David Samson
David Samson
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We have been contacted by many cities, and we have not really commented until if and when we visit.
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Talks are serious, but until financial plans are discussed, it's preliminary.
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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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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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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 have made progress from an initial conversation to an indication of interest from the business community, from the cooperate community, from the fans, from the political community. We're serious, because Jeffrey and the mayor would not allocate their time this way if they weren't.
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We thought it would be a good opportunity to have a chance to say hello and get to know them. The commissioners are very important people in the community. We want to spend a quality nine innings with them.
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We asked them a few questions, they asked us a few questions. We're both going to answer each other's questions and then see about another meeting.
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We have to be somewhere in 2011 and we could be somewhere as early as 2008. There is a temporary place to play in Norfolk, which is something we could look at strongly.
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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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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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We're marketing no expectation, and we're trying to introduce people to players.