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| Thursday, November 15 Updated: November 16, 1:55 PM ET Selig says critics should look in mirror Associated Press |
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Commissioner Bud Selig said Minnesotans critical of baseball's plan to eliminate two teams -- possibly the Twins -- should "look themselves in the mirror."
Selig told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis that the Twins have made no progress toward building a revenue-producing stadium, and defended team owner Carl Pohlad, who has offered to fold the team in the contraction plan.
"I've always said that the road of responsibility runs two ways," Selig said. "I know there are people in the Twin Cities who want to blame Carl Pohlad, baseball, me, the owners or all of the above.
"But at some point in the past decade, despite 26 or so stadium proposals, there were chances to do something, and nothing got done. So there are a lot of people up there who have to look themselves in the mirror."
In defending Pohlad, Selig intimated that no other ownership group would solve the problems facing the Twins.
"To survive in this environment, even if you change other things, you still need a new stadium," he said.
Pohlad most recently offered to put $100 million toward a stadium. The other main components of that plan were $50 million from Twin Cities investors and a $100 million loan from the state to the team.
That plan reached the Senate floor during the last session and could be revived when the Legislature convenes in January.
"Now, the thing I don't understand is that in the last one, Carl had a proposal that would pay for more than 80 percent of the stadium," Selig said. "Well, gosh, nobody's ever done that before. That's remarkable." |
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