If that happens, I'll just sit alone and talk and watch Andre Dawson make lazy circles in the sky. It's also believed that if a major league stadium is built in Oklahoma, architects will travel to Kansas City for ideas because everything is up to date there. Relievers will be brought in from the bullpen in a pretty little surrey with a fringe on the top.
However, the surrey will be abandoned mid-season, as lawsuits mount due to the horrific experiences had by many fans - referred to colloquially as "Nosey Pokes" - who, upon viewing the surrey, have their eyes, quite literally, pop.
If you go by the numbers in this report:
newballpark.blogspot.com/2006/02/more-market-related-food-for-thought.html
Oklahoma City might be a decent candidate for an NBA team, but it falls way, way short in having enough personal income to support an MLB team.
Required personal income to support:
an MLB team: $89.2 billion
an NBA team: $38.4 billion
Total personal income in:
Oklahoma City: $32.8 billion
Oklahoma: $93.6 billion
You'd have to consider the entire state of Oklahoma as being part of the "metro region" of Oklahoma City in order for the numbers to work. Plus, you'd have to get rid of the Hornets.
If you go by the numbers in this report:
newballpark.blogspot.com/2006/02/more-market-related-food-for-thought.html
Oklahoma City might be a decent candidate for an NBA team, but it falls way, way short in having enough personal income to support an MLB team.
Required personal income to support:
an MLB team: $89.2 billion
an NBA team: $38.4 billion
Total personal income in:
Oklahoma City: $32.8 billion
Oklahoma: $93.6 billion
You'd have to consider the entire state of Oklahoma as being part of the "metro region" of Oklahoma City in order for the numbers to work. Plus, you'd have to get rid of the Hornets.
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg18925391.400
(Most of it's behind a pay wall, but there's enough there that you get my gist.)
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