I absolutely love baseball. I love the game, the history, the artistry, the beauty, the strategy, the team work. It is, IMHO, the greatest spectator sport (and the second greatest to play, behind water polo). I enjoy baseball when the Twins are winning, as they have this season.
I enjoy baseball when the Twins are loosing, as in the resent past. Win or loose, I got to watch baseball!! I watch baseball often. I used to go to 20-40 Twins games a year, prior to children. Now I go to 5-10 a year. I go to many more baseball games, if including little league, high school, and college. I love the game. That being said, even if they don't "contract," I will very rarely, if ever, attend another Twins game while they are owned by Carl Pohlad and no other major league games (which I've done often) while an owner is Commissioner. Every business strives to create an emotional tie with its consumers. Baseball has (had?) this. All the major spectator sports have this, and need it to be successful. But to threaten the fans as they are, they are inviting apathy. Why should we invest the emotional capital when being threatened? There are all sorts of reasons to be upset about this. But, the fact is, if the owners want to take their ball and go home, I don't believe we can stop them. Carl Pohlad had deceived us, about his initial "contribution" to the stadium effort, which turned out to be an interest bearing loan to the state. About North Caroline and Don Beaver. We have no reason to believe anything he says. Twins in bad financial shape? Look at Arizona, who had to take a massive loan to make payroll. Both Florida teams, in worse shape than the Twins. I love the sport and will continue to enjoy it. I just don't know about enjoying MLB. Baseball will ALWAYS be in good shape. It's too good a game to be wreaked. Now MLB? Don't let the door hit you on the butt on your way out. Even with that, one thing may get me back. GO CLARK!! If I had the capital, I would love to be part of your attempt to purchase the Twins. Let's get back to an owner with an understanding of the GAME, along with the business. If the Twins get a decent owner and Selig is demoted back to owner (or better yet, jettisoned completely), I would be back. Bruce Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blaine, MN - formerly of Mpls, Waite Park and Camden -----Original Message----- From: Clark C. Griffith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 2:17 PM To: mpls Subject: [Mpls] Twins I am astounded that the loss of the Twins ranks so low as to warrant almost no comment on this list. Clark Griffith, from the 7th Ward of a former major league community. _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
