know is to be avoided.

You know how you get to Carnegie Hall, doncha? Practice.

by soco on Oct 2, 2009 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Troy Renck,

Rockies beat writer for the Denver Post, pretty much called Ringolsby out for that column. (Ringolsby wrote for the now-deceased Rocky Mountain News)

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by DbacksSkins on Oct 5, 2009 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not a surprise to me

the signs are there of a franchise on the block.

1) jettisoning expensive contracts
2) not reporting actual attendance, but claiming larger than expected attendance;
3) very odd player moves;
4) a general organizational malaise
5) no clear signal that the front office is committed to winning
6) it’s all about cutting costs and strengthening equity with no clear vision for the next couple of years.

I know people are going to argue about it, but that’s my view. I’ve seen this sort of thing before.

by NASCARbernet on Oct 2, 2009 12:51 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Maybe

but Moorad still hasn’t sold his 12% stake in the team. So maybe what Ringolsby is hearing is an attempt to sell Moorad’s part.

You know how you get to Carnegie Hall, doncha? Practice.

by soco on Oct 2, 2009 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That seems possible

obviously, its all just speculation on our parts. As I’ve written before, I want to see sports – oriented ownership dedicated to winning, rather than just simply being another business operation. That said, it would mean new owners would have to have deep pockets, and really enjoy the competition of the game, and not just the racing Gracies. . .

by NASCARbernet on Oct 2, 2009 1:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So, yeah.

I feel okay with continuing to hate Tracy Ringolsby, and I propose that somebody should make a rule banning him from ever writing about the Dbacks. The guy’s a turd with a typewriter.

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by DbacksSkins on Oct 5, 2009 1:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs