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Although the possible hit list also includes the Florida Marlins, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Oakland A's, the other bleeding candidate for "contraction" is the Minnesota Twins. Unlike the Expos, the Twins have loyal fans and a competitive if inexperienced team. But the state's flinty taxpayers have refused to chip in for a new stadium to replace the charmless Metrodome, meaning that the Twins can't enhance revenues from skyboxes and naming rights and such. The Twins also have an owner, billionaire banker Carl Pohlad, who has been unwilling to invest in big salaries. "It makes no sense...
They played for what seemed like forever. I figured they'd had enough when they both chose the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and played against each other. But Stein's Bucs humiliated JT's. So they rematched. And then again. When Stein suggested "it would be really cool to invite some other guys over and have, like, a sleepover and play all night," I threw them out. I had work to do. Nintendo's GameCube had showed up, and it also needed reviewing...
...past five years, a hierarchy has developed in baseball. Within the majors, there are really three classes: Single A teams, Triple A teams and the parent squads. Kansas City, Montreal and Tampa Bay are Single A clubs. Oakland, Cincinnati, the White Sox, Toronto and Minnesota are AAA teams. Anyone with a payroll of over 60 million dollars is a parent organization...
...seventh round choice of the Tampa Bay Lightning and the 219th overall pick, Packard has not let it change him too much. He instead focuses on the Crimson hockey team and the contributions he can make for the next three years...
Packard will always keep his heart close to his childhood favorites, despite being drafted by Tampa...