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Originally posted by catman
Contraction is an insult to the fans of baseball and we should all let Selig know it. 
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I don't think contraction is necessarily an insult to fans. If it was a last resort, and it was back up with years of study, I'd support it. But not right now. The Expos are
trying to spend money, it just doesn't work in Montreal where there is even less support than in Florida. Maybe it would be a good idea to move them to Virginia like planned before. Personally, Peter Angelos should stop complaining about territory, his team is in Maryland, not Virginia.
Now, the Florida situation. I think the new owner, I forget his name, is doing a good job. The kids that they got from the firesale are showing up in the majors now, and they have some talent still coming. This will be a good ballclub. Now if they could get the stadium, they would probably draw some more fans, and everything would be allright. I do think the firesale pretty much killed baseball there, and they need to rebuild it.
The Twins are doing fine. The owner is making a profit off of them. If he were to invest just a little bit of money into that team, they would improve, like they're showing now, and the fans would come back, I know they're still there from 87 and 91. That's where a minimum salary cap would do good, force owners to put money into their teams, instead of operating them like a business to make money.