Over homecoming weekend...I was talking to this one dude who works for the front office for the Indians. And he said there was some talk of actually moving the Pittsburgh Pirates to Indy...and I was like WTF...no way. He went on to say that the declining attendance and interest in the team overall has almost reached a point where the franchise might be better off someplace else. He even went on to say that the Simon Bros. (who own the Pacers and a boat load of other things) might be interested in purchasing the team and moving them to Indy. (Get the Mayflowers Trucks ready)
There's even speculation that a quick renovation of Victory Field would satisfy the attendance for a year or two...while in the mean time a new field could be built in the downtown area.
Crazy stuff. I never thought Indy could sustain a MLB team but one never knows.
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if this is merely blatant pro-stuckey-to-indy rumor-mongering... i'm all for it. it would be awesome to have a major league team in indy though. i think this is enough of a sports town to support a baseball team--after all, everybody hates the pacers but they still sell out every game. that said, i don't see them abandoning that beautiful, brand new stadium in pittsburgh.
Goodness! The Pirates need to do something (and maybe the total overhaul of management will help), but I still don't like the sounds of the Pirates moving to Pittsburgh! Yikes!
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