Mysterious Owner Blocks Offer
MIRKWOOD by Everard Grenthumb from Dwaling - Ever since the players revolted and blocked their trades, there has been mysterious goings on around the Mirkwood camp. Quite alot of indecision and confusion has been witnessed. One rumor especially has the fans perplaxed and wondering about the future of the Marauder Owner, Cableman.
The rumor is that Cableman has lost control of his team and it is now being run by a mysterious owner no one has ever seen. A lot of speculation about who or what has been bandied about but no real facts had been determined.
This reporter has dug into this rumor and found out some interesting facts. From an inside source in the Marauder's front office I was able to gain access to the team's financial situation. It seems they have just over $83M tied up in payroll and personnel salaries. That should leave them roughly $17M for Free Agent Offers. I was able to get my hands on several offers and saw that Cableman had extended offers to several players totalling less than the available $17M. Strangely only about $3M of it has been allowed, while the others, adding up to still less than the available sum have been Refused by this mysterious owner.
Looking closely at one of the contracts that was refused I could clearly see Cableman's signature on the approved offer line and then below that in a very old and long forgotton language a signature that I couldn't quite make out in the Refused section.
While I was in there the room suddenly got cold and color seemed to fade so I beat feet out of there, but I am now positive that the rumor is true and the team is in fact in control by one of "The Nine", one of the RingWraiths who has before now kept himself invisible. Who know how long he will be here, but I'm sure that if one is here that means other teams have fallen under the same spell also.
Sometime during next season there is supposed to be a Middle Earth Rules Review going on regarding the game of baseball and how it is played. Hopefully this issue of the mysterious owners will be resolved and the real Owners can once again take control of their teams.
Posted at February 5, 2007 08:13 PM | more from Mirkwood