I stand corrected AGAIN
Turns out the Las Vegas Review-Journal DID have the Dodgers-might-vacate story the same day the LV Sun had it. Again, my apologies, this time to Todd Dewey, the R-J reporter who had the story. ... After FURTHER investigation, it appears that all of this is related to the fact the Diamondbacks are moving their Triple-A affiliation from Tucson to Reno, which wasn't a Triple-A market before. I'm told Tucson is bracing for the possibility of no longer being a Triple-A market now,but I'm also told the Giants are considering moving there, which would open up Fresno. But it sounds like the most likely scenario for the Dodgers is that they will end up back in Albuquerque, where they were for almost 30 years before switching their affiliation to Vegas in 2001. New stadium there, with all the amenities and all that. But none of this is going to be resolved before Sept. 15.
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About Inside the Dodgers
Tony Jackson has covered the Dodgers for
the Daily News since 2004 and has covered Major League Baseball on a
regular basis since 1995. He previously covered the Colorado Rockies
and Cincinnati Reds. He is a native of Springdale, Ark., and a graduate
of the University of Arkansas.
Tony: It's all a game of musical chairs. If the Giants move their franchise from Fresno to Tucson, then Fresno would not be available because there are only 16 slots in the PCL. My question is why would San Francisco want to move from Fresno? I think the facility there is fairly new.
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"I stand corrected AGAIN"
Keep flip-flopping like this, Tony, and it won't be long before you morph from a sportswriter into a politician.