After 73 long years baseball in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, the Pawtucket Red Sox, are moving the location of their team. Former PawSox owner Ben Mondor passed away recently and Red Sox CEO Larry Lucchino has bought the team from Mondor's widow. Lucchino has ideas of moving the PawSox to Rhode Island state capital, Providence. "It's going to kill the town," said Heather Turgeon, 37-year lifelong resident of Pawtucket, "It's seriously going to kill the town." Pawtucket is not a very safe and healthy city and this team was the heart of the city and now that they are leaving to a yet-to-be location in Providence, residents of Pawtucket are disappointed. Initially, investor James Skeffington thought about renovating the stadium, and making improvements but it would have been too much money. They decided to sink 60-70 million dollars to relocate the stadium. "The problem is the infrastructure isn't there anymore", said Skeffington, "Times have changed and ballparks have changed." The PawSox atmosphere is gritty, not exactly the new atmoshphere new owners want to make a splash about, but its also a minor league atmosphere beloved by it's visitors for its simplicity. "It's kind of a bummer, said 53-year old Gary Tucker, a lifelong resident of Pawtucket. It's been here for a long time. It's been here ever since I've been a kid, I'm from Pawtucket, and I've always had the Red Sox here, so its kind of sad." As the organization does what is best for the Red Sox and their best interests, Pawtucket will not be forgotten for all the great memories made in a small city full of the love of the game of baseball.
Source: Boston.com
After all this time...I wonder if they are actually going to make the move. I hope they do not move too far away because the games and players are great. Did you follow up this?
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