TwinsGeek, on why Minnesota owner/evil banker Carl Pohlad (like Selig, only older) is to blame for the failure of the team's recent off-the-field plans:
The Twins have continually framed the stadium debate in a threatening manner. They've participated in the cancellation of a World Series. They've "sold" the ball club to North Carolina. And most devastatingly, the owner threatened to dissolve the franchise unilaterally, just to throw some money into his own pocket. These are just a few examples of the threats and lies that that Twins fans have endured from an ownership group that has been largely indifferent to public opinion... if the Twins would have followed that [non-indifferent] path several years ago, it's likely they would have both a new ballpark and their own cable network right now.
Yet despite all that, they somehow keep winning.
Posted by Stephen Silver at May 13, 2004 12:59 AM