Professional
sports is in a bit of a pinch these days.
There just aren’t that many cities anymore that want to go into massive
debt to build a stadium for some demanding pro team. Except for Las Vegas, of course.
MLB Commissioner
Rob Manfred has two teams—the Oakland A’s and Tampa Rays—that feel the need for
new digs, preferably on someone else’s dime.
So, the commissioner recently did what all sports’ commissioners do and
tried to stoke fans’ fear of losing a team.
“If we’re looking at relocation,” said Manfred last week, “Las Vegas
would be on the list.”
I wonder
why. Is it the legalized gambling? Any MLB team relocating to Vegas should be
haunted into bankruptcy by Shoeless Joe Jackson and all the other banished
Black Sox. Or could it be the legalized
prostitution in rural Nevada? Imagine what
fans traveling with their teams could arrange, say, a day game in Vegas followed
by a bus ride out to the Mustang Ranch or Sharon’s Brothel and Bar.
After all, Las
Vegas will soon be good enough for the NFL, and baseball wants to be all things
football. Yee-ha.
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