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    If the information is independently observed by the press, but if the team gives the information to the press, that is "the attempt to destroy." The stories abount Nomar's conversations with management about wanting to get out of Boston were not observed by the press. That information was given to the press by the FO in "an attempt to destroy" his reputation with the fans. Not everyone had turned on Nomar at that time. That's 20-20 hindsight.
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    I have said the same three things over and over: 1. The Sox kept the information from the public for 6 months. 2. Only the Red Sox would have had a motive to release the information, and 3. the timing of the release of the information indicates that the Sox were using it to spin the story to their fans. That's where I've been going with it all along. What point are you trying to make. Who do you think leaked the information and why?
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    I didn't say that they would win if they sued, and most teams know enough not to disparage their players in a way that would hurt them in negotiating with other teams. If all three doctors had agreed, it would have been unlikely that Bay would have challenged the report of the Red Sox docs. It obviously was a problem for the Red Sox, because the other docs disagreed. The burden would have been on them to prove that the concerns of the Sox doc were reasonable. Who knows how that would come out, but why would the Sox want that exposure to liability. What would be the evidence of damages? They would probably start with Holliday's contract and argue that they should have gotten something closer to that. Good legal counsel keeps it's clients from getting sued, even if they are right.
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    I'm not quite sure what you mean, but we may not know for 4 years whether the Red Sox Docs were right. If he plays 4 years and only loses a normal amount of mobility related to age, the Red Sox Docs were probably wrong. Would that make it a retroactive smear? And if they were right, would that make it not a smear? Whether something is a smear would be determined by whether it puts the player in a bad light. Stories about injuries don't put the player in a bad light, but stories about the player's behavior in the clubhouse or in his personal life would reflect negatively on him (i.e. a smear) whether or not it is true.
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    There was no attempt to "smear" him, but the Red Sox knew if the information leaked, that bay and the Red Sox would have a problem. IF they were my client, I would have advised them to do exactly what they did, and I am sure that they regularly get legal counsel on these matters. They didn't just luck into handling this with meticulous care.
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    If you read the thread, it was the posters who were arguing with me that used terms like "smear campaign", "conspsiracy" and a "witch hunt". I have made no such assertion.
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    ... and for some reason I keep trying. The line is definitely applicable to me too.
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    So, why do you keep arguing about the issue? There is no other plausible explanation, and as you have pointed out earlier, teams release this info all the time. The Red Sox did it the right way. If they had released it earlier they could have had a problem.
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    Someone had to give the story to Gammons. That was the leak. It didn't come to him out of thin air.
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    As I pointed out in prior posts, they had to be careful not to make the info public. If they did and teams backed away from Bay, they could have been facing a huge lawsuit. Yes, they did Bay a favor, but it was also in the Red Sox best interests. I never asserted that the Sox were trying to damage Bay with this information. I asserted that after he signed and it couldn't have a negative effect on Bay it was leaked. IMO it was leaked as an explanation to the fans why they didn't re-sign him. It was the Red Sox putting their spin on the story. It happens all the time-- business as usual. I don't know why this would surprise anyone.
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    The fact is that the information was not made public for 6 months, so it was a secret for 6 months. Bay said in his interview that Theo was concerned that if it got out it would hurt Bay in his negotiations with other teams. In January, the information which had been kept from the public for 6 months, became public. Curious timing. Who other than the Sox would have wanted this to become public. It would only hurt the Mets. Bay wouldn't want to piss off his new team by releasing it. So, who could have benefited from releasing the info?
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    There is no other plausible explanation. Were you an O.J. juror?
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    A lab tech? You are kidding right. They are not allowed to even read the results, nor would they have any knowledge of the Red Sox doctors' opinion and reports. You are reaching, and for what I don't know. What and who do you think you are protecting with such far-fetched theories? You just are completely denying the only possible source of the leak-- the Red Sox. I don't know who in the Red Sox organization leaked it. I don't think it was Theo. I'll give you that, because he is not the Media Relations guy. They kept it a secret for 6 months and let it out after he signed.
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    They did leak the information, but it was not a violation. Have either of you been reading this thread or are you too busy responding to each other? Jacko has been trolling and you are taking his idiotic bait.
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    It stands to reason that if a World Championship alleviates pressure allowing players to have better seasons afterward that there should be more back to back championships.
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