Craig Cox states, in part:
"...No improvements are ever going to be good enough to insure the Twins'
stability in the current MLB economy. None. Ten years from now, our new
ballpark will be shown to lack the requisite number of luxury boxes and
licensed seats. In 20 years, it will be completely irrelevant, as the
average team payroll reaches $100 million.
Baseball is broken, and only a salary cap and NFL-style revenue-sharing is
going to fix it. And as long as the owners and the players continue to think
their self-interest is more important than the game, those changes will
never be made.
None of this, of course, will stop the politicians from caving in on this.
So, congratulations, Randy Kelly and St. Paul taxpayers. You're soon going
to have yourself a baseball team.
So long, Saints."
{MH] Right on, Craig. And, why no talk of locating the Twins south of the
river where there's plenty of open space, highways and fans, and let the
suburbs in on some of this great economic development and sports action?
Why is it always the central cities- Mpls. & St. Paul (and their taxpayers),
that are courted (haven't heard much lately on the north suburb expressing
interest)?
I sure hope the Saints remain in St. Paul. Heh, maybe that's what the Twin
Cities needs-- another minor league team to challenge the Saints and other
regional minor league teams-- a small outdoor park and the Millers maybe?
Michael Hohmann
Linden Hills
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Craig Cox
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 11:17 AM
> To: Mpls. Issues List
> Subject: Re: [Mpls] re: Strib: Twins attorney issues more stadium
> demands
>
>
> Jeremy Brezovan writes:
>
> The Twins have made their reluctance to commit to
> > investing money in their *own business* more than obvious. Major League
> > Baseball as a whole is no better--see the recent stories about
> Bud Selig's
> > stadium pitches in St. Louis and Kansas City.
> >
snip
>... Jeremy makes a very good point when he brings up Selig's
> renewed stadium
> pitches to KC and St. Louis, home of two of the best ballparks in
> baseball.
> No improvements are ever going to be good enough...
snip
> Craig Cox
> Hiawatha
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