More on the Logan Morrison and Wes Helms Situation

by craig on Aug 15, 2011 10:24 AM EDT in News and Rumors

Joe Capozzi has connected the dots probably better than anyone and you should read the entire article.

Logan Morrison skipped Marlins event for fans before being demoted

But here is a small part of it:

When Morrison got back to Sun Life Stadium on Saturday, he found out about the meet-and-greet that was supposed to start at 4 p.m. That's when he consulted Helms (the team's union rep), who told him he didn't have to attend.

Morrison apologized to the season-ticket holders on his Twitter account on Saturday.

Missing the meet-and-greet sent into motion the chain of events leading to the announcement after Saturday night's 3-0 loss to San Francisco.

"I saw the whole situation happening," first baseman Gaby Sanchez said. "I just kind of got out of here."

LoMo's agent is exploring whether a grievance can be filed or not, under the Collective Bargaining Agreement. I read the CBA when it came out but I don't remember all of the specifics. However, if a grievance is filed, I think it will just turn into a he said, she said kind of a deal. And it might be best to leave it alone.

In the case of Wes Helms, if the Players Association feels he was released for telling a player their rights, if indeed those were his rights, they will go ballistic. And they are already not very fond of the Marlins front office.

In other words, we may only be at intermission in this whole ordeal and there could be more to come.

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Can they force Loria out as an owner?

That’d be fantastic…

by jrsyeagle on Aug 15, 2011 10:30 AM EDT reply actions

Is there any scenario outside of Loria's untimely passing that the huge penalties to the city/county for selling the team wouldn't be on the table?

And wouldn’t Selig just want to install a similar type of owner, spending-wise? Well, maybe without the Steinbrenner complex.

by dgriot on Aug 15, 2011 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions

Potentially, yes, if this balloons into a huge number of CBA violations on his part

But I really doubt it. The fact that it took the near-total destruction of the Dodgers to force Frank McCourt out as owner is telling.

by ocelotfox on Aug 15, 2011 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions

imagine a world where we actually have a good owner.... =)

by xquiles21x on Aug 17, 2011 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions

hard to judge if you dont know the whole story

but i think its messed up lomo cancelled the bowling tourny.

by FishNFinz on Aug 15, 2011 4:14 PM EDT reply actions

Its hard to tell whether he canceled it or the charity did

He said they dropped the ball and didn’t sell enough lanes. Does that mean they didn’t sell enough and canceled it, or he canceled it because the turnout wasn’t worth his time, or who knows? He’s going to be a good player and any 23 year old says stupid crap and makes bad decisions from time to time. Hopefully he learns from it… I don’t have any pity for a professional athlete hitting .249 that gets sent to the minors for a few weeks to learn a tough lesson though.

by jrsyeagle on Aug 15, 2011 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions