If this is true then there is no hope for the franchise. None.

So let me get this right, we are complaining because Glass wants to know about things before they happen? Big damn deal...

I'm not a fan of Glass as a Royals owner, never have been, but wanting to know what is going on is better then not caring at all...

Wrong! David Glass has handicapped Allard Baird on some trades that Allard had lined up. It's not that he simply wants to know, it's that he has to be part of the decision making process. No good GM would want to work like that.

non of those trades have been confirmed. Did dan glass get in the way of the Beltran deal? the dye deal? the damon deal? Baird is a ****ing moron.

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He definitely vetoed a Joe Randa trade, and there have been all kinds of rumors that he's voted down or kept Baird from trading Mike Sweeney. He also ordered Baird to increase payroll this offseason even though Baird was saying we're probably a year or two away still in interviews. There have been other rumors but I don't know how accurate those are.

Now Baird hasn't knocked them out of the park on those major trades, but... in terms of hiring someone new, he's probably gonna see that and not like the idea of a trade being vetoed if he thinks it could help the team.

Sources inside the Royals confirmed that the Dye deal was largely owner driven. Regarding the others, I don't know.

Damn, if we could have received a decent prospect for either of those two, it's terrible that a deal wasn't done. Glass needs to get the fuck out of Baird's way.

This team is like a turd in a punchbowl.

Sad, really. If the Royals were even the least bit competitive, say a steady.500-.550 every year, they could almost draw the attention the Chiefs do.

Dye for Perez, QUALITY for QUALITY.....the worst trade ever...

The Glass family has used up all their luck and good will with Wal-mart.

so everyone is now believing everything Rhonda Moss is reporting nowadays?

That's definitely questionable. Although everything I've ever read would indicate that Dan Glass has a say in what goes on. Both 610 and 810 allude to that from what I read. There was a thread over on the Royals site about that the other day. Apparently Bob Fescoe was talking about it. Said Baird originally wanted to get Shannon Stewart in return for Dye but Glass nixed it, had to settle for Neifi. Supposedly he wanted to send Sweeney to Texas and get Kevin Mench, etc... I don't know how accurate those are, although Petro and others seem to indicate Glass has a say in what goes on. The fact that we've been bracing for "changes" for a week with no result doesn't hurt that hypothesis.

No, not caring at all is pretty damn appealing.

This needs way more coverage.

First I have heard of this.

Could explain good 20% of suckage.

We should hire Ty Law as General Manager.