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September 24, 2004
D.C. Baseball Update
There's plenty of links to examine today, just pop over to William Yurasko's place, where he's got all the link you could want from the Post, Times and Baltimore Sun -- inlcuding this piece from Laura Vescey, who thinks the Expos should have been sent packing to Northern New Jersey: Yankees, Mets, Expos. My retort: Rangers, Islanders, Devils. One long-established franchise with superior economic strength, sharing America's largest metropolitan market with two other teams with long-term performance problems. Heck, the Devils can't sell out Continental Airlines Arena after winning three Stanley Cups in nine seasons. And now you want to try to fill a baseball park 81 days a year? And with a team that is hardly playing at the level of a Triple A franchise? This isn't just wishful thinking, it's a recipe for disaster. Thanks to Distinguished Senators for the pointer.
Eric
07:14 AM
Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsI'm only a casual observer in the Expos soap opera so maybe this question has been answered and I haven't read the right articles, but is there any talk of changing the name of the team when it moves? The Expos were named after Expo '67 in Montreal which is pretty market specific. Posted by: at September 24, 2004 11:45 AM I'm all for a third New York team- but NOT in Jersey. If hockey and basketball are both failing there already, how could baseball succeed? I say put a team in Brooklyn. And call it the Dodgers. Posted by: at September 24, 2004 01:47 PM But that would be the free market solution, wouldn't it? There's enough money in New York to support three teams, while there's barely enough in other markets to support one team. Doesn't it make economic sense for more competitors to move to New York? Posted by: at September 27, 2004 08:46 AM Post a commentThanks for signing in, . (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) |