tucsoncitizen.com - 11/18/2008
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Let's not be hard on the supervisors, they have their hands full getting rio nuevo projects started. Boycott all White Sox games here in Tucson. If the Dbacks leave, boycott them too. You don't think the Phoenix Dbacks want to leave to. I mean it was barely announced and they were already ...
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White Sox bid Tucson toodles
Sox Machine —
White Sox bid Tucson toodles It's supposedly a great day for the White Sox as they finalized their move from Tucson to Glendale , but I'm having a hard time getting excited about it. Sure, it's nice that Matt Thornton gets to sleep in his own bed and Jerry Reinsdorf's investments appreciate in value, but when you look at the Tucson paper's reaction , it's more sad to me than anything. The story's comments seem to back up that sentiment. Having attended spring training the last three seasons, I'm going to miss Tucson, which is a fun town ...
Tucson becoming a baseball wasteland
Fanster.com —
... future.
Pima County Supervisor Richard Elias said, “It’s really a sad day for baseball, here in Tucson, but the economic realities of the world we live and the baseball business have dictated that ultimately we cannot be competitive in this arena at this juncture.”
Here’s what others are saying about the White Sox departure from Tucson…
‘Sad day for Tucson’: County accepts $5M for Sox departure [Tucson Citizen]
White Sox’s move to Glendale approved [Chicago Tribune ...
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