![]() ![]() "But we also are in the business of doing the right thing for our franchise and our fans when something we think is unfair happens." "Our objective is to play baseball and we're in the baseball business - that's what we do," Doug Gladstone said Friday. “MLB’s intimidation tactics, which it used to pit MiLB teams against each other for the ‘privilege’ of having their businesses destroyed, has gone on for years but was most vividly demonstrated by a May 2020 email in which Commissioner Rob Manfred emailed the Valle圜ats’ owner condolences on the passing of his father, and then in the very same email, issued a veiled threat that any public statement about MLB’s contraction efforts would be ‘unwise,’ ” the lawsuit states. Bill Gladstone moved the franchise to Troy in 2002 and the Valle圜ats won three New York-Penn League championships.īill Gladstone died last April 30 at age 88 - a loss that is mentioned in the Valle圜ats' complaint. The suit says the Valle圜ats’ long history with MLB makes the “betrayal even more egregious.” The team was purchased by Bill Gladstone, Doug Gladstone’s father, in 1992 when they were the Pittsfield (Mass.) Mets. Those were paid by Houston when the Valle圜ats were an affiliate. Valle圜ats president Rick Murphy said last week it will cost the team an additional $220,000 to $250,000 per season to operate as an independent because they must now pay additional on-field costs, including the players’ and manager’s salaries. Get the latest news and some area history with our afternoon newsletter. “The Valle圜ats materially relied on these public disclosures, which Defendants reneged on at the eleventh hour, by making substantial improvements to the Stadium, making ongoing lease payments it otherwise may not have, and continuing to fund a business which was unknowingly on the brink of decimation.” “To make matters worse, in 2019, Defendants had publicly released a list of the teams that would remain affiliated with MLB, which included the Valle圜ats, and made other public statements that the Valle圜ats would be included,” the lawsuit states. ![]() ![]() The Valle圜ats were not on a list of teams that were to be cut that was leaked to the New York Times in November of 2019, the complaint notes. ![]() An MLB spokesman declined to comment on the Valle圜ats lawsuit. The Valle圜ats are represented in the legal action by the same two law firms - Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Berg & Androphy - that are handling a similar suit brought by another recently disaffiliated minor league team, the Staten Island Yankees, against MLB and the New York Yankees.Īstros spokesman Steve Grande said the team's legal department is looking into the suit and had no further comment. Senator and current Governor, likely in efforts to quell the political discord that has occurred regarding MLB's contraction efforts" - an apparent reference to the Asheville, N.C., Tourists, a team owned by the family of Ohio Gov. It notes that the Houston team announced it was continuing its affiliations with "three teams owned by the Astros and one owned by a former U.S. The sharply worded 33-page complaint accuses Major League Baseball of using "bullying" tactics to pit minor league operations against one another for survival. Farrell Show More Show LessĬhurchill: How much do we care about the Valle圜ats? Watch Tettleton slug one out of Camden Yards here: Michael P. Tettleton, a switch-hitting catcher, hit five homers in 86 games with Albany-Colonie before slugging 245 dingers in the majors. Tettleton also spent part of that 1984 season with the Albany-Colonie A's. Mickey Tettleton made two MLB All-Star teams in 14 years of big league service from 1984-1997. See Kittle hit an inside-the-park home run while a member of the Yankees in 1987: (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) Jonathan Daniel / Getty Images Show More Show Less 17 of29 In 1981, Kittle slammed 40 homers for the Glens Falls White Sox. Kittle won the 1983 American League Rookie of the Year Award, hitting 35 homers while driving in 100 for the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox and the American Red Cross in partnership with Anheuser-Busch, are part of an effort to utilize available arenas and stadiums nationwide as temporary blood drive centers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Former player Ron Kittle of the Chicago White Sox speaks to the media about donating blood during a blood drive at Guaranteed Rate Field on in Chicago, Illinois. ![]()
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