David Samson
David Samson
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Our focus is on staying in South Florida, that's our only goal. Five of the last seven new (major league) ballparks were built after teams started to relocate and didn't.
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We're marketing no expectation, and we're trying to introduce people to players.
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We're not a free-agent pitcher. We're a team looking for a right fit.
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We always have hurricane awareness, we advertise that at games, talk about it, and we try to schedule more off days in September for makeup games.
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Miami, the Gateway to the Americas, could well be the first American city in 35 years to see its baseball franchise leave. People in Washington D.C. know very well how long it took to get a team back.
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We do have the best grounds crew in the sport. But sometimes things happen that are out of their control.
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We're definitely negotiating with everybody, and we're trying to get a deal done here because it is our first choice. But we recognize it may not happen and we don't have much time left.
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We have bent over backwards with the amount of genuflecting we've done to ingratiate ourselves with the Montreal community.
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We promised we would explore all areas and all possible sites.
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We've discovered now that our best chance, and the best chance for baseball in South Florida, is to get a building built somewhere and making it work. The important thing is keeping the team here.
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It should be noted that Miami and south Florida continue to be our first choice. But the reality is we don't have a deal there because our lease expires after 2010.
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They've made more progress because they've been more involved on a day-to-day basis.
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No longer can baseball in South Florida be assured,
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Nothing is scheduled. I suspect we'll sit with them at some point, but nothing is scheduled.