I suspect being one of the most vilified people in the NW knocked Chuck off his self-righteous high horse: Loss of status probably doesn’t sit well with his ilk. Agents and players and other GMs slighting the M’s at the winter meetings will hopefully be a tough one to swallow for the (apparently) obliviously self-enthroned Lincoln. Guys like that tend to get angry pretty quickly when they perceive themselves in status-fall; blame others, scapegoat and shoot the messenger(s) and leave in disgust with a BS cover story.
Fingers Crossed.
They’ve abused the gift they’ve been given– franchise, stadium, equity appreciation– at the expense of the community and the game. They’ll never admit it from their self-coronated positions, but they might come to believe the the word of baseball is not deserving of their profound wisdom and leadership.
Keep up the noise level with verifiable content that exposes the emperor’s new clothes:
Fingers Crossed.