Monday, June 27, 2005
Bill Valentine at Bat
Bill Valentine was supposed to have a press conference at 2 this afternoon, but that got scrubbed. He has been in negotiation with North Little Rock city government for 7 months now and it would appear that things are not going well.
Valentine was on my WAI Radio program (linked on the left column) and the steam was obviously pouring out of his ears. You can hear if in the archives. He was on in the 10 and 11 o’clock hours. Apparently broadcasting is not the only industry beset with a plague of ignorant consultants. Some wise guy from a distant city somehow projected average Travs attendance at the as-yet-to-be-built NLR stadium as 4,000 on average per game. This same Einstein saw a ball team profit of $900,000. Now, while some might take that as a good thing, it put Bill Valentine on a rampage.
The Trav’s manager thinks those numbers are way too high and he also thinks Pat Hays and the NLR crowd may have bought into them. Valentine plans to use any “profits” for park maintenance and to buy things the team might need, such as uniforms and buses.
Here is an opinion. It looks like things have gotten a bit personal.
Valentine was on my WAI Radio program (linked on the left column) and the steam was obviously pouring out of his ears. You can hear if in the archives. He was on in the 10 and 11 o’clock hours. Apparently broadcasting is not the only industry beset with a plague of ignorant consultants. Some wise guy from a distant city somehow projected average Travs attendance at the as-yet-to-be-built NLR stadium as 4,000 on average per game. This same Einstein saw a ball team profit of $900,000. Now, while some might take that as a good thing, it put Bill Valentine on a rampage.
The Trav’s manager thinks those numbers are way too high and he also thinks Pat Hays and the NLR crowd may have bought into them. Valentine plans to use any “profits” for park maintenance and to buy things the team might need, such as uniforms and buses.
Here is an opinion. It looks like things have gotten a bit personal.
