A lot of people didn't believe Minnesota eventually would lose the Twins if a new stadium wasn't built for the team, but baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, ecstatic about the Legislature's favorable vote on the stadium bill, said it was close to happening...."I was nervous and we were coming close to the end," Selig said Sunday. "And if anybody thinks that was an idle threat, they were kidding themselves."
..."When [baseball financial consultant] Bob Starkey called me with the good news Sunday morning, I felt like I did when we got our stadium here [in Milwaukee]," Selig said. "That's how much it meant, because that's the last thing in the world anybody ever wanted to do, to think of no Twins in Minnesota."
Is that the last thing you wanted before or after contracting the team? Just checking.
Bud, really, shut up. No one likes you. The last thing we need is any reminders of your stadium strong-arm tactics. Go away, leave us alone, and let us enjoy our new stadium, because as much as BG wants and loves this new stadium, reminding us that we succumbed to your blackmail makes even BG throw up in her mouth a little bit.
Posted by Batgirl at May 22, 2006 08:16 AM