-EG> I got a laugh out of the Astros' owner, who opened his
-EG> books to show that he was making a loss and then a few
-EG> sentences later, it was shown that the other company that
-EG> he owns, which has the lease on the Astrodome, made a
-EG> profit. His pleading poverty is almost as laughable as
-EG> Selig listing the Braves (and the Dodgers) as a team that
-EG> was losing money (In reference to statements made last
-EG> year. Statements that he later back off from when they were
-EG> met with "you've got to be joking" editorials).
Buddy LeRoux, one time owner of the Red Sox, pulled the exact same trick when 
he owned Suffolk Downs Race Track.  The track operation always lost money, 
but his other company (a real estate firm that owned the grounds) made a huge 
profit.  
 
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