[Mpls] Minnesota Twins in Mpls.- Take the wheels off

[freealonzo at mn.rr.com]

Sorry for two posts on the same subject, but I had to respond to the 
post below.  People are kidding themselves if they point to the Green 
Bay Packer ownership situation as proof that community ownership would 
work for the Twins.  The economic structure of professional football 
and professional baseball is so vastly different it's not even funny.  
Plus the GBP situation is over 80 years old.  I would love to see what 
would happen if another NFL team tried to organize itself in the Green 
Bay model.

Also the threat to challenge the MLB's anti-trust exemption is a bunch 
of smoke.  Baseball would laugh at the attempt and would love the 
challenge in order to make the exemption even more permanent in the 
eyes of the law.  No Judge Crumpts would bail out the Twins in that 
case.

Dean E. Carlson
Ward 10, East Harriet

----- Original Message -----
From: gemgram <gemgram at mn.rr.com>
Date: Friday, December 2, 2005 7:42 am
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Minnesota Twins in Mpls.- Take the wheels off

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> Folks it is not rocket science.  A second rate city within a much 
larger  sphere of "influence" (Chicago) has already shown how 
successful such a  model could be.  The Greenbushers should not even be 
able to field a  semi-pro team, yet they have probably the most 
successful pro  football team in America.  (It's like St. Cloud having 
their own professional baseball team that is more successful than the 
Twins!)  Why? Because the  people own the damn team.  And believe me 
(and a couple of million crazy beer drinking  Wisconsin people) it's 
not going anywhere!  It is also sold out for the next 
> several lifetimes. Why?  Because there is the real feeling that the 
people OWN the team!

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> 
> Jim Graham,
> Ventura Village, hoping mighty Casey will finally hit us one.
>