Eugene David ...The One-Minute Pundit |
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Saturday, October 11, 2003
McCourt has no plans to relocate the Dodgers to Boston.
What a line. I guess it was an attempt at what news hacks call "humor." But consider: the Dodgers, owned by an Australian firm, will soon be owned by a Bostonian. The Red Sox are owned in part by the New York Times Company. The Braves are owned by a New York firm. Sports are (allegedly) an expression of civic pride; hence the mammoth taxpayer shakedowns for new Taj Mahals. But with all these far-flung absentee landlords leading hordes of mercenaries why should people care for them?
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