The Cubs have chosen Mesa over Naples if the Mesa City Council approves their formal proposal in a vote on Monday evening.
More to come.
The Cubs have chosen Mesa over Naples if the Mesa City Council approves their formal proposal in a vote on Monday evening.
More to come.
5 Comments
erniesbank said:
Here's the dirty secret:
Bud Selig advised (mandated) that the Ricketts family should keep the Cubs in Mesa, AZ. This is why they did a 180 before the convention.
Why would he do this? Arizona is broke, the Cubs will soon be portrayed as greed incarnate for taking the last dollars from an insolvent state to build a world class facility. Also, rival teams in the Cactus League will be forced to pay a ticket surcharge for all Cactus League games to build a stadium for the Cubs. Kansas City, San Diego and Cleveland are being forced to build a 15,000 seat stadium for a major market team with a $134MM payroll. Unbelievable.
Bud Selig hammered the Ricketts family into a no-win situation.
Now that the State of AZ, Phoenix tourists, and the Cactus League will be tapped out, how will the Cactus League retain the next team who demands a state of the art training complex?
Ironically, the Milwaukee Brewers are that team, which is owned by Selig. His lease in Maryvale, AZ expires in 2012.
The Brewers have been reaching out to Naples for over 3 months now.
David Kaplan said:
Completely wrong. The Cubs wanted to stay in Mesa due to the long history that they have there. They liked the Naples offer but not enough to leave Arizona.
David Kaplan said:
Also, another point that you are incorrect on. Bud Selig doesn't own the Brewers. He sold the team to Mark Attanasio in 2004.
TracyT said:
I understand the Cubs want to generate more revenue by creating a bigger and better environment in Mesa, but what I don't understand is what all the fuss is about since the team is only down there, what, a couple of months the whole year?
Someone please explain this to me.
joeydafish said:
I agree with TracyT, no fuss needed in the Chicago area anyway, maybe in AZ or FL, but not here. Time to move on and figure out what Hendry's "plan" (ha, ha) is regarding his team of mistakes,
long term contracts, sub-par defensive players, no lead-off hitter,
missing starting pitchers. He's opened the door wide for the Reds to suprass the Cubs. Time to concentrate on Chicago, not AZ or FL.
I for one think it's crunch time for Hendry.
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