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Originally Posted by tpop1
Since I love baseball I like your idea but ......there is just soooo much else to do in TV that I don't think a minor league team could sustain itself here.
Additionally, baseball is played during the 'slow' season for TV so less of a population to draw from.
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As a lifelong Red Sox fan who is married to an suffers the torment of a die hard Yankee fan everyday, my wife agrees with you but I knew I would have a divergence of opinion when I saw your avatar.
The Villages reside within the counties of Sumter, Lake and Marion. The total population of these contiguous areas is 675,386. To be honest, I didn't know that until I read your response and was motivated to research. Amazing what you can google. At any rate, fully 77,000 of that population lives in The Villages. I respectfully submit that demographic represents much more than a modest market for affordable hometown baseball.
Regarding the off season, in my "dream", (
isn't it wonderful to make your arguments in the fertile area of dreams, no accountability"), I can summarize your off season concern in two words........Spring Training. Of course in my dream it would be the Red Sox.
Regarding the Yankees........oops...hold on....what's that honey.......no, I wasn't knocking the Yankees......I was just exchanging pleasantries with a TOTV baseball fan .......tpop1....
Gotta go....later.