June 28, 2006

Mr. DuPuy goes to Miami

MLB COO Bob DuPuy met with South Florida officials yesterday to discuss the stalled plans for a new Florida Marlins stadium, and afterward did his best to sound upbeat. "By no means have we given up on getting a new ballpark here," DuPuy told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel while attending a Marlins game at Dolphin Stadium. "While there remain issues to be resolved and economics to be solved, we're going to work to try get it done."

Added DuPuy: "This is a good young team and we'd like to see baseball thrive here and it's not going to thrive in this ballpark." If two two world championships in the past nine years is failure to thrive, I don't want to see what success looks like.