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Quote:dont the tx payers get it in the end either way ?No. In Bloomington taxpayers are not obligated to cover shortfalls. In Youngstown they are.--Kevin
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Quote:What about the DC market?Southern Maryland (Charles County) is debuting an Atlantic League team next year. There was some talk about some sort of team in Gaithersburg, but I haven't heard...
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Guys, correct me if I'm wrong but aren't the Dawgs still affiliated with the Phillies? Could a town in or around Philly hold the team? For example Paoli or Willow Grove?
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Batavia is a Cardinals farm team. The Philadelphia metro area could probably support a minor league team regardless of the team's affiliation though.
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I'm not convinced that local affiliation is such a selling point in the lower minors. It is one thing to go to an AA or AAA game to see the prospects. I made a point of seeing Ryan Howard play when he...
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Quote:I do think that the Philly market is plenty big enough to absorb a minor league club.Hmm, I don't know. I'm no expert on the Philly market, but it seems to be pretty saturated with minor league...
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The two locations BallparkJD tossed out--Willow Grove and Paoli--are near(ish) suburbs on the northwest side of Philly. Inasmuch as the discussion is plausible, I think he has the right area. Camden...
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I agree local affiliation can make little or no difference. As one example, in the Chicago suburbs the Midwest League's Kane County Cougars have been around since 1991 as a farm club of the Orioles,...
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Quote:I agree local affiliation can make little or no differenceIt really depends on the situation. It seems that if a team starts with a nearby affiliate and then shifts to one further away, then...
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It is interesting to see the Reading Phillies play at Harrisburg. Harrisburg is a Nationals affiliate, but that part of the state is Phillies fan territory. So you get a fair number of people coming...
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Check out Ballpark Digest today, especially if you've been skeptical about what we've been reporting on the future of Batavia.--kevin
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Nobody was skeptical about what the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle has been reporting. We were all just skeptical about where the Muckdogs could move to. Today's article from the Democrat and...
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Brian's sentence was followed by "So by 2010, at least two NYPL teams will be moving?" Batavia is number one. What is number two?
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The league does not shut down the franchise, but instead revokes the franchise rights granted to the team's owners. In that instance, the league effectively owns the franchise and operates it until...
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becomes a ward of the league but whats interesting is a report in the buffalo paper that "buyers abound if targeted for relocation" . so if the club moves are their any markets left in nypl country...
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perhaps Oklobzija.....could consult a map and see that College Station is in Texas...mebbe that's too much to ask of a reporter from Rochester Minnesota
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Liebo is correct. It most recently happened when the Portland Beavers were essentially repossessed by the Pacific Coast League.--Kevin
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from liebo kr and the nypl may be stuck with batavia if you will cause their options may not be all that plentiful . as for portland the situation is similar and thats why ya may never see the marlins...
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