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Archives: July 23-29, 2006 7 million sold sets Yankee, Mets record Posted July 28, 2006 This season, the Yankees and Mets already have combined to sell the most tickets in New York baseball history — more than 1955’s "Next Year," more than the 1969 Miracle and more than any of the Yanks’ glory years of […]

Archives: July 16-22, 2006 Twins to switch broadcast partner after 46 seasons Posted July 21, 2006 It’s increasingly looking like the Minnesota Twins will sign a broadcast deal with KSTP-AM beginning with the 2007 season, terminating the team’s 46-season association with CBS-owned WCCO-AM. The deal with KSTP reportedly calls for the locally owned station to […]

Archives: July 2-8, 2006 For new Reds ballpark, cash crisis on deck Posted July 6, 2006 A plan to build a new $54-million spring-training ballpark in Sarasota for the Cincinnati Reds is facing one huge problem: local politicians are at a dead end on funding. Sarasota’s funding for the construction of a new stadium and […]

Archives: June 25-July 1, 2006 Kauffman Stadium tax credits get OK Posted June 30, 2006 State officials on Thursday approved $50 million in tax credits for the Kansas City Royals and the Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) to help fund renovations at Kauffman Stadium and Arrowhead Stadium. The unanimous vote by the Missouri Development Finance Board […]

Archives: June 18-24, 2006 D.C. parking plan faces significant hurdles Posted June 22, 2006 A plan to build parking garages and condos next to the new ballpark under construction in southeast D.C. for the Washington Nationals faces one huge hurdle: no one knows who will pay for it. It was originally reported the developer, Western […]

Archives: June 4-10, 2006 Osceola County wooing Indians Posted June 9, 2006 A proposal to have the Cleveland Indians shift their spring-training base to Disney World seems to be picking up some steam, with the Indians speaking highly of the potential move and Winter Haven officials saying they’ll do nothing to stand in the way. […]

Archives: May 21-27, 2006 Selig rules out contraction Posted May 26, 2006 Commissioner Bud Selig says there’s no chance baseball will contract two teams and that he never raised the issue in discussions with Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty about a new Minnesota Twins ballpark in downtown Minneapolis’s Warehouse District. We believe Selig is being totally […]

Archives: May 14-20, 2006 Lerner group plans RFK ‘grand reopening’ Posted May 19, 2006 After receiving unanimous approval from MLB owners to purchase the Washington Nationals for $450 million, the Lerner/Kasten ownership moved quickly to establish good relations with fans by announcing a grand reopening of RFK Stadium. From the time the Nationals began playing […]

Archives: May 7-13, 2006 Baseball card industry begins remarketing to lost generation Posted May 12, 2006 It’s no secret the baseball-card industry is in the doldrums, now a tenth of what it was in 1992 in terms of revenues. In theory, it should be the opposite: the presence of online services like eBay should be […]

Archives: April 30-May 6, 2006 Marlins bill dies when Florida Legislature adjourns Posted May 6, 2006 The Florida legislative session ended last night with the Florida Senate passing a $2-million-per-year tax rebate for the Florida Marlins, but the measure failed when the legislative session ended and the Florida House lacked time to pass the measure. […]

Archives: April 23-29, 2006 Senate throws curve at Twins ballpark proposal Posted April 28, 2006 Sen. Steve Kelley surprised many in the Senate Tax Committee by abandoning his previous sponsorship of a 0.15 percent sales tax (excluding food, clothes and medicine) to help pay for a new $522 million Minnesota Twins ballpark in downtown Minneapolis’s […]

Archives: April 16-22, 2006 Twins ballpark passes key committee, moves on to full House Posted April 21, 2006 The Minnesota House Tax Committee passed a bill allowing Hennepin County to issue a 0.15 sales tax (excluding food, medicine and clothing) without a referendum to help pay for a new Minnesota Twins ballpark in downtown Minneapolis’s […]

Archives: April 9-15, 2006 New Mets ballpark deal is stalled Posted April 14, 2006 If the New York Mets didn’t anticipate this happening, they haven’t paid attention to the history of New York City politics over the last 200 or so years. The team and local Queens political figures are at loggerheads over how the […]