tgd@clyde.UUCP (Thomas G. Dennehy) (12/13/83)
As reported in the New York Times on Sunday 12/11/83, the
winter meeting of Major League owners in Nashville has been
beseiged with lobby groups from areas like Indianapolis and
Tampa begging (yes, that's the appropriate term) for
expansion franchises. The official party of MLB is that
"we'll expand when it's in the best interests of the league
blahblahblah..."
It is expected that when new franchises ARE awarded, they
will cost in the neighborhood of $20Mbucks, as opposed to
$7M for the last expansion.
These estimates are based (reportedly) on the recent sale of
the Ditroyt Tigers for FORTY-THREE (count 'em) MILLION
DOLLARS.
Whew!! There's gold in them thar pizzas.
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Tom Dennehy AT&T BL Whippany, NJ {whuxb|clyde}!tgd