[Magdalen] beisbol Q?

[Jay Weigel]

Yeah, well, Jim, that's a HUGE (or should I say a YUGE) market there. And
long established. But the rest of the country is a different thing
entirely, what with all the team franchises moving, and the enormous
mobility of people generally. If we grow up with a team, we are often
likely to stay with them, no matter where we end up, unless maybe, as in
the case of one of my brothers, we move someplace with a strong franchise
(he's been in the Bay Area for 45 years and become a Giants fan, much to my
disgust).

In any case, there is no amount of advertising or anything else that is
EVER going to make me a Nats fan. Furthermore, I disagree with MLB that
there is any reason why Washington, D.C. "deserves" a baseball team at all.

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 10:16 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> From: Jay Weigel
>
> MLB's rules are completely outdated and totally suck. There IS no such
>> thing as "local loyalty" because of the mobility of the American
>> population
>>
>
> I dunno. The Mets/Yankees have a huge amount of local loyalty -- as do the
> other teams in NYC (save sometimes the Knicks <g>).
>
> But that might be because there are two teams that actually play each
> other from time to time, with great hopes for a "Subway Series."
>
> I get annoyed because I can’t get the Yankee radio broadcasts. I realize
> many fans hate Susyn Waldman and John Sterling, but I find them charming.
> But they're blocked on the WFAN stream.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>