Kolek planning to go pro
It was the late Joe M. Rodgers who made that group formidable. Not sure anyone of Mr. Rodgers' stature is on thsi committee.
Brother Shoot:My dad was part of efforts to bring baseball back to Nashville way back in 1977. The Vols had left Nashville in 1963 and former Vanderbilt head baseball coach Larry Schmittou (sp) organized an effort to re-baseball Nashville. With the country music stars of the day, they were wildly successful and the Nashville Sounds were a good draw for a long time.I have my doubts about Nashville as an MLB city. First, their stadium at the old Sulphur Dell is inadequate for major league baseball. And I doubt seriously the stadium can be expanded to a level that would even remotely support a major league baseball team. So we're talking a new Stadium, just when Nashville is committing itself to a new stadium for the Titans. That's a couple billion dollars of stadium and at least five years. Unless Sumner, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Cheatham Counties kicked in the way the six-counties around Milwaukee did, it ain't happening.And I don't see the Tennessee legislature taxing the surrounding counties for baseball. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever.Second, while Nashville has grown exponentially since I lived there, I question whether the market can support 81 baseball games a year at prices that will make ownership put a competitive team on the field. I know HCA, Nissan and Bridgestone have domestic or world headquarters in Nashville, but is there enough support for the skyboxes, advertising, naming rights and season tickets to carry a team profitability through 81 games? I don't know but I am skeptical.Third, if an earlier poster is right and they want to build in North Nashville near TSU, their dooming the team to failure. I'm guessing they want to build on the old TSU football stadium site (TSU now plays at Nissan Stadium). The TSU site is way, way far away from the surrounding counties and the transportation infrastructure there is suspect. If there is to be an MLB stadium in Nashville, I'd think the only logical place for it is between the Victory Memorial Bridge (Main Street/James Robertson Parkway) and the Jefferson Street Bridge on the east bank. That's right next to Interstate 24, the Ellington Parkway and would have excellent access to downtown and every suburban county.If it were me and I was looking for a future MLB market, I'd sure as hell be looking at Charlotte.
At least five years to build a stadium, more if public funds are involved.The Portland Beavers haven't existed in more than 20 years. Their stadium was retrofitted for soccer in a way that prohibited baseball from ever be played there. I'd be leery of going to Portland with no recent history of minor league baseball.
Not great getting swept by the Dodgers but excellent road trip otherwise for the Crew.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
I was expecting 2-4. 3-3 is a good result. Didn't expect it to come in the form of two sweeps.
Crain’s reporting publicly what I’ve been hearing for a while now, Sox are looking to move and probably be sold.
Stay in metro but move from Comiskey?
Article mentions Nashville as a possibility (I think that’s just Reinsdorf being Reinsdorf). Also mentions other spots in the city (doubtful), and suburbs (very likely). The Sox lease on taxpayer money ends in October 2029, so the timeline for a new stadium I guess is finally here. I say this half jokingly, but the Sox & Brewers should co-build a stadium in Kenosha.
Arlington Heights with the Bears?
If I were able to bet on where the Sox are playing in 2030, I’d bet on Rosemont.
That’s got the tackiness I bet that calls out to Jerry. Make sure it’s in the flight paths!
I just went to a Milwaukee Milkmen game in Franklin, which is in the flight paths for MKE. It was really noticeable when a plane came in. I can't imagine MLB being okay with the tempo of flights that go into ORD.Bottom of the 9th, Game Seven of a World Series. Pitch clock ticking to zero, a 777 just SCREAMING overhead during the windup. It's gonna rule.
Tackiness? Don't throw Rosemont under the bus just because the B10 moved there.
Is it any different than the Mets stadium by La Guardia?
I spent enough drunk nights at Toby Keith’s (RIP) with my friends who were too scared of the city to know the quality of its offerings.
Your friends are elderly, cognitively impaired dentists?
Please let the door hit you (hard) on the way out ...https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/1694118576351785450/photo/1
If they promote Getz, we riot.