Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Jets' Returns Leaves Jersey Dreaming of MLB Pitch
Now that New York officials have offered the NFL Jets a $600 million roof and platform so the club can build a stadium atop the rail yards on the west side of Manhattan, the president of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority has responded with a stupid idea of his own.
George Zoffinger told the New York Post, "I could come up with a very aggressive plan for a baseball stadium and shop that to the Yankees and the Mets." The Yankees wasted no time saying "no thanks." The Mets didn't respond, but they aren't going to New Jersey either. Owner Fred Wilpon is a native New Yorker (a high school baseball teammate of Sandy Koufax), and the Mets' traditional fan base is Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island, the opposite side of the metropolitan area.
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Now that New York officials have offered the NFL Jets a $600 million roof and platform so the club can build a stadium atop the rail yards on the west side of Manhattan, the president of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority has responded with a stupid idea of his own.
George Zoffinger told the New York Post, "I could come up with a very aggressive plan for a baseball stadium and shop that to the Yankees and the Mets." The Yankees wasted no time saying "no thanks." The Mets didn't respond, but they aren't going to New Jersey either. Owner Fred Wilpon is a native New Yorker (a high school baseball teammate of Sandy Koufax), and the Mets' traditional fan base is Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island, the opposite side of the metropolitan area.
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