Anchorhead said:

Warbler said:

I will not forgive San Francisco of the sin of stealing their team from New York

You need to do your homework, Warb, before you start frothing-off about cities stealing teams. Toward the end of their time in New York, the Giants were playing in a dilapidated stadium with dismal attendance. Neither New York, nor Brooklyn with the Dodgers, made anything other than token gestures to keep either team.

the city government did nothing because its not easy to afford such things. But their fans definitely wanted the teams to stay, especially the Brooklyn Dodger fans. If the millionaire owners don't like the stadium they are playing in, and the city won't build them a new one( cause the city has other more important things to pay for like the cops, fire department, schools, trash pick up, etc ....,) the owners can build one themselves. I can not believe you, a baseball purist, would defend such greed.

and, yes I hate the Rangers and the Twins for stealing their teams from Washington as well.