Future Site of Mets AAA Franchise
The Wall Street Journal has a fun piece about the disaster that is the New York Mets. Every AAA affiliate hates them, so they’re stuck with the worst, a Las Vegas team a million miles away from New York, with a lousy stadium, dry air, and no grounds crew.
“They’re undesirable,” said Dave Rosenfield, a longtime Norfolk (Va.) Tides executive. “Nobody wants them.”
The Las Vegas agreement ends after 2014. After moving from Norfolk to New Orleans to Buffalo and now to Las Vegas, there seems to be nowhere worse to go.
Which means the 2015 Mets AAA affiliate is likely going to end up somewhere even more inconvenient…
Like Kandahar. Or Mars. Or nowhere. Go Mets.
Jeremy Blachman is the author of Anonymous Lawyer, a satirical novel that should make people who didn't go to law school feel good about their life choices. Read more at McSweeney's or elsewhere. He likes e-mail.
Dear Mr. Ask Notgraphs,
Just curious if that is Ike Davis’ baseball ability being carried to [REDACTED] by that Chinook.
Sincerely,
Concerned but not in New York