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From: pete@umcp-cs.UUCP (Pete Cottrell)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: 1985 Predictions and Banterings (ungarbled)
Message-ID: <5326@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 30-Apr-85 17:21:01 EDT
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Posted: Tue Apr 30 17:21:01 1985
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Reply-To: pete@maryland.UUCP (Pete Cottrell)
Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD
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In article <583@fisher.UUCP> david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) writes:
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> 
>
>		The teams should be located where popular support (as
>		opposed to a business community's bid for prestige) is
>		strongest: assuming expansion was to include six new
>		teams, my guesses would be: 
>
>				St. Petersburg/Tampa
>				New Jersey
>				Denver
>				Phoenix
>				Vancouver
>				New Orleans
>
>		The first four are, in my opinion, sure-fire sites.
>		The other two might be challenged by Louisville or
>		Memphis, e.g. Patently silly is Washington (Won't
>		they ever learn? How many chances does that town get,
>		anyway?).
>

I have to say that your opinion about Washington is bogus and ill-informed;
Washington has been cursed with 2 owners who saw the opportunity to make
some quick bucks elsewhere; in fact, the last one, Bob Short (may he be 
burning in Hell forever) seems to have bought the club with this sole
interest. He was also responsible for moving the Lakers from Minneapolis
to Los Angeles and then selling out. Unfortunately, I feel your opinion
is all too prevalent; I think that many people in other cities have been
spoiled by beneficent owners who feel a sense of commitment to the community.

There is great interest in Washington for another team, and I think that D.C.
not only belongs, but is actually in the top 4 for consideration. I will be
happy to debate this matter further if others disagree with me, but I just
wanted to give a quick reply while the steam was still coming out of my
ears ;-)

Lastly, how do you think Baltimore has been setting its (team) attendance 
records, as they have been over the 2 million mark the last several years?
The answer is with a substantial flow of fans, myself included, making the
trek up I-95 to see the O's.
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