I'm not a baseball fan, but I'm a proud San Diegan. It would be nice to live in a city with a winning baseball team. Petco Park was built just a few years ago, and it only makes sense that if they have a winning ballpark, they'll give us a winning team. Well, we have a winning ballpark. A ballpark with so much revenue potential... surrounded by beautiful downtown San Diego... meaning revenue potential for our in-debt city!
But we don't have a winning baseball team. We have a team that is in last place in our league. A team that has great pitching and no offense. A team that has scored 15 runs in the last 70 innings! Why would anyone want to go to Petco Park to watch a LOSING baseball team?! Come on Padres execs...spend some money on some power hitters so we'll have a fighting chance. Maybe if you spend some money you'll make some money.
But...we do have a winning football team. A team that went far into the playoffs...do they get a new stadium? NO! Because our city officials don't know what the heck they're doing. They give the OK for a new baseball stadium, which, despite a losing team, has still brought in more revenue than before it was built. But they say NO to a new stadium for our WINNING Chargers, which would bring in even more revenue... plus it would bring Superbowl potential to our city. Argh!
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